The Three Faces of Trump's Immigration Terror Campaign
When ICE agents told Elaine Miles her Tribal ID looked "fake," they revealed the truth about who this crackdown actually targets.
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We Don't Need a Trumped-Up Fairy Tale.
From erased slavery exhibits to silenced climate science, our National Parks are being forced to tell a comfortable story instead of the real one.
The State of America's Natural Resources: 2025 Was a Disaster. Here's What's Coming.
Clean energy. The Roadless Rule. Climate exhibits at national parks. All under attack in Trump's America. Our year-end report on the state of America's natural resources—and how Democrats fought back.
What If You Couldn't Stop a Pipeline — Even After Proving It Would Poison Your Water?
Under a Republican proposal, a project can be proven illegal, dangerous, and based on lies. Republicans are saying build it anyway.
Broken Promises: How Trump's America Eroded Tribal Lands, Traditions, and Self-Governance
Indigenous peoples are fundamental to the history of the United States. Yet, this Native American Heritage Month, the promise of respect and the guarantee of treaties feel more precarious than ever.
He built a ballroom for billionaires and sold off the Arctic.
The Arctic is the latest chapter in Trump’s shutdown playbook to feed Big Oil and corporate polluters while starving American workers.
It’s Polluters’ Payday While Americans Suffer in Trump’s Shutdown
Millions of Americans will miss their paychecks. Trump is making sure Big Oil doesn’t miss theirs.
The Bigger Burn of the Trump Shutdown
Each day Republicans keeps the government shut down, America loses another chance to prevent the next wildfire disaster.
Shuttered and Sacrificed: The Price of Trump’s Shutdown to Parks and People
Why America’s parks and people are collateral damage in the Republican shutdown
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