Peter Rugh
Can Barack Obama Really Save the Middle Class?
After six years of recession and gridlock, most voters don't share the president's rosy view on the "middle-class economy."
US Department of Transportation Delays New Rules on 'Bomb Trains'
Environmental groups and rail industry watchdogs worry that US regulators are moving too slowly and too passively in taking aging and accident-prone tanker cars off the nation's railways.
Meet the Insurgents on the Front Line of America’s Fracking War
Activists from rural Pennsylvania to Washington, DC are monitoring drilling activity, organizing communities, and getting themselves arrested in an effort to stop companies from pulling natural gas out of the ground.
Alleged Gun-Planting by Brooklyn Cops Raises New Questions About the Death of Kimani Gray
A report that the NYPD has allegedly planted guns on suspects in Flatbush, Brooklyn, further fuels the mystery surrounding the shooting death of a black teenager at the hands of plainclothes cops there last year.
Environmentalists Are Gearing Up for the Next Phase of New York's Fracking Wars
Emboldened by New York's new ban on hydraulic fracturing, environmentalists plan on ramping up the fight against the state's oil and gas industry.
Meet the Green Party Candidate Shaking Up the Race for New York Governor
Howie Hawkins won't win New York's gubernatorial election this year, but he could prevent incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo from winning another landslide.
Who Bled Detroit Dry?
Tens of thousands of people who live beside a river and the largest freshwater source in the world, the Great Lakes, can't even drink from their own faucets.
New York's Silent but Deadly Fracking Problem
Property values are plummeting and locals are complaining of chronic nosebleeds, rashes, migraines, and dizzy spells.
New York's Silent but Deadly Fracking Problem
Fracking has been hailed as a “transition fuel” with significantly less of an impact on global warming than traditional oil. But a growing health crisis in Minisink, New York, illustrates that fracked gas is not exactly Polar Springs.
Dear Class of 2014, You're Fucked
It's that time of year again, when deans across the country wear out their palms like chronic masturbators, shaking the hands of glee-eyed diploma recipients. Collegians of America are aiming high; the class of 2014 has helped push total student debt...
The Black Israelites Think Whites Are Possessed by the Devil
And a Black Jesus will rise up one day and enslave all whites.