disasters

First Trinity Baptist becomes an oasis during Flint water crisis

January 21, 2016 By Patrick J. Foote

"It's very pricey and taxing to our community - it's like you're a prisoner to the situation: you pay your bills, but you don't get your water... It's awful."

Steelworkers, ExxonMobil, CalOSHA start talks on Torrance refinery explosion

January 21, 2016 By Mark Gruenberg

"Things are going fine" in the talks with ExxonMobil, "but it's a slow process."

New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey

January 15, 2016 By Emile Schepers

A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.

Why the B-52 failed

January 12, 2016 By David Bacon

I opened my copy of the New York Times to find an article titled, "After 60 Years, B-52's Still Dominate the U.S. Fleet."

Too late to apologize for poisoning Flint’s water supply

January 6, 2016 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The full story about the administration's true role in this disaster may have to wait for the outcome of federal-level investigations.