EXPLAINED: 5 - The Real Truth

Even More States Are Trying to Steal Your Public Land

Despite my issues with how the Bureau of Land Management manages our public lands, and there are countless things I find wrong with its implementations, the land that part of the federal government manages is still at least our land. It hasn't been sold off, leased out, or otherwise walled…

RideApart · Nov 22, 2024

"Avoid the temptation to cross landslides" – Lost Coast Trail hikers derailed by mud and debris as bomb cyclone arrives in northwest

The BLM has issued a statement urging hikers to consider postponing their plans

Advnture · Nov 20, 2024

Will Doug Burgum Be Donald Trump's Housing Czar?

Plus: Democrats' housing-lite postelection recriminations and yet another ballot box defeat for pro–rent control forces in California.

Reason · Nov 19, 2024

Lauren Boebert slams Harris and Biden for protecting ‘ugly’ animal

‘Instead of putting Coloradans first, they’re continuing to bend the knee to Green New Deal worshippers who want to destroy Colorado’s oil & gas industry and the tens of thousands of good-paying jobs that support families across the state,’ the Republican Congresswoman said

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024

Public Lands Are Core to Utah's Senate Battle, Boils Over During Debate

There's currently a fight brewing for Mitt Romney's senate seat between two Republicans and a Democrat, but public lands are up in the air as the three have different ideas on how to manage them.

RideApart · Oct 18, 2024

Fake Black Lives Matter Leader Imprisoned for Stealing George Floyd Donations, Using Funds to Go Shopping

Tyree Conyers-Page was sentenced to prison time after creating a fake non-profit organization associated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to defraud donors and supporters of the cause.

Latin Times · Oct 4, 2024

BLM Set to Close Countless Off-Road Trails, Gives Shady Politicians What They Want

After years of Washington infighting, fights between Presidents, state authorities, tribal councils, and more, the BLM has put forward a draft of its management plan for Bears Ears National Monument.

RideApart · Oct 4, 2024

Will solar panels destroy the desert?

Bureau of Land Management just revealed an ambitious plan for renewable energy. So why are environmentalists upset?

Salon · Sep 19, 2024

Why London’s new slavery memorial is so important: ‘The past that is not past reappears, always, to rupture the present’

In 2026, a new memorial to the 12.5 million enslaved people transported to the Americas and Europe – and their descendants – will be unveiled on West India Quay in London’s Docklands.

The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024

Participating in Black Lives Matter Protest Isn't Protected by Federal Labor Law

Federal labor law limits employers' ability to fire employees for "engag[ing] in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection." (It also limits unions' ability to discipline members for their speech on union matters.) But, unlike the laws in some states, it doesn't…

Reason · Aug 27, 2024