"It's an actual strategy among oil companies...that if you can fearmonger enough, you can get a public that says, 'Fine, even though the safety measures are not in place, we'll drill 10 miles in the ocean if you don't go to foreign oil.'”

"I was shocked to see how easily these big oil companies, in this case Exxon, could make its story the dominant story."

Two deep conversations, about oil and much more.

"A lot of media operate almost like they’re the fourth branch of the United States government, in terms of peddling misinformation, when you can't tell the distinction between the misinformation and what is actually happening in countries."

"If this landmark ruling—and it is a landmark ruling, make no mistake—does hold up to appeal, then there will be a big celebration in Ecuador, and around the world, for those who support indigenous rights and the environment."

Editorial standards and quality of reporting on a country are inversely proportional to its relationship with the US: Friendly countries are reported on favorably, whereas anything goes with enemy states like Venezuela, Iran or North Korea.

A former US diplomat to Cuba, Wayne Smith, wrote once that Cuba "seems to have the same effect on American administrations that the full moon once had on werewolves."

"The reporters play such a key role in often assisting our movement partners to achieve their goals, reporting on the findings of these requests, and helping shape the narrative that is so important for our grassroots partners and their campaigns."

"At the same time that many of us in our work are being asked to sign away our private right of action through this system of forced arbitration, we are also facing fewer and fewer cops on the beat in terms of public enforcement of those rights."

A new report outlines just how tilted the workplace balance of power has become in this country, and what we need to do to restore workers' voice and power at work.