Politics & Elections Missouri’s Dark Money Scandal, Explained It's getting harder for voters to identify exactly who is trying to influence their vote. By Ciara Torres-Spelliscy , TheConversation June 2, 2018 Truthout
Human Rights Trump Turns Up the Anti-Immigrant Hate The hate directed at MS-13 and Central American migrants represents an escalation of the administration’s scapegoating. By Juan Miranda & Valeria Sosa Garnica , SocialistWorker June 2, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health Rick Perry Resorts to Subsidizing Coal With Measures Used in Wartime and Natural Disasters Energy Secretary Rick Perry is propping up dying coal and nuclear plants under the purported banner of national security. By Ashley Braun , DeSmogBlog June 2, 2018 Truthout
Human Rights Freedom Flotilla Sails Again to Gaza in Support of the Palestinian Great March of Return “This is a civil society to civil society mission.” By Yoav Litvin , Truthout June 2, 2018 Truthout
Human Rights European Human Rights Court Exposes Further Complicity in CIA Torture States must own up to and take action on known torturers. By Aisha Maniar , Truthout June 2, 2018 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections It Didn’t Have to Be This Way: How Trump Filled the Void Trump is aftermath; what got us here is the real problem. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout June 2, 2018 Truthout
Economy & Labor Academic Alienation: Freeing Cognitive Labor From the Grip of Capitalism In the neoliberal university, intellectual labor has largely become inscribed into the machine of knowledge production. By Maresi Starzmann , ROARMagazine June 2, 2018 Truthout
Economy & Labor Economic Update: Capitalism Makes Few Winners, Many Losers This week's episode provides updates on Armenia's political uprising, banks' big profits, Harley-Davidson's layoffs and unjust criminal penalties. By Richard D. Wolff , Truthout June 1, 2018 Truthout
Education & Youth As Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Are Dismissed by Education Department, National Groups Take on DeVos The department's new complaint guidelines are undermining its own obligation to investigate civil rights violations. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams June 1, 2018 Truthout
Environment & Health Trump Peddles False Hope to the Terminally Ill With Right to Try Law At worst, critics say Right to Try is a stealth attempt by libertarian ideologues to undermine patients' rights. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout June 1, 2018 Truthout