Interview | Environment & Health German Nonprofit Creates New Open Source License for Seeds Dr. Johannes Kotschi discusses how the open source model was adapted for seeds, and why this initiative is so important. By Nithin Coca , Shareable June 30, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Considers Reuniting Conflicting Regulatory Bodies Separated After 2010 Gulf Oil Spill After the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the Minerals Management Service was split in two. By Sam Knight , TheDistrictSentinel June 30, 2017 Truthout
News | Putting the Spotlight on Women Migrant Workers The hardships faced by women migrants, who disproportionately bear the brunt of discrimination at work, are often swept under the rug. By Roshni Majumdar , InterPressService June 30, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Racist US Laws Provided Inspiration to the Nazis: An Interview With James Q. Whitman The Nazis were inspired and emboldened by the US's anti-miscegenation and second-class citizenship laws. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout June 30, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections William Rivers Pitt | Sad but True: The Republican Party Somehow Still Exists If the GOP were an animal in the wild, it would have been devoured by chickadees long ago. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout June 30, 2017 Truthout
Interview | For Women Like Charleena Lyles, Trauma Has Trickled Down for Generations How symptoms of mental illness manifest in Black women and the steps toward healing. By Angela Fichter , YES!Magazine June 30, 2017 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor “Stop-and-Frisk” for Caregivers: How Expanded Mandated Reporting Laws Hurt Families Universal mandatory reporting laws increase complaints but do not reduce violence against children, research shows. By Erica R. Meiners & Maya Schenwar , Truthout June 29, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Pastor Leads Lawsuit Opposing Bayou Bridge Pipeline to Protect Louisiana Cancer Alley Community Is the love of money so strong that industry leaders and politicians are willing to let people die in order to get it? By Julie Dermansky , DeSmogBlog June 29, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Sovereign Debt Jubilee, Japanese-Style Japan is selling debt to its own central bank, which returns the interest to the government. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog June 29, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | Proxy War and Surrogate Terror: How the US Came to Take an Active Role in War and Torture in Latin America John W. Dower describes the US role in facilitating death and destruction in Latin and South America. By John W. Dower , HaymarketBooks June 29, 2017 Truthout