Interview | Economy & Labor The US Protects Its Wealthy Professionals Financially While Throwing Workers to the Wolves Patent and copyright monopolies redistribute income upwards, says Dean Baker. By Mark Karlin , Truthout December 18, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Guilty of Grand Theft Overtime: Ruling Denies Protection to Millions of Workers Why did Judge Mazzant issue the injunction and why is he so keen on denying raises to millions of workers? By Tyler Zimmer , SocialistWorker December 18, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Dare for Democracy: Three Essential Steps The Small Planet Institute has published an online guide to help people find a way to get involved. By Adam Eichen & Frances Moore Lappé , Moyers&Company December 18, 2016 Truthout
News | Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of Their Students: Those Over 25 Though more adults need higher educations, their enrollment has begun to fall. By Matt Krupnick , TheHechingerReport December 17, 2016 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections The Republican Sabotage of the Vote Recounts in Michigan and Wisconsin Tens of thousands of ballots cast in majority-Black districts remain uncounted. By Greg Palast , Truthout December 17, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | The Dark Side of Christmas: The Impact on Sweatshops It's not elves, but underpaid Chinese workers working around the clock that will enable you to unwrap your presents. By Amoge Ukaegbu , NewInternationalist December 17, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Leaked Report Reveals BP Safety Failures as It Heads Back to Gulf of Mexico The list of failures stretches from missing blueprints to crucial anti-blowout devices being wrongly installed. By Lawrence Carter & Maeve McClenaghan , Energydesk December 17, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | North Dakota’s Public Bank Was Built for the People — Now It’s Financing Police at Standing Rock Millions in loans provided by the bank allowed the police to double down on suppression of Water Protectors. By Matt Stannard , YES!Magazine December 17, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | From Reagan to Trump: Reflecting on Three Disastrous Elections Will a Trump presidency be even more harmful to the world than the Reagan and Bush presidencies were? By John Lamperti , Truthout December 17, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Happy 29th Birthday, Chelsea Manning Without action from Obama, Chelsea may not make it to 30. By Chase Strangio , Medium December 17, 2016 Truthout