News Analysis | Economy & Labor The College Football Arms Race Is Bigger Than Ever: What Is the True Cost? “Big Ten” contracts force colleges to spend on sports facilities even if they have underperforming football teams. By Dustin Axe , Truthout December 12, 2016 Truthout
News | As North Pole Melts in November, Wildfires Rage Across US Well Into Winter Add 36 degrees Fahrenheit to the current temperature wherever you are for a sense of the crisis at the North Pole. By Dahr Jamail , Truthout December 12, 2016 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Alarm Over “Witch Hunt” After Trump Demands List of Civil Servants Who Worked on Climate Policy Under Obama Internal document show Trump's transition team instructed the Department of Energy to hand over names. By Sarah Lazare , AlterNet December 12, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Waking Up to the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act We have created an infrastructure for really serious social and political control. By Phoebe Braithwaite , openDemocracy December 12, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Drug Prices Likely to Rise in Trump Administration Drug companies have the power to set drug prices and will want to make up for their lost revenue. By Diane Archer , CampaignforAmerica'sFuture December 12, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | “We’ll Look at Everything”: More Thoughts on Trump’s $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan To stimulate the economy, create new jobs and generate new GDP requires an injection of new money. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog December 12, 2016 Truthout
News | President Obama “Actively” Pondering End of Dormant Muslim Surveillance Scheme, Ahead of Trump The White House is reportedly thinking about scrapping a controversial immigration surveillance program. By Sam Knight , TheDistrictSentinel December 12, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Trump’s Economic Policies Are Unsound — but Not Because We Can’t Afford Them Much of what economists say about Trump's plans for infrastructure and tax cuts is likely to be wrong. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 12, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Dangerous Americans: The Trump Nominees in Full This rogue's gallery is, far and away, the most dangerous rack of nominees ever assembled. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout December 12, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace It’s 2016. Do You Know Where Your Bombs Are Falling? The forgotten war in Yemen and the unchecked war powers of the presidency in the age of Trump. By Rebecca Gordon , TomDispatch December 12, 2016 Truthout