News | Economy & Labor Teamsters United One Step Closer Teamster leadership nominees and their supporters are out seeking votes among the union's 1.3 million members. By Alexandra Bradbury , LaborNotes August 28, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Climate Change Pledges Not Nearly Enough to Save Tropical Ecosystems The carbon pledges made by 178 nations in Paris to date won't likely save tropical coral reefs or cloud forests, or prevent mass global extinctions. By Jeremy Hance , Mongabay August 28, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Chefs Get Creative About Restaurant Food Waste For chefs, reducing food waste is becoming business as usual. Not only does it help the bottom line, it saves resources all along the food supply chain. By Kara West , EnvironmentalHealthNews August 28, 2016 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Anti-Abortion Groups Sue for Right to “Counsel” Patients Entering Clinics Anti-abortion groups are reasserting their claim that the First Amendment allows them to “counsel” patients entering clinics. By Katie Klabusich , Truthout August 28, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Graduate Students Are Workers: The Decades-Long Fight for Graduate Unions, and the Path Forward The NLRB's ruling that teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are workers and are legally protected is historic. By Zach Schwartz-Weinstein , Truthout August 28, 2016 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking Via the Ballot For years, local Ohioans have been told by courts and elected officials that they have no control over fracking. By Simon Davis-Cohen , DeSmogBlog August 28, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Disrupting the Myth of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Age of Trump, Sanders and Clinton The presidency of FDR reveals some policy positions that capture those of more recent candidates. By Tim Scott , Mythos:Education,PoliticalEconomyandCulture August 28, 2016 Truthout
Interview | “Necessary Trouble” and a Long, Hard Struggle: Talking Movements With Sarah Jaffe Sarah Jaffe's “Necessary Trouble” is an extensive, vivid overview of post-2008 crisis movements and their organizers. By Joe MacarĂ© , Truthout August 28, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health India’s First Fully Organic State Faces Many Challenges to Maintaining Its Status It's too early to hail Sikkim's transition to chemicals-free agriculture an outright success, say observers. By Athar Parvaiz , EarthIslandJournal August 27, 2016 Truthout
News | The Surprise Weapon in Detroit’s Battle Against Gentrification The Illuminate Literacy project encourages neighborhood youth to hold onto their identities and histories by expressing themselves in words. By Steve Furay , YES!Magazine August 27, 2016 Truthout