Truthout
Articles
|
Former Cleanup Workers Blame Illnesses on Toxic Coal Ash Exposures
Dozens of lawsuits are pending as a result of a 2008 dam collapse in Tennessee.
How Individualist Economics Are Causing Planetary Eco-Collapse
While capitalism has brought unprecedented development, this same motor of development is now driving towards ecological collapse, threatening to doom us all.
RNC Protesters “Wall Off Trump” and Confront Police Violence
Protesters erected a “wall” with banners outside the RNC, and kept systemic police violence in the spotlight even as a sea of police flooded the streets around them.
What’s on Display in Cleveland? The Republican Id
The triumph of Trump has demonstrated the cost of the devil's bargain.
Young Black Protesters Blockade Police Facilities Across the Country
The movement for Black lives raged on in the streets with young Black people shutting down and disrupting police facilities in multiple cities on Wednesday.
Trumpism Is a Scam — You’re Actually Voting for Mike Pence
All Trump cares about is inflating his personal brand, and getting elected president is the best way to do that.
|
The Appalling Violence of the World’s Three Superpowers
The status ‘superpower’ rests on three nations' enormous capacity for violence.
|
The “American Dream” Moved to Canada
Maybe try Canada?
Fever Dreams as Cleveland Steams: RNC Night Three, Featuring Pence
Mike Pence, terrifyingly, came off as a mainstream politician, despite his extreme racism and misogyny.
|
A Brief History of the “War on Cops”: The False Allegation That Enables Police Violence
The war on cops does not exist, but the idea has been used to justify increasing police violence.