Op-Ed | President Obama’s Lesser-Known Legacy: “Arms Dealer in Chief“ President Obama has brokered and authorized a record number of arms sales to foreign governments during his tenure. By Owen B. McCormack , Truthout March 23, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Time for These Two Democrats to Go Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz represent everything wrong with the Democratic Party. By Michael Winship & Bill Moyers , Moyers&Company March 23, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth The Baghdad School of Music and Ballet Fights for Its Life The fine arts and other positive escapes are an integral part of the psychosocial development of war-affected children. By Neda Simaika , Speakout March 23, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Why Was Mahmoud Shaalan Killed by Israeli Soldiers? 169 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since October. It's the US's responsibility to find out why. By Lawrence Fleming , Olga Banaszkiewicz , Carly Campbell , AmericanFriendsServiceCommittee March 23, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Activists Protest US Role in Mexico’s Drug War Violence, While Candidates Remain Quiet US presidential candidates have been mostly silent on how they would address drug war-related human rights abuses in Mexico. By Nidia Bautista , Truthout March 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | How a Democrat-Led, Education-Focused PAC Channels Out-of-State Dark Money Democrats for Education Reform uses local branding to help elevate the voice of huge Wall Street players and other corporate interests from out-of-state. By Lisa Graves , PRWatch March 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Gustavo Castro Soto and the Rigged Investigation Into Berta Cáceres’ Assassination The message was clear to all. Activists are not safe in Honduras. By Beverly Bell , OtherWorlds March 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Shades of “Papers, Please” Policing at Trump Rally A US citizen arrested at a Trump rally was immediately turned over to immigration because of her Latina last name. By Sam Sacks , TheDistrictSentinel March 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as the United States’ 51st and Most Powerful State What if our post-democratic military is driven by an autocrat who insists that it must obey his whims in the cause of “making America great again”? By William J. Astore | , TomDispatch March 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Thirteen Years After Disastrous US Invasion of Iraq, Obama Quietly Deploys More Troops Obama is the fourth consecutive president to militarily intervene in Iraq, despite pledges to end war. By Sarah Lazare , AlterNet March 22, 2016 Truthout