News Analysis | Koch Front Groups Are Defending ExxonMobil’s Anti-Science Campaigns The Kochs have spent over $88 million in “traceable” funding to groups attacking climate change science, policy and regulation. By Connor Gibson , Greenpeace June 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Trump’s Campaign Now Has Less Money Than Many Congressional Campaigns The Trump campaign has set up a funding gap far more dramatic than we see in a typical presidential race. By Emma Baccellieri , Alec Goodwin , Viveca Novak , CenterforResponsivePolitics June 22, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Nurses Say “No” to Staffing by Robot: 5,000 Strike in Minnesota The immediate sticking point is health insurance, but this is also a showdown over nurses' power on the job. By Alexandra Bradbury , LaborNotes June 22, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Government at the Barrel of a Gun: The Kentucky Retirement System The Kentucky Retirement System escalated from corruption at the fund level to disregard of the law at the executive level. By Yves Smith , NakedCapitalism June 22, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Brexit Would Hit the UK Economy Much Harder Than Its Promoters Expect On June 23, British voters will accept or reject a proposal that Britain leave the European Union. By Jeff Faux , EconomicPolicyInstitute June 22, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health International Agribusiness Targets Farmland in Brazil Land speculation stimulates the expansion of plantations across Brazil, increasing land conflicts and displacement of Indigenous communities. By Maria Luisa Mendonça , teleSUR June 22, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Constructive Responses to ISIS The conclusion about how to deal with ISIS would perhaps begin to shift if we asked a few pointed questions. By Will Hopkins , Speakout June 22, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Age Divide in the Primaries: Voting for Values Over Fear People underestimated the cultural gap between generations that influenced the outcome of the recent primaries. By Nicole Sault , Speakout June 22, 2016 Truthout
News | “People Are Being Tortured in These Units”: The Fight Against Solitary Confinement Among the most vocal opponents of solitary confinement are those who have spent years in isolation behind bars. By Victoria Law , Truthout June 21, 2016 Truthout
News | The Senate’s Popular Sentencing Reform Bill Would Sort Prisoners by “Risk Score“ Federal prisoners would be scored according to their risk of recidivating. Those who got high scores would be ineligible for sentence reduction. By Lauren Kirchner , ProPublica June 21, 2016 Truthout