Op-Ed | Pope Francis, Mexico, and the Legacies of Liberation Theology and Camilo Torres The imminent pilgrimage to Mexico of Pope Francis will highlight some of the most painful dimensions of the country's deepening human rights crisis. By Camilo Pérez-Bustillo , Speakout February 12, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Democracy in Peril: Twenty Years of Media Consolidation Under the Telecommunications Act In 1996, President Clinton signed the bill into law. Today, the media industry is donating big to Hillary Clinton's campaign. By Michael Corcoran , Truthout February 11, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Why Our Government Isn’t Listening: How Greed Is at the Root of US Suffering Why doesn't the government of a country as wealthy as the US provide for its people? Oppression is a profitable business. By Eliza A. Webb , Truthout February 11, 2016 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections North Carolina Voting Rights Fight Moves From the Courtroom to the Streets As the federal trial over restrictive voter ID law wrapped up, the NAACP shifted its fight. By Sue Sturgis , FacingSouth February 11, 2016 Truthout
News | The Oil Industry Won in Alberta. Now First Nations Look to Heal Their Land First Nations in Alberta engage in a complex dance of resistance to and cooperation with industry in order to survive. By Erika Lundahl , YES!Magazine February 11, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The New York Times’ Bank-Boosting, Neoliberal-Excusing Story of the Global Debt Hangover The big tell is that the article has nary a mention of the idea of restructuring loans. By Yves Smith , NakedCapitalism February 11, 2016 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections IRS Allows Post-Citizens United Karl Rove Group to Continue Concealing Source of Donors The Internal Revenue Service decided to grant “social welfare” tax-exempt status to Crossroads GPS. By Sam Knight , TheDistrictSentinel February 11, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Hillary Clinton’s Very Bad Night No candidate in modern US political history has bounced back from a 22-point loss in that first-in-the-nation primary. By Robert Parry , ConsortiumNews February 11, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace The US Military Suffers From Affluenza: Showering the Pentagon With Money and Praise Unlike Ethan Couch, however, that military has never faced trial or probation. By William J. Astore | , TomDispatch February 11, 2016 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections Noam Chomsky | Notion of Elite Guardian Class Dates Back to Founding of US Noam Chomsky discusses the historical embedding of an elite “guardian class” in US society going back to the framers of the Constitution. By Noam Chomsky , ColumbiaUniversityPress February 11, 2016 Truthout