News Analysis | Environment & Health Physical Education Takes a Hit: Schools’ Emphasis on Testing Is Making Kids Sick Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, 44 percent of school administrators admit that they've cut physical education or recess to focus on test … By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout May 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Is the Tide Turning Against Water Privatization? Many places that have experimented with privatization have found that public services are actually more cost-efficient in the long run. By Michelle Chen , TheNation May 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe; Says, “Let’s Get the Truth Out“ Two career prosecutors just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice. By Mary Bottari & Brendan Fischer , PRWatch May 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The Chickens Come Home to Roost in Baltimore Once again, the nation watches as prosecutors deal with the killing of an unarmed Black man. By Marjorie Cohn , MarjorieCohn'sBlog May 6, 2015 Truthout
News | Guilty of Mental Illness Parker, a home care worker, feels overwhelmed by years of trying to solve the problem of how to keep her mentally ill son from cycling in and out of … By Deborah L Shelton , ChicagoReporter May 6, 2015 Truthout
Excerpt | Education & Youth “Disposable Futures”: Critique of Violence Exposing violence is not the same as being exposed to it, though the former too often comes as a result of the latter. By Henry A. Giroux & Brad Evans , CityLightsBooks May 6, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Imagine Fewer Autos (It’s Easy if You Try) National Bike Month is an opportunity to envision the post-car future. By Carlton Reid , Truthout May 6, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Letter to Loretto A whistleblower bids farewell to incarceration and moves on with his life. By John Kiriakou , OtherWords/ForeignPolicyinFocus May 6, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prosecuting Cops Does Not Equal Justice Celebrating charges is like celebrating crumbs. By Mariame Kaba , PrisonCulture May 6, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The US From Abroad: Still Seen as a Strange Liberator How can a racialized “democracy” teach the world lessons about respect for the law when it violates the law within its borders? By Pierre Guerlain , Truthout May 6, 2015 Truthout