News Analysis | Environment & Health The US Has Nearly 600 Coal Waste Sites: Why They’ve Got West Virginians Worried Residents fear that coal-contaminated water is seeping into their wells. But a lack of evidence is stalling action. By Erin L. McCoy , YES!Magazine April 28, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The Kingpin Strategy: Assassination as US Policy and How It Failed, From 1990-2015 Andrew Cockburn takes us back to the drug wars of the 1990s, opening a window on just why the drone is the modern age's blowback weapon. By Andrew Cockburn , TomDispatch April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Challenging American Exceptionalism Marjorie Cohn: There had been little public concern in this country about drone strikes that killed people in other countries. But when it was revealed that US citizens could … By Marjorie Cohn , MarjorieCohn'sBlog April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Michael Eric Dyson: Crab in a Barrel Dyson has demonstrated his loyalty to power. By Margaret Kimberley , BlackAgendaReport April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Paradox of Thrift When governments introduce austerity measures, they are trying to reduce their net borrowing - in effect, they are raising their savings rate. By Paul Krugman , Krugman&Co. April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Deaths at Sea: Scant Hope for the Future From Europe’s History of Failure on Migrants Europe is today the deadliest migration destination in the world and the Mediterranean is becoming an open-air cemetery. By Sarah Wolff , TheConversation April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | We Can’t Afford Immigrants Not Being Insured The Affordable Care Act should be expanded to cover undocumented immigrants, but that's only the next step. By Frank Seo , Truthout April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The New York Times Goes to Baltimore, Finds Only Police Worth Talking To Somebody needs to remind the Paper of Record that government officials don't have a monopoly on the truth. By Neil deMause , FAIRBlog April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | On the Baltimore Uprising: Toward a New “Broken Windows” Theory What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore? By Mychal Denzel Smith , TheNation April 28, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Earth Day on the River of Grass Without collective action, we remain at the mercy of systems of power and domination u2014 wild places, like the River of Grass, are doomed. By Grant A. Mincy , Truthout April 28, 2015 Truthout