Excerpt | We Have a Supreme Court That Comforts the Comfortable and Afflicts the Afflicted Millhiser has written a scathing indictment of how SCOTUS has undermined our rights. By Ian Millhiser , NationBooks April 17, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Confronting the Politics of Paranoia and Narcissism: An “Old Europe” Alternative Neoconservative politics of paranoia and rage are gearing up with the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season. By Thomas J. Scott , Truthout April 17, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Financial Reform’s Effect on Shadow Banking The Dodd-Frank financial reform law is doing some real good. By Paul Krugman , Krugman&Co. April 17, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Wall Street’s Stealth Tax Break A tax break that could be the biggest in the US has never gotten its due. By Gerald E. Scorse , TheHill April 17, 2015 Truthout
Civil Society Asks Three Critical Questions of the World Bank at Its 2015 Spring Meetings These questions throw its self-promoted claim to serve the interests of the world's poor into stark relief. By Staff , OurLandOurBusiness April 17, 2015 Truthout
Study Finds Clean Jobs Bill Would Spur $23 Billion in New Clean Energy Investment Legislation that would strengthen Illinois's renewable electricity and energy efficiency standards would drive billions in clean energy investments. By Staff , UnionofConcernedScientists April 17, 2015 Truthout
An End to Loopholes and Restoring Fairness: FACT Submits Comments to Senate Finance Working Groups on International Taxes The FACT Coalition submitted comments calling for a number of substantive changes in the tax code to restore fairness. By Staff , FACTCoalition April 17, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Islamophobia on Wheels: An Analysis On 1 April 2015 an anti-Muslim advertisement started appearing on 84 municipal buses in the Philadelphia regional area. By Lawrence Davidson , Truthout April 17, 2015 Truthout
House Oversight Committee Expresses “No Confidence” in DEA Administrator Leonhart The unprecedented move by a group of over twenty bipartisan lawmakers comes a day after her shambolic performance in Congress during a hearing focused on DEA agents. By Staff , DrugPolicyAlliance April 17, 2015 Truthout
News | Jordan Downs: Toxic Cleanups Underway, but Many Fear It’s Too Little, Too Late Residents fear the worst of the environmental damage has already been done. By Dan Ross , Truthout April 16, 2015 Truthout