Op-Ed | Addiction, Mental Health, Safe Spaces and Stigmatization “I have tried to speak to these issues in community, but very few of us speak to them loudly enough.” By Kelly Hayes , TransformativeSpaces January 4, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Robert McChesney: We Need to Advocate Radical Solutions to Systemic Problems The author discusses net neutrality, his hopes for a post-capitalist democracy in the United States and more. By Mark Karlin , Truthout January 4, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The McMindfulness Craze: The Shadow Side of the Mindfulness Revolution If meditation ordinarily leads to numbing detachment, what would a meditation that valued self-discovery look like? By Jeffrey B. Rubin , Truthout January 4, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The Torture Debate Is Missing This: The Fact That We Did This Before Past and present seem to come together in official declarations that US military actions are dictated by the mandates of an “exceptional” war. By Paul Kramer , HistoryNewsNetwork January 3, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Carrots for Cuba, Sticks for North Korea As one cold war thaws, another refreezes. By John Feffer , ForeignPolicyinFocus January 3, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | A Flat-Footed Backflip for Wall Street Congress gave its bankster buddies an overly generous holiday gift. By Jim Hightower , OtherWords January 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Behind New Jersey’s Tobacco Bond Bailout, A Hedge Fund’s $100 Million Payday When New Jersey bailed out some of its tobacco bonds, the state gave up $400 million in future revenues to pocket $92 million immediately. By Cezary Podkul , ProPublica January 3, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Comcast Wants Customers to Pay More for Using the Internet Too Much ISPs are looking for alternative ways to control the internet gateway and make a profit. By Crystal Shepeard , Care2 January 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes The Quechua Indians are worried about threats to their potato crops from alterations in rainfall patterns and temperatures. By Fabiola Ortiz , InterPressService January 3, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Terrorism “Insurance” Expires Congress should end the wars, ground the drones and stop using torture. By Buddy Bell , VoicesforCreativeNonviolence January 3, 2015 Truthout