News Analysis | “Do What You Gotta Do”: Cop Shows Bolster Idea That Police Violence Works What is the social impact of cop booster program “Chicago PD”? What audience - and what ends - does it serve? By Aaron Miguel Cantú , Truthout March 16, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Holder a Lonely Holdout as Death Row Enters Death Throes In seeking the death penalty for the accused Boston marathon bomber, Eric Holder violates his personal opposition, Boston public opinion and growing nationwide resistance to execution as criminal punishment. By Susanne Dumbleton , Truthout March 16, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Ten Reasons Why Nukes Are Nuts A nuclear weapons treaty to achieve Nuclear Zero is the only way to counter the obvious insanity of nuclear weapons in any form. By David Krieger , Truthout March 16, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Story of Atalissa Highlights America’s Long-Term Care Problem America's health care system neglects people who require long-term care and denies them the opportunity to lead full, rewarding lives. By Sarah Galli , NextNewDeal March 15, 2014 Truthout
United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are “Not Beneficial” Drug decriminalization rapidly emerging as consensus goal of drug policy, public safety and health stakeholders. By Drug Policy Alliance , Truthout March 15, 2014 Truthout
Interview | Education & Youth Happy Birthday, Bayard Rustin: Dan Falcone Interviews Walter Naegle, Partner of the Late Bayard Rustin Naegle was Bayard Rustin's partner from 1977 until Rustin's death in 1987 and he is executor and archivist of the Bayard Rustin Estate. By Daniel Falcone , Truthout March 15, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Why I Didn’t Make It to Gaza for International Women’s Day Benjamin: I had no reason to think I'd end up in a jail cell at the Cairo airport and then violently deported. By Medea Benjamin , PinkTank March 15, 2014 Truthout
News | Lakota Vow: ‘Dead or in Prison Before We Allow the KXL Pipeline’ President Obama is scheduled to be make a final decision on the pipeline by the middle of 2014. By Camila Ibanez , WagingNonviolence March 15, 2014 Truthout
News | A Moral Blind Spot: The Catholic Establishment and the Y-2 Nuclear Protest The moral obtuseness of the Catholic hierarchy runs deep. By Michael Gallagher , ContraryPerspective March 15, 2014 Truthout
News | Mandatory Minimum Gun Laws Steal Lives We are accustomed to hearing about exorbitant sentencing for drug offenses, but similar sentencing for gun possession is less frequently mentioned. By Maya Schenwar , TheNewYorkTimes March 15, 2014 Truthout