Excerpt | Culture & Media Cigarettes Are Central to the History of Corporate Power "Cigarettes, Inc." shows how Jim Crow, jazz and smoking are central to the history of corporate power. By Nan Enstad , UniversityofChicagoPress March 21, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Environment & Health “Frostlands” — Our Climate Future Foretold In this excerpt of “Frostlands,” the main character of the novel grapples with the climate debate in 2051. By John Feffer , HaymarketBooks February 28, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Racial Justice “An Eye for an Eye”: An Inside Look Into the Black Panther Party Cox's book details his five years in the Black Panther Party's high command during the late 1960s and early 1970s. By Don Cox , Heyday February 23, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections Neoliberal Ties Doomed Latin America’s Leftist Political Tide We must be willing to criticize Latin American governments from the left, says author Mike Gonzalez. By Mike Gonzalez , PlutoPress February 14, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Environment & Health In Facing Mass Extinction, We Must Allow Ourselves to Grieve "Grief is a way to honor what we are losing," writes Dahr Jamail. By Dahr Jamail , TheNewPress January 17, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections For Tech Firms, Power Lies in the Coding Power lies with those who control technology, not necessarily those who own it. By Jamie Susskind , OxfordUniversityPress January 10, 2019 Truthout
Excerpt | Economy & Labor Can the Working Class Change the World? Building the world anew under a new social order is the hardheaded realism the working class must face. By Michael D. Yates , Truthout December 23, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Environment & Health How We Stop the World From “Burning Up” Whether we stop runaway carbon emissions is dependent on how deeply we transform society as a whole. By Simon Pirani , PlutoPress December 13, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | LGBTQ Rights Gay Emancipation Goes to Market In this excerpt, Roderick A. Ferguson examines the beginnings of depoliticization in the LGBT movement. By Roderick A. Ferguson , PolityPress November 29, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections What US Society Looks Like When It Starts to Dissolve Thomas Frank discusses a nation in which the major parties are sinking the ship of state. By Thomas Frank , MetropolitanBooks August 23, 2018 Truthout