Excerpt | Human Rights Breaking the Cycle of Cynicism: “Stand Up!” Offers Tools for Effective Organizing in the Age of Trump Stand Up! offers a step-by-step framework for becoming an effective social-change leader and building better organizations. By Gordon Whitman , Berrett-KoehlerPublishers January 16, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Prisons & Policing The FBI’s Failed Plan to Make Black Activist James Forman an Informant The FBI was able to place informants into the top layers of organizations deemed threats. By Conor A. Gallagher & Aaron J. Leonard , RepeaterBooks January 15, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Prisons & Policing Incremental Reforms Won’t Work: The Transformation of Policing Is Needed The following is an excerpt from his book, "The End of Policing." By Alex S. Vitale , VersoBooks January 11, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections Democracy Is Not a Choice When power moves into the hands of a few, decent people commit unspeakable acts. By Adam Eichen & Frances Moore Lappé , AlterNet January 6, 2018 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections What Is Fascism? An Excerpt From “Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It” Shane Burley discusses what exactly fascism is beyond the hype and misinformation. By Shane Burley , AKPress December 22, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | Politics & Elections Fear Was the Path That Trump Took to the White House Fear has come to occupy a disproportionately large role in shaping cultures and polities. By Sasha Abramsky , NationBooks December 21, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | LGBTQ Rights Trans People Don’t Need to Be “Cured,” Despite What Discredited Studies Claim Mental health improves with transition. By Laura A. Jacobs & Laura Erickson-Schroth , BeaconPress December 14, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | Henry A. Giroux | Challenging the Neoliberalism at the Root of Trump’s Authoritarianism The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy. By Henry A. Giroux , Routledge December 7, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | Human Rights Build and Fight: The Program and Strategy of Cooperation Jackson An excerpt from "Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi." By Kali Akuno , DarajaPress December 5, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | How Three Generations Experienced Segregated American Education The US education system is a system of apartheid. By Noliwe Rooks , TheNewPress November 30, 2017 Truthout