News Analysis | Economy & Labor Fast-Food Workers: Thanks for the Raise, McDonald’s, but We Said $15 an Hour, Not $10 McDonald's Corporation offered a pay increase next July to workers in the restaurants it owns in the United States. By David Moberg , InTheseTimes April 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Can We End the Privatization of Seeds? The next 10 years must build on successes to reclaim seed sovereignty. By Anuradha Mittal & Elizabeth Fraser , Dollars&Sense April 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Iran Won Upfront Sanctions Relief, but With Potential Snags Some of the conditions for sanctions relief are likely to create new issues between Iran and Western powers. By Gareth Porter , MiddleEastEye April 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Wisconsin Grandmother Jailed for Opposing Drone Murders Bonnie Block, a Madison grandmother and long-time peace activist, was found guilty of trespassing in a jury trial in the Juneau County Courthouse on Wednesday. By David Swanson , WarIsACrime April 6, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Five Reasons Why San Francisco Needs to Use Public Lands for Public Benefit, Not Luxury Housing The most important public policy priority for San Francisco is to reserve its surplus land for affordable housing. By Joseph Smooke & Dyan Ruiz , people.power.media] April 5, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice In Strange Twist of History, Black Activist Charged With “Lynching” Law created to protect Blacks is cited against woman protesting police violence. By Thandisizwe Chimurenga , Truthout April 5, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Congressional Budget Plans Get Two-Thirds of Cuts From Programs for People With Low or Moderate Incomes The new Congressional plans chart a radically different course, imposing their most severe cuts on people on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. By Isaac Shapiro & Richard Kogan , CenteronBudgetandPolicyPriorities April 5, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Why North Carolina’s “Religious Freedom” Bill Is Even Worse Than Indiana’s A small change in wording could have big legal consequences. By Chris Kromm , FacingSouth April 5, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Iran, Stubborn History and a Toast to the Future Good stuff all around, and very hopeful . . . but it does beg the question: How did we get here? By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 4, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Five Reasons Why San Francisco Must Not Give Up Public Land for Market-Rate Development A city plan to use public land for market-rate, rather than fully affordable housing, just doesn't make economic sense. By Joseph Smooke & Dyan Ruiz , people.power.media] April 3, 2015 Truthout