News Analysis | Politics & Elections Disproportionate Representation: A Look at Women Leadership in Congress Women, and certainly women of color, have essentially been denied adequate representation in Congress since the founding of the United States. By Cherise Charleswell , TheHamptonInstitute March 29, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Colombian Report on US Military’s Child Rapes Not Newsworthy to US News Outlets These aren't fringe claims. By Adam Johnson , FAIRBlog March 29, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing New York Still Charges Teenagers as Adults; Will Cuomo’s Bill Change That? New York is poised to pass a new juvenile sentencing bill that would keep many minors from being charged as adults, but some critics say it doesn't go far … By Leticia Miranda , ProPublica March 29, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Moneyballing Justice: “Evidence-Based” Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence Proponents of “bipartisan criminal justice reform” fail to address exhaustive evidence of race-based policing. By Nancy A. Heitzeg & Kay Whitlock , Truthout March 29, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Lee Kuan Yew and Benjamin Netanyahu: The Politics of Fear Singapore and Israel share a particular sense of fear, one that's manipulated politically by leaders. By David Palumbo-Liu , Truthout March 29, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | From Resisting Definition to Resisting Exploitation: The Ongoing Struggle of Domestic Workers in Lebanon The government rejects informal union of domestic workers despite its failure to address an alarming number of their deaths. By Arianne Shahvisi , Truthout March 28, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Tobacco Industry Rallies Against Illicit Trade, but Have We Forgotten Its Complicity? Complicity is suspected when companies export billions of cigarettes to countries that do not have a demand for such large volumes. By Andrew Rowell & Karen Evans-Reeves , TheConversation March 28, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Why ISIS Exists It's too easy to forget that the US invasion of Iraq killed some half a million Iraqis - most of them civilians. By Bonnie Bricker & Adil E Shamoo , ForeignPolicyinFocus March 28, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Solar Energy Lights Up in Latin America The movement towards solar energy is sweeping throughout Latin America. By Melanie Diaz , CouncilonHemisphericAffairs March 27, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Swarthmore Students Launch First Indefinite Occupation for Fossil Fuel Divestment Swarthmore's reputation may now hinge on how it responds to students. By Kate Aronoff , WagingNonviolence March 27, 2015 Truthout