Truthout
News Analysis
Are Economic Growth and Social Justice Incompatible?
Professor Jason Hickel and activist Alnoor Ladha discuss the fallacy of economic growth, the battle for social justice and how to organize against the neoliberal system.
Child Migrants and Media Half-Truths
Mainstream press stories are telling half-truths about child victims, while muddling or downright manipulating the question of who and what is responsible.
Children’s Lives in the Balance: Is One Worth More Than Another?
Despite the tragedy of the crimes and the desperate desire to find the perpetrators, would civilized society countenance the widespread ransacking of property, imprisonment of hundreds and the death …
Workers Resist Scofflaw Employers in Wage Theft Capital of the US
In 2012, wage theft in the United States exceeded the total amount stolen in all bank, gas station and convenience store robberies. Workers in Los Angeles are fighting back.
How DC’s Political Intelligence Biz Made Fat Cats Fatter
Mr. Cantor has been Wall Street's go-to guy on issues big and small.
Chile Vows to Dispel Lingering Shadow of Dictatorship
Native peoples like the Mapuche lack constitutional recognition in Chile and have engaged in confrontation with the authorities.
Will Supremes Apply Cell Phone Privacy to Metadata Collection?
If the court is consistent in its analysis, it will determine that the collection by the government of all of our electronic records implicates the same privacy concerns as …
Gustavo Esteva With Brad Evans | Violence and Hope in Chiapas: Pedagogies by the Globally Oppressed
The Zapatista "struggle is our struggle, everywhere, in every city, in every country of the world. We are in a very difficult moment, in a terrible moment of humankind, …
Why Repression Continues in Honduras
Military repression in Honduras is a direct legacy of U.S. meddling in the country.
Who Violated Ukraine’s Sovereignty?
Actions in Ukraine erode guarantees of 1994 Budapest Agreement.