Truthout
Op-Ed
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Dying To Give Back To the Earth
The funeral industry is, by and large, a $20 billion for-profit enterprise, whose environmental impact has been greatly overlooked.
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With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance To Patients, Not Profits
It's pretty unusual for two-thirds of a group of doctors to agree on something as controversial as a single-payer health care system.
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Oh, the Humanity
There are now some 5.66 million missing workers in the United States, neither counted nor accounted for. To notice them would be to raise the unemployment rate to at …
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Recalled to Life
The poor in America usually get only one chance. Then it is over. Those who were on the street with Christine Pagano in Camden will most likely never have …
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To Infinity and Beyond: Navigating the Global Void
Disappearance is the most tortuous form of violence, because it lives on in our imaginations as a resilient psychosis of loss, says James Fennell.
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The NLRB Must Restore Democracy in Chattanooga
The National Labor Relations Board must overturn the tainted union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee for five main reasons.
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Exxon Spill: 25 Years of Tears
Twenty Five years after the fact, Exxon has yet to pay Alaska the $92 million owed for damages from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. They privatized their profits and …
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Democratizing the Global Food Crisis
Every home in America should have a garden, so that entire neighborhoods and communities can become more resilient and self-sustainable.
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The Disastrous Labor and Social Reforms in Spain
What we are seeing in Spain is a dream for conservative forces (large employers and banking) that have been the dominant forces over the Spanish state.
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What Stand for Socialists on Events in Crimea and Ukraine?
To fully understand events and elaborate a guide to action in the face of escalating NATO threats, more detail and nuance is required in our analysis.