Truthout
Op-Ed
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Let’s Stop Starving Drug Offenders Back to Prison
Many states ban stamps for ex-prisoners, who face a 50% unemployment rate, making prison the only sure place they won't starve.
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American Craziness and Class Warfare
Paul Krugman: The monster the wealthy created has turned on its creators.
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Kings, Warlords and Theocrats Have No Place in America
The slow descent to the right after the Reagan revolution has diminished America's sense of democracy and replaced it with an outdated system of feudalism.
Is Western Civilization Becoming Criminal? The Case of the Mediterranean
These unchecked and unrecognized forces exacerbate the tensions of more and more people destroying life in the Mediterranean.
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Guns and Domestic Violence: A Lethal Mix
The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear a case involving whether persons convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors should be prohibited from possessing guns.
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Are Global Committees of Trans-Correspondence Possible?
Now that a global interconnectedness appears to have taken form, what would happen if Global Committees of Trans-Correspondence were established?
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Injustice
The upper class rich white folks think poverty comes from people being u201ctoo lazy.u201d In all reality, African Americans and Latinos do not get the chances they deserve.
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Abortion Rights in Latin America: A Tale of Varying Woes
Latin America is still well behind other regions of the world in terms of the legalization of, and access to, abortion.
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“Jalousie in Colors” – Makeup for Misery
Suffering and dangers in Haiti are being ignored by the government, which is spending US $6 million on a massive makeup job.
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Thirty Dreamers Cross US-Mexico Border as Immigration Battle Escalates
The migrant justice movement is increasingly articulating a very clear message: Birth place doesnu2019t determine where home is.