Interview | Environment & Health How Biohackers at Counter Culture Labs Are Trying to Make Insulin More Affordable “A significant number of the people who supported us have been people with diabetes who couldn't afford their own insulin.” By Ruby Irene Pratka , Shareable July 30, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Saving Illinois: Getting More Bang for the State’s Bucks Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities — but there are solutions. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog July 29, 2017 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Florida, Iowa and Texas Go to Court Over State Abortion Restrictions Despite a successful Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortion rights in June of 2016, abortion remains far from a settled legal issue. By Robin Marty , Care2 July 29, 2017 Truthout
Review | “Guerrillas of Desire” and the Revolutionary Potential of Everyday Struggle Kevin Van Meter's new book draws attention to the revolutionary potential already present in everyday popular struggle. By Michael Beyea Reagan , Truthout July 29, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections History Shows That Stacking Federal Science Advisory Committees Doesn’t Work Every year thousands of scientists donate their time without payment to advise Congress and federal government agencies. By Donald Boesch , TheConversation July 29, 2017 Truthout
Excerpt | We Need a Broad-Based Movement to Stop Killing at Home and Across the Globe Civil disobedience and connecting with the families of drone victims are ways to universalize resistance. By Medea Benjamin , AlterNet July 29, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump v. Sessions: Who Do You Root for? The Truth Trump has unfriended Jeff Sessions. Is the most important question really who will “win”? By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 29, 2017 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Follow the Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash as Prices and Anger Mount Despite running into trouble this year, drugmaker, Mallinckrodtt, has been increasing its lobbying efforts in Congress. By Jay Hancock , Elizabeth Lucas , Sydney Lupkin , KaiserHealthNews July 28, 2017 Truthout
Interview | After $15 Million Verdict, Lawyers Representing Police Murder Victim Leonard Thomas Speak Out This month, a jury awarded the family of Leonard Thomas — an unarmed Fife resident fatally shot by police in 2013 — $15 million. By Lilly Fowler , Crosscut July 28, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Bail Bond Industry Attempts to Slow the Train of Reform On July 17th, a judge in Chicago ruled that courts there could no longer hold people in jail on bail simply because they could not afford it. By Alex S. Vitale , InJusticeToday July 28, 2017 Truthout