News Analysis | Earth on the Docket: Why Obama Can’t Ignore This Climate Lawsuit by American Youth The Juliana v. US decision could be a legal game-changer, as it challenges the entire fossil-fuel policy of the United States. By Mary Wood , Michael C. Blumm , Charles W. Woodward IV , TheConversation December 24, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Presidential Pardons and the United States’ Unpardonable Crimes The US has its own fair share of prisoners of conscience, as well as crimes against humanity that it needs to answer for. By Belén Fernández , teleSUR December 24, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Are Universities Preventing Violence Against Women? Are universities reflecting cultural norms of violence against women instead of shaping new norms? By Helen Mott , openDemocracy December 24, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Christmas at Guantánamo: Proof That Anything Can Be Normalized The screening of “Bad Santa 2” at Guantanamo is proof that, given time, even Trump's transgressions could be normalized. By John Knefel , Truthout December 24, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Heartbreak After North Carolina’s Disgraceful GOP Continued a Campaign Against Trans People True to form North Carolina's GOP manipulated the rules, broke promises and reinforced costly and dangerous discrimination. By Chase Strangio , Medium December 24, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Mexican Environmental Protest: What Does It Mean to Defend Territory in a Repressive Context? Despite a repressive context where activism has become high-risk, many experiences of resistance and struggles have flourished in Mexico. By Alice Poma & Tommaso Gravante , openDemocracy December 23, 2016 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Some “Unrecognized” Tribes Still Waiting After 130 Years Tribes without federal recognition have “second-class status.” By Gabriel Furshong , YES!Magazine December 23, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Great Unwinding of Public Education: Detroit and DeVos Efforts to hold Michigan charter schools accountable have failed, thanks to lobbying from Betsy DeVos's family. By Joseph Natoli , Truthout December 23, 2016 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor The Anti-Worker History of Trump’s Small Business Administration Pick Trump nominated former World Wrestling Entertainment chief executive Linda McMahon. By Branko Marcetic , InTheseTimes December 23, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | California Agency Accused of Targeting Homeless People A suit alleges that a California agency violated the Constitution based on its treatment of homeless encampments near roadways. By s. e. smith , Care2 December 23, 2016 Truthout