News | Economy & Labor Suppliers of Lowe’s in the US and Walmart in Brazil Linked to Slave Labor in the Amazon Slave labor-analogous conditions were revealed by investigation of logging camps in Para, Brazil. By AndrĂ© Campos , MongabayandRepu00f3rterBrasil March 20, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Fed’s Interest Rate Hike Will Prevent People From Getting Jobs This month the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates for the third time in the last year and a half. By Dean Baker , Truthout March 20, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | What Every Country Can Do to Make Schools Safer Schools should be safe places for children — even during wartime. By Emina Cerimovic , ForeignPolicyinFocus March 20, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | It’s Time to Dismantle Trump’s Murder Budget and Defund Militarism Trump's budget prioritizes murder over survival. In order to effectively confront it, we must challenge US militarism itself. By Maya Schenwar , Truthout March 20, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Republicans Are Racing to Make Workplaces More Dangerous and Unhealthy Among the targets are rules that protect the manufacturing and construction workers the Trump administration claims to support. By Elizabeth Grossman , InTheseTimes March 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | In the US, Amnesty Has a History of Preserving Whiteness The political viability of any carte blanche amnesty program hinges on the racialization of its beneficiaries as white. By Christopher F. Petrella , BlackPerspectives March 19, 2017 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Republican Legislators Push for Cities to Be Treated as “Tenants of the State“ Right-wing corporate interests are pushing state legislatures to curtail the progressive power of city governments. By Simon Davis-Cohen , Truthout March 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Zionists and Anti-Semites Unite? The Trump administration is filled with openly anti-Semitic figures, but unholy alliances between Zionists and bigots in the West are nothing new, explains Sarah Levy. By Sarah Levy , SocialistWorker March 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | How Unaccompanied Youth Become Exploited Workers in the US Many children who cross the US-Mexico border remain undetected and must fend for themselves on the other side. By Stephanie L. Canizales , TheConversation March 19, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Behind a Corporate Monster: How Monsanto Pushes Agricultural Domination Its key aim in dealing with health and environmental issues is to protect sales and profits and the company image. By Alan Broughton , GreenLeftWeekly March 19, 2017 Truthout