News | Environment & Health How a Controversial Dam Threatens Rights of Canada’s Indigenous Innu People Across the world, many areas sacrificed for hydroelectric generation belong to indigenous or land-based peoples. By Colin Samson , TheConversation July 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor How to Win Workplace Equality? Invest in Neighborhoods Where Women Need It Most If we're going to have a thriving economy, we cannot stand by while discrimination, poverty and community disinvestment continue to hold women back. By Angela Glover Blackwell , YES!Magazine July 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | “We Don’t Have the Money” Is a Filthy Lie Light up the darkness. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Dining Out? Here’s Some Food for Thought Big chain restaurants pay poverty wages, hurt local economies and pollute our climate. By Anna Meyer , OtherWords July 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing The Problem Is Overpolicing Making the police more diverse or tinkering with their training won't stop police killings of Black people. The problem is overpolicing. By Alex S. Vitale , Truthout July 9, 2016 Truthout
News | As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer “Heat can kill. And it is especially tragic when someone dies of heat exposure because they're simply doing their job.” By Elizabeth Grossman , InTheseTimes July 8, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections The Democrats Ignore the 500-Pound Lobbyist in the Room As party members meet to approve a new platform, they pay little attention to the industry that's destroying government and politics. By Michael Winship , Moyers&Company July 8, 2016 Truthout
News | Monsanto, Bayer and the Push for Corporate Cannabis Critics note that of the hundreds of millions in tax revenues that AUMA is expected to generate, not a penny will go to the California general fund. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog July 8, 2016 Truthout
News | Senate Advances GMO Food Labeling Bill That Would Actually Weaken State Rules The bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday was largely carried by Republican senators, though 15 Democrats also approved of the measure. By Sam Knight , TheDistrictSentinel July 8, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deal That Sanders, Clinton and Trump All Oppose Presidential candidates Sanders, Clinton and Trump all see the TPP as a bad trade deal. By Deena Zaidi , Truthout July 8, 2016 Truthout