Interview | An Increase in the Minimum Wage Strengthens the Economy for All The critical element in the success of the Fight for $15 has been workers stepping into the streets and the public limelight. By Mark Karlin , Truthout June 26, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The Hypocrisy of the Democrats’ Sit-In Stunt It's an election year, and the Democrats need a new fundraising peg. By Karen Garcia , Sardonicky June 26, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | The Centralization of Policing: A Push to Integrate Local Police in Mexico and the US Mexico's federal police are centralizing in ways that are both similar to and different from what's happening with local policing in the US. By Simon Davis-Cohen , Truthout June 25, 2016 Truthout
News | Female Migrant Farmworkers Push Back Against Sexism and Abuse in California’s Wine Country In Sonoma County, women are coming together to support one another and advocate for the safety of undocumented fieldworkers who often work in isolation. By Trina Moyles & KJ Dakin , YES!Magazine June 25, 2016 Truthout
News | Trump’s Plan Would Implode the US Economy Moody's Analytics team calls Trump's proposals a looming disaster. By Steven Rosenfeld , AlterNet June 25, 2016 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Feed Me, Pharma: More Evidence That Industry Meals Are Linked to Costlier Prescribing A third study shows an association between physician drug choices and their interactions with the pharmaceutical industry. By Charles Ornstein , ProPublica June 25, 2016 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Roadblocks to Restoring the Everglades Funding tensions, water pollution slow down the most ambitious ecosystem restoration plan in the world. By Michael Sainato & Chelsea Skojec , EarthIslandJournal June 25, 2016 Truthout
News | Saving Refugees’ Lives, One Top-Up at a Time Lydia Noon reports on a Facebook group whose members connect displaced people to their families. By Lydia Noon , NewInternationalistMagazine June 25, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Speaking Mirth to Power: An Interview With “Tactical Performer” L.M. Bogad The movement brilliantly and bravely used these highly dramatic actions, and their opponents' predictability, to create sociodramas. By Lorna Garano , Truthout June 25, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | To Combat Climate Change, Restore Land Ownership to Indigenous Peoples What happens when Indigenous peoples have no legal control of their land? By Elizabeth Walsh , ICMagazine June 25, 2016 Truthout