News Analysis | The Logic of the Police State: Waking Up to the Darkness in US Policing A look at arguments against reforms reveals disregard for concerns about brutality and abuse. By Matthew Harwood , TomDispatch December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Reproductive Rights Misinformer of the Year: The Center for Medical Progress CMP produced its own content that it used to infiltrate a fractured media environment and receptive conservative echo chamber. By Olivia Kittel , MediaMatters December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Make the US Great, Like It Was – When? Donald Trump and his followers clearly don't see the ugly parts of our nation's past as problematic. By Jill Richardson , OtherWords December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Note to the Candidates: Don’t Forget About the Federal Reserve Board When it comes to the Fed and its importance, most of the candidates seem to be failing as badly as Donald Trump did on his nuclear triad test. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Who Won Democratic Debate on ISIS? John Kerry and the UN Security Council Defending action by the United Nations has seemed to have fallen out of favor among liberal Democrats. By Robert Reuel Naiman , Truthout December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Neoliberal Roots of the Far Right’s Ascendance in France Progressive activists often use the slogan: “No justice, no peace”; this applies to the US as well as to Europe. By Pierre Guerlain , Speakout December 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Republicans, US Inequality and the Military-Industrial Complex Republicans' support for the military industrial complex contributes to income inequality in the United States. By Michael Brenes , Speakout December 21, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor As Public Funding of Universities Dwindles, Faculty Are Unionizing Non-tenure-track university faculty are joining unions to challenge pro-business educational priorities. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout December 20, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Koch Brothers Supersize Higher Education Spending In 2014, billionaire industrialists' foundations donated to more colleges than ever. By Dave Levinthal , TheCenterforPublicIntegrity December 20, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Why Is a Democratic Media Firm Buying Ads for a Controversial Minnesota Mine? A lobbying group promoting a controversial mining project in Minnesota is working with an ad firm that primarily buys ad time for Democratic candidates. By Libby Watson , SunlightFoundation December 20, 2015 Truthout