Excerpt | After Katrina, the Residents of New Orleans Saved Themselves Excerpt from Roberta Brandes Gratz's “We're Still Here Ya Bastards” is a tribute to the resilience of New Orleanians. By Roberta Brandes Gratz , NationBooks June 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Abortion: A Right in Name Only? Poor pregnant women do not have a full range of options to determine their futures. Isn't that at the very heart of the American ideal? By Nan Little Kirkpatrick , Truthout June 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | For AP, Being Shot by a Cop Makes You a Suspect The presumption by law enforcement that any Black person involved in an altercation with police must be a criminal suspect is part of the outrage driving public protest. By Janine Jackson , FAIR June 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Tightening Whose Belt? As a millennial, I take the push to ditch the estate tax personally. By Josh Hoxie , OtherWords June 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health G7 False Commitments Won’t Help Us Tackle 7-Million Air Pollution Deaths If the planet is to avoid large increases in global warming, massive actions never before accomplished by humankind will be necessary. By Nick Fillmore , SpeakOut June 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | It’s Not Just the Police Until white America renounces police brutality, the violence will continue unabated. By Matthew Kovac , ProgressMichigan June 12, 2015 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Congress Gets 400,000 Signatures Demanding Debt-Free College College students currently face more than $1.3 trillion of education debt in the US. By Emily Foster , CampaignforAmerica'sFuture June 12, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Tamir Rice Killing: Activists Push for Arrests After Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officers A judge in Ohio has found probable cause to charge a police officer with murder for the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! June 12, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media The Wanted 18: US and Israel Bar Palestinian Filmmaker From NYC Film Premiere About Intifada Cows Israel recently deemed Palestinian filmmaker Amer Shomali a “security threat” and prevented him from traveling to Jerusalem to obtain a US visa. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! June 12, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing From Solitary to the Street: Coping With Freedom After Years in Prison Isolation Former Black Panther Albert Woodfox has been in solitary for over 40 years. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! June 12, 2015 Truthout