Op-Ed | Greece’s Syriza Government: Meet the New Sheriff – Same as the Old Sheriff Syriza was elected on the hope that it would represent a break from Greece's old politics, austerity and neoliberal doctrine. Not so. By Michael Nevradakis , Truthout March 15, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Australia’s Tea Party Crashes and Burns Angry voters have hit back at the Australian Liberal Party's doctrinaire adoption of brutal right-wing policies. By Niall McLaren , Truthout March 15, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Why Isn’t Sen. Kirk’s “Chicago Will Become Detroit” Threat National News? Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk plainly threatened the people of Chicago. By Bruce A Dixon , BlackAgendaReport March 15, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Victimwashing: Guns, Violence and the Politics of Whose Lives Matter Institutionally sanctioned sexual violence is why victims are often hesitant to report crimes committed against them. By Julie Moreau , TheFeministWire March 15, 2015 Truthout
News | Prescribed Burn at Former Nuclear Weapons Plant Stirs Public Concerns Despite the possible spread of plutonium contamination at a wildlife refuge, the US government may use controlled burning in the future. By Josh Schlossberg , Truthout March 14, 2015 Truthout
News | Ghost Town Left in the Wake of the Bayou Corne Sinkhole in Louisiana Battles are taking place across the country in places where governments have tightened ordinances against fracking or banned it outright. By Julie Dermansky , DeSmogBlog March 14, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The ECB’s Noose Around Greece: How Central Banks Harness Governments They all lend money they don't have. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog March 14, 2015 Truthout
News | Meet Three of President Obama’s Newest National Monuments President Obama said that he planned to use his authority to create more protected lands. He did just that. By Judy Molland , Care2 March 14, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Erasure of US History Starts in Texas When Texas state legislators scrapped the national history curriculum of the Advanced Placement program, it was part of a broader campaign of historical revisionism. By Patrick O. Strickland , Truthout March 14, 2015 Truthout
Excerpt | War & Peace A Blueprint for Ending War We are confident that viable alternatives to war can and will be constructed. By David Swanson , WorldBeyondWar March 14, 2015 Truthout