News | Handing More Control to Patients Could Just Be Cost-Cutting in Disguise In the public consciousness at least, it seems the NHS must remain outside the whims of party politics. By Andy Cassidy & Lisa Kidd , TheConversation December 1, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Killing Hope: Six Years of the Obama Presidency While the world he inherited from George W. Bush certainly sucked, it also gave Obama unprecedented opportunities to change the course of the nation. By Michael I. Niman , ThePublic December 1, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | Obama’s Immigration Plan May Give Economy a Little Boost A small increase in wages will not completely eliminate poverty but it will improve a family's economic outlook. By Sherrie Kossoudji , TheConversation December 1, 2014 Truthout
Interview | Dahr Jamail | Are Humans Going Extinct? Climate disruption has become so serious that some scientists fear humans may be causing our own extinction. By Dahr Jamail , Truthout December 1, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | The GOP Is Coming for Obamacare by Any Means Necessary Republicans aren't waiting until their new compatriots are sworn into office. By Robin Marty , Care2 December 1, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | US Support for Mexico’s Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money The US puts its own personnel on the line in Mexico, but corruption and violence characterize both countries' security forces. By Mike LaSusa & Angelika Albaladejo , Truthout December 1, 2014 Truthout
News | Lawsuit Challenges Radioactive Fracking Waste Facilities in Ohio Environmentalists say state regulators have allowed Ohio to become fracking's “dumping ground.” By Mike Ludwig , Truthout December 1, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | The Paid Vacation Route to Full Employment If we can't take steps to increase the demand for labor, we can go the other way and try to reduce the supply. By Dean Baker , Truthout December 1, 2014 Truthout
Op-Ed | Who Will Police the Police? It's time to bring community policing back to the United States. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram December 1, 2014 Truthout
Interview | Novelist Isabel Allende on Her Literary Career and Memories of Chile During the CIA-Backed Coup Isabel Allende is one of Latin America's and the United States' greatest novelists. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 1, 2014 Truthout