Truthout
Latest
The Myth of Nuclear Safety: Fukushima Reveals That Nuclear Power Is Here to Stay
Three years after the Fukushima disaster, the Japanese government has reversed its position of abandoning nuclear power and is developing new nuclear reactors, despite opposition from a majority of …
The Work of Sex Work: Laura Flanders With Melissa Gira Grant
Melissa Gira Grant talks about sex work as work and the need to involve sex workers themselves when designing programs to “save” them or the communities where they work.
Racism and Dishonesty in “Post-Racial” America: An Interview With Kiese Laymon
Novelist Kiese Laymon is brutally honest about his experiences growing up black in the South.
How Change Happens: The Immigration Uprising
With Congress gridlocked, activists around the country are successfully challenging the injustices inherent in US immigration policy and enforcement.
|
The Fight for $15 Finally Comes to Portland
Portland's awkward silence on $15 was finally broken when Portland activist-professor Nicholas Caleb recently announced his candidacy for city council, his top platform plank being the $15 minimum wage..
Goldman Sachs’ Outrageous Scheme To Profit Off Jailed Young Offenders
Goldman Sach's investment in reducing recidivism in New York City jails is an experiment with a new trend in what are called “social impact bonds.” Burning questions about who …
|
Taking a Closer Look at Inequality
France not only does much more redistribution, but has expanded its redistribution over time, limiting the rise in overall inequality, while the US has not.
|
The Human Being as Unwitting Research Object for Industrial Chemistry
It is time to stop allowing the chemical industry to use us all as uninformed and non-consenting research objects in its 75-year-old experiment.
|
Believe It Or Not, Shell, of All Companies, Gets It
Shell gets that unless things change quickly, another big financial market bubble will burst. It's called the “Carbon Bubble,” and it's a very simple equation.
|
The Crimea Crisis Offers President Obama a Chance to Retroactively Earn His Nobel Peace Prize
This newfound inclination to give peace a chance in the Crimea stand off with Russia illustrates what President Barack Obama meant during his State of the Union speech when …