News Analysis | NY Times Suggests It’s Pointless to Report Rape in Haiti, Ignoring Serious Efforts to Protect Women This year was an extraordinary year for the gender-based violence world in Haiti, though there is still much work to be done By Meena Jagannath , AlterNet December 23, 2012 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Truthout Radio: Ellen Brown on the “Fiscal Cliff” Truthout Radio host, Ted Asregadoo, speaks to Ellen Brown about the By Ted Asregadoo , Truthout December 23, 2012 Truthout
Op-Ed | In Search of Solidarity: Vastly Different Responses to Michigan’s “Right to Work” and Attacks on Right to Choose Those who seek to dismantle unions and those who seek to deny women's bodily autonomy are not two separate groups with two separate motivations. By Angi Becker Stevens , RHRealityCheck December 23, 2012 Truthout
News Analysis | Pensions: A Promise is a Promise… Unless it’s Inconvenient In the years since the recession, Rhode Island has hardly been alone in cutting pension benefits to state employees. By Mike Alberti , RemappingDebate December 23, 2012 Truthout
Op-Ed | Nobel Peace Laureate Accuses Governments of Complicity in Mental Torture of Assange Assange, like Bradley Manning, has no idea how long his imprisonment and persecution will last. By Mairead Maguire , WarIsACrime.org December 23, 2012 Truthout
News | Europe’s Best Recycling and Prevention Program Per capita waste generation in Flanders has held steady since 2000, showing a rare example of economic growth without increased waste generation. By Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives & Cecilia Allen , OtherWorlds December 23, 2012 Truthout
Interview | Has “Idiot America” Become More Idiotic? In an interview with Truthout, Charles P. Pierce, author of By Mark Karlin , Truthout December 23, 2012 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Education Preserves Class Inequalities Education, a force meant to erode class barriers, appears to be fortifying them. By Jason DeParle , TheNewYorkTimesNewsService December 23, 2012 Truthout
Bradley Manning’s Attorney David Coombs Speaks Publicly The attorney representing Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of releasing military reports to WikiLeaks, made his first public speaking appearance on Monday. By Jon Gold , Youtube December 23, 2012 Truthout
News | Colonialism and the Green Economy: The Hidden Side of Carbon Offsets Cap-and-trade has hidden costs few know about. By Daniel C Marotta & Jennifer Coute-Marotta , Truthout December 23, 2012 Truthout