Environment

California remains emblematic of the American dream - and of how that has become a nightmare.

As we make our way into 2015, some of the Truthout team share personal hopes for the coming year with you, our readers.

Corporations causing social and environmental destruction in the Andes and Amazon are driving climate change, whilst enjoying influential seats at the climate-negotiating table.

The widespread deployment of apocalyptic fear ultimately keeps us in our place, and out of the business of those who own our worlds.

The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.

In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the country's opium production has doubled.

We need to reestablish that foundational, incontrovertible moral certainty we once had about torture.

This is not your sanitized Hollywood version of Dr. King.

What should we make of the latest twist at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant?

We must not just reduce carbon emissions, but remove pollution already in the atmosphere.