Interview | Politics & Elections Neuroscientist Carl Hart: We Need to Stop Jeff Sessions From Escalating the Racist War on Drugs Sessions has rescinded two Obama-era memos that encouraged prosecutors to avoid seeking harsh sentences for low-level drug offenses. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 15, 2017 Truthout
Photo Essay | Politics & Elections “Mamas Day” Campaign Lifts Up Voices of Mothers Targeted Under Trump Forward Together will deliver specially created Mamas Day cards to immigrant and Muslim mothers this Mother's Day. By Eveline Shen , Truthout May 14, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections What the Resistance to Trump Can Learn From Latin America A key lesson from Latin America is that constructing new forms of social relations outside the neoliberal and traditional political structure is a necessity. By Jeff Abbott , WagingNonviolence May 13, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biggest Share of Inaugural Funding Came From Wall Street Trump has not made it easy to calculate where his contributions came from. By Ashley Balcerzak , CenterforResponsivePolitics May 13, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections William Rivers Pitt | Trump Nixes Nixon: Where Watergate Goes to Die This is nothing like Watergate; it is its own pan-dimensional thing and must be dealt with on its own very specific terms. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout May 13, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Impeach Trump for the Right Reasons Trump has unconstitutionally discriminated against refugees, been stopped by the judiciary, and immediately done it again. By David Swanson , Let'sTryDemocracy May 12, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections How Not to Lose 27 Beautiful and Sacred National Monument Areas The Trump administration wants to know how you feel about your national monument lands. A public comment period opens May 12. By Michael Dax & Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz , YES!Magazine May 11, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Donald Trump Is Attempting a Coup — We Must Have a Special Prosecutor The firing of FBI Director James Comey makes an independent investigation of Trump and Russia more important than ever. By Bill Moyers & Michael Winship , Moyers&Company May 11, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Kshama Sawant: Don’t Wait for Authoritarian Trump to Be Impeached, This Is the Moment to Revolt “Right now the time is ripe to really build social movements.” By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 11, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Will Betsy Devos Carry Out Donald Trump’s Assault on Public Education? Education under the control of private companies means the primary purpose of schooling becomes the pursuit of profit. By Thomas J. Scott , Speakout May 11, 2017 Truthout