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![Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/SEG1-book-split-400x300.jpg)
Capitalism Fuels Disease, Trauma and Addiction. How Can We Heal?
Physician Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.”
![People attend a Black Voters Matter event outside First Baptist Church Capitol Hill on June 20, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0915-black-voters-400x300.jpg)
How Can We Build Democracy in the South — in Electoral Politics and Beyond?
Southern freedom fighters have been fighting to build a grassroots democracy that is directly informed by their needs.
![Illustration of Robert Pollin and Noam Chomsky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-chomsky-pollin-rdb-400x300.jpg)
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: Humanity’s Fate Isn’t Sealed — If We Act Now
It is political will that stands in the way of securing the future of humanity and the planet.
![A worker packs items at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California, on August 31, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0905-Amazon-400x300.jpg)
Our Labor Is Used to Create Wealth for Others. Let’s Reclaim It to Make Life.
How can capitalism be transcended unless the essence of this system -- controlled labor -- is abolished?
![A flood-affected girl eats at a relief shelter in northwest Pakistan's Charsadda](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0902-climate-refugees-400x300.jpg)
We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet
Mass migration is an outcome of the crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change, says Harsha Walia.
![Pro-choice supporters and staff of Planned Parenthood hold a rally outside the Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 31, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0824-planned-parenthood-400x300.jpg)
Union Organizing at “Progressive” Companies Comes With Its Own Set of Challenges
Nonprofits and businesses with a progressive image often act as if their ideals don't apply to their own employees.
![A sign reads 'Defund Fossil Fuels' at a climate crisis march in Times Square, New York](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0818-defund-fossil-fuels-400x300.jpg)
Capitalism Won’t Fix the Climate Crisis. It Will Also Not Survive It.
No system predicated on greed will prevail against the storm that is coming, says volcanologist Bill McGuire.
![An anti-abortion protester faces away from us, looking at U.S. Capitol, and wears an image of Christ on their back.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0815-anti-abortion-christian-protest-400x300.jpg)
Wealthy Donors Bankroll Christian Nationalists to Sustain Unregulated Capitalism
Funded by a 1 percent of megadonors and corporations, the religious right has grown to a grotesque size.
![Movement Memos](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/Untitled_Artwork-400x300.jpg)
Capitalism Is Making Us Sick and Sucking Us Dry
“All of these systems of extraction are always connected,” says Beatrice Adler-Bolton.
![A general view of Pembroke Power Station and the Valero Pembroke Refinery on March 30, 2022, in Milford Haven, United Kingdom.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0802-oil-refinery-400x300.jpg)
We Can’t Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth, Leading Economist Says
We must replace the drive for quantitative growth with qualitative, sustainable development, says economist Herman Daly.