Truthout
Health
|
Torture’s Time for Accountability
Will the top torture criminals and their obedient lackeys continue to escape accountability?
The Price of Private Prison
Companies outsource prison services to for-profit contractors, so every basic need is an opportunity to cut corners and make a buck.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Most Americans Don’t Realize How Climate Change Impacts Health, and More
In today's On the News segment: Most Americans don't realize the ways that climate change impacts their personal health, and more.
Fallen Heroes of 2014
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014.
Can Obama Lift the Embargo on Cuba Without Congress in Effort to Normalize US-Cuba Relations?
We look at the details of the new normalized relations between the United States and Cuba.
|
SCOTUS Rules Workers Don’t Need to Be Paid for All Their Time Working
This alliance of business and government has now opened up the door for increased worker abuses and wage theft.
After Duo Created CIA Torture Methods, Did World’s Largest Group of Psychologists Enable Abuses?
We look at allegations that the American Psychological Association secretly colluded with US abuses.
|
“Forgiveness Is Liberating”: Desmond Tutu on Healing a Nation’s Racist Past
Today, South Africa's healing process is a beacon of hope for the United States.
|
Ten Bonus Health Benefits of Birth Control
Gone are the days when family planning meant crossed-fingers and carefully washed reusable condoms, or metal pessaries or worse.
|
Economic Policy Myths of 2014: Dead and Enduring
We should be glad that we put to death two very silly myths about the economy in 2014.