News Analysis | Environment & Health Pipeline Builder Paid Pennsylvania Police Department to “Deter Protests“ With more than $18 billion currently invested in expanding its infrastructure network, Kinder Morgan's engagement with local communities will be closely watched. By Adam Federman , EarthIslandJournal May 28, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Derailing Amtrak: Tracking the Latest Disaster in the Infrastructure Crisis The underfunding of US infrastructure was underscored by a fatal train derailment on May 12. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog May 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Our Decrepit Rail System Makes Another Amtrak Crash Likely Sometimes, throwing money at a problem is the way to fix it. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram May 13, 2015 Truthout
Review | Pushing Left: A 16-Priority Agenda for the 2016 US Presidential Election Here's what sociologist Salvatore Babones suggests 2016 presidential contenders campaign about. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout April 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | You Can’t Have a Functioning Democracy Without High Quality Infrastructure It's time for our lawmakers to start rebuilding our nation. By The Daily Take Team , TheThomHartmannProgram April 16, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor What We Lose With a Privatized Postal Service Let's invest in our Postal Service - a public system that has served our nation since its birth. By Katherine McFate , OtherWords March 5, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | “Transit Revolution”: Will Los Angeles Become Gentrification Ground Zero? The tension between improving LA's public transit infrastructure while not driving families out of their neighborhoods is ongoing. By Laura Raymond , Truthout February 26, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Roads and Bridges Need $1 Trillion. It Is Time to Rebuild the US "My legislation puts 13 million people to work repairing the backlog of infrastructure projects all across this country." By Bernie Sanders , CampaignforAmerica'sFuture January 23, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Innovations or Hucksterism? Three Little-Known Infrastructure Privatization Problems Studies find hype and tax breaks drive private infrastructure projects. By Ellen Dannin , Truthout December 22, 2014 Truthout
News Analysis | US Treasury and Transportation Departments Hold a Privatization Party Ignoring the benefits of taxes as a revenue source forces us into depending on the people who crashed the economy to fund our infrastructure. By Ellen Dannin , Truthout October 16, 2014 Truthout