News | Human Rights Farmworkers Push Wendy’s, Kroger and Publix to Take Stance Against Forced Labor The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pushing the companies to join the Fair Food Program, which deters forced labor. By Derek Seidman , Truthout March 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Railroad Workers Threaten to Strike and Call for Public Takeover of the Rails A showdown between organized labor and Wall Street looms over the world of freight trains. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 22, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor WTO Meeting Presents Opportunity to Challenge Corporate Control Over Food Supply Farmers and activists are keeping hope alive for building a more just and sustainable way of practicing agriculture. By Anthony Pahnke , Truthout June 12, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Supply Chain Failures Prove Growing Need for Localized Economies The pandemic showed that localized economies are better equipped to respond to the needs of their communities. By Helena Norberg-Hodge , Steven Gorelick , Henry Coleman , Truthout May 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Nearly All House Republicans Vote Against Bill to Alleviate Baby Food Shortage Republicans have spent the last weeks blaming the shortage squarely on President Joe Biden. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Progressives Say Abbott’s “Near Monopoly” Laid Groundwork for Baby Food Shortage In a letter, the lawmakers asked Biden to take every action available to him to ease the shortage. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 18, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health What’s Needed to Fight Climate Crisis Is Clear. The Powerful Are Preventing It. Republicans, Manchin, Sinema, Biden, capitalism and war are obstructing climate action this Earth Day. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 22, 2022 Truthout
News | War & Peace Ukrainians Are Facing a Food and Medicine Supply Crisis For those who require insulin or other prescription drugs, the situation is a matter of life and death. By Serhiy Guz , OpenDemocracy March 12, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Nationalizing Fossil Fuel Industry Is a Practical Solution to Rising Inflation We absolutely cannot return to the neoliberal solution of suppressing workers' wages to keep inflation low. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout February 24, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Inflation Policies Must Deal With Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor To confront inflation, we need a universal basic income funded through a progressive tax structure. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout February 1, 2022 Truthout