| You did it! We want to thank every single one of you who stepped up to support Truthout - we are truly humbled. Because of your dedication to our work, we reached our fundraising goal late last night. You are our constant inspiration and motivation - and the very reason we do this! Thank you all so much. Erin Currier: Art Is a Necessary Element of Every Revolution Dahr Jamail, Truthout: In this interview, American artist Erin Currier discusses her work, how it celebrates the underprivileged people of countries to which she travels and her thoughts on revolution and the power of art. Read the Interview and View the Artwork A National Disgrace: Violence Against Native Women Tanya H. Lee, Truthout: Violence against Native American and Alaska Native women is a national disgrace. The federal government has made some efforts to reduce that violence, but there is a long way to go before indigenous women are afforded their full civil rights. Read the Article The Spread of Electronic Monitoring: No Quick Fix for Mass Incarceration James Kilgore, Truthout: Electronic monitoring costs less than incarceration, but in the rush for a quick fix, we are overlooking key questions of human rights, private corrections company profiteering and potential threats to democracy posed by "techno-corrections." Read the Article The Language of Expulsion Saskia Sassen, Truthout: Whether the long-term unemployed in the global North or the long-term displaced in the global South, people are being expelled from economy, society and nation in increasing numbers. Read the Article Soft Edges, Hard Core: A Media Tilt to Israel in Gaza L. Michael Hager, Truthout: A July 25 editorial by The New York Times shows how a reasonable and ostensibly balanced text can mask deeply biased pro-Israel sentiments. Read the Article Does NASA's Data Show Doomsday for New York City? The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: If we don't do something quick to stop global warming, some of the biggest cities in the United States could go the way of Atlantis in just a matter of decades. Read the Article ALEC Agenda: Gutting Medicaid, Privatizing Schools and Exports Rebekah Wilce, PRWatch: This year's ALEC meeting will consider bills to make it virtually impossible to enroll in Medicaid, expand charter schools to further bankrupt traditional public schools, expand exports of "natural gas" from fracking, and undermine the EPA's Clean Air and Clean Water Act regulations. Read the Article How Did the FBI Miss More Than 1 Million Rapes? Soraya Chemaly, The Nation: Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the United States disguises a hidden rape crisis. Research found that between 1995 and 2012, police departments across the country drastically underreported sexual assaults. Read the Article Australia Threatens to Jail Citizens Who Embarrass Repressive Governments Carey Shenkman, Truthout: There is nothing like a free press in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, so it is unlikely anyone from those countries will report on a multimillion-dollar corruption case involving their leaders and senior officials. But why is Australia joining in on the repression? Read the Article Panthers in the Hole: "Angola Three" Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis Staff, Angola 3 News: Amnesty International France and La Boîte à Bulleshave published a 128-page French language graphic novel about the Angola 3 and renewed calls to release Albert Woodfox, the last of the political prisoners to remain in solitary confinement. Read the Interview Worth More: One Man or an Entire City? Bob Lord, OtherWords: What does it say about our society when one hedge fund manager makes a bigger income than the whole population of Springfield, Ohio or Burbank, California? Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Failure to Raise Wages Has Cost Americans $6 Billion, and More In today's On the News segment: The stock market keeps hitting record highs, but big businesses aren't putting those profits back into our economy; federal contractors won't be able to discriminate against LGBT employees under the guise of religious freedom; American workers would have earned another $6 billion over the last five years if wages kept up with inflation; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript USAF Chief of Staff Welsh and the Crisis of Gutless Leadership Mikey Weinstein, AlterNet: The Military Religious Freedom Foundation president took Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh to task for ignoring violations of constitutional religious freedom rights and failing to take responsibility for sexual assaults, cheating and other ethical lapses in the senior Air Force officer corps. Read the Article | 
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