Truthout
Articles
|
World’s Last Remaining Forest Wilderness at Risk
Since 2000, more than 104 million hectares of forests - an area three times the size of Germany - have been destroyed or degraded.
Time Is Running Out for Activists to Halt Fracked Gas Pipeline Into New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Unless an extension is granted, concerned citizens have only until September 29 to comment to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about the Algonquin Pipeline Extension pushing fracked gas through …
At Least Some Unions Step Up for Big Climate March!
New York City and key national unions like the Service Employees International Union and Communication Workers of America are stepping up to support the People's Climate March in NYC …
|
Four Ways Industrial Ag Is Destroying the Soil – and Your Health
If the numbers are any indicator, there's a crisis in worldwide soil health that is rapidly becoming a crisis in human health.
How the West Created the Islamic State
Since 2003, Anglo-American power has secretly and openly coordinated direct and indirect support for Islamist terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda across the Middle East and North Africa.
|
Paul Krugman | “You Call Yourself an Economist?“
Some believe that “real economics” is about singing the praises of the free market. It's inconceivable to them that you could have a more nuanced view without being a …
Imagine: On Bravado and Humility, 11 September 2014
Today, 11 September 2014, imagine a world we could have before us if we had then responded with humility instead of bravado.
Prof. Salaita and His Attorneys Respond to University of Illinois Trustee Vote to Terminate His Tenured Position Over Gaza Tweets
Prof. Steven Salaita and his attorneys responded today to the announcement that the Board of Trustees voted to terminate him from a tenured position at the University of Illinois …
Senate Vote on Amendment: A Historic Leap Forward for Democracy
Today's historic vote will be remembered as an important moment in the democracy movementu2019s successful effort to win a constitutional amendment to rescue our elections.
ISIL, the US, and Curing Our Addiction to Violence
President Obama's Wednesday night address on the Islamic State reintroduced a war weary nation to more violent intervention in Iraq, another war weary nation.