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Beating the Drug-War Addiction
Buenos Aires - In January, US President Barack Obama nominated Marine Corps Lieutenant General John F. Kelly to head the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). Based in Miami, Florida, …
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FBI Seizes Server From Progressive Internet Service Provider
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. In an attack on our infrastructure, our movement and the democratic Internet, the FBI seized a server …
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Afghan Screams Aren’t Heard
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. An Afghan boy waits as his father receives medical care at a cooperative medical engagement site near …
What a Difference a Day (of Iran Talks) Makes
After ten hours of talks with Iran, opportunities for a diplomatic resolution of the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program have dramatically improved, and Congress gears up to vote on …
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Locking Down an American Workforce: Prison Labor as the Past and Future of American “Free-Market” Capitalism
Sweatshop labor is back with a vengeance. It can be found across broad stretches of the American economy and around the world. Penitentiaries have become a niche market for …
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Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle
President Obama begins an all-out push on Friday to get Congress to extend the low interest rate on federal student loans, White House officials said, an effort that is …
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Bail Hearing This Morning for Gunman in Martin Shooting
Sanford, FL - Family members of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who was arrested last week on second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, testified at …
Who Killed Shaima Alawadi?
Ali Alhimidi (Far right), the 14-year-old son of 32-year Shaima Alawadi, with three friends at a March 30 vigil for his mother who was murdered in her home in …
Former Guantanamo Psychiatrist Promotes Dubious Drug Theory on Afghan Killings
A tag team of two contributors to Time Magazine's Battleland blog have misrepresented the facts concerning the possibility that Staff Sgt. Robert Bales may have been under the influence …
The US and Iran Are Talking. Why Is the New York Times Peddling Iran Islamophobia?
At long last, the United States and Iran are engaged in serious talks about Iran's nuclear program. But instead of celebrating the fact that President Obama is keeping his …