Truthout
Articles
CEO Pay: Money Well Earned?
The 21st century has been a terrible century so far for US stock markets. Adjusted for inflation, all major stock market indices (Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 3000) …
Generals Who Don’t Just Fade Away: The Newest in Self-Dealing Maneuvers
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was one of the major generals of World War II and Korea, but he will also always be known as one of the generals who was …
|
Organized Money From Cities, Unions and Churches Moving Out of Big Banks
It's getting expensive these days to be a bad citizen in America, if you're a major bank. A growing number of cities around the country have passed, introduced or …
|
Worker Ownership for the 21st Century?
USW President Leo Gerard and USW members protest trade deals, October 4, 2011. (Photo: aflcio) It may not be the revolution’s dawn, but it’s certainly a glint in the …
|
The Truth About the US Postal Service
What does 50 cents buy these days? Not a cuppa joe, a pack of gum or a newspaper. But you can get a steal of deal for a 50-cent …
|
GOP National Labor Board Relations Member Passed Sensitive Information to Romney Campaign
Earlier this month, Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, complained that House GOP members were blocking the release of a National Labor …
|
GOP Justices Clown Over Health Care
The questions asked by the Republican partisans on the U.S. Supreme Court suggest they will overturn the Affordable Care Act. Instead of a serious debate about health care and the …
Is There More to Sen. Snowe’s Resignation Than Congress’s “Crumbling Center”?
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) during a television interview in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 29, 2012. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York …
Let the Million Flowers Bloom
There's something happening here, and it is exactly clear. We are in a savagely perilous place.
Can Health Care Win by Losing at Highest Court?
A police officer stands guard as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 27, 2012. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the individual mandate Tuesday, the central …