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One of the basic pay to play schemes we see in most states and in the Federal government involves the privatization of government services to third party contractors who …

Losing your job is hard on any worker. But imagine discovering from the company website that your job is gone. It happened in December to 136 employees …

The most strenuous objection to an Iranian attack by Israel comes from recently retired Mossad head Meir Dagan, who called attacking Iran “the stupidest thing I have ever heard.” …

President Obama’s most recent budget, released today, featured the “Buffett Rule,” named after and supported by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, which would require millionaires to pay a minimum 30 …

An Afghan woman at a bazaar held at Camp Eggers in Afghanistan. (Photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Denise Alford) The women of Afghanistan are amazing. Despite decades …

A photo of natural gas drilling in Dimock, Pennsylvania, taken in August 2009 for shaleshock.org. (Photo: Attorney Helen Slottje) Pennsylvania's state legislature has effectively signed a death …

Saying the country can't “cut our way to growth,” the President has some serious infrastructure money in his budget, along with serious help for America's manufacturers. This will create …

President Barack Obama speaks at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia, on February 13, 2012. Obama revealed a spending plan for 2013 on Monday that plans to attain …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although Mitt Romney used the word “conservative” 19 times in a short speech at the February 10, 2012, Conservative Political Action Conference, …

Despite the widespread international denunciation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the government in Damascus continues to crack down hard on the country’s growing domestic opposition. “They are moving in …