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Two years ago the unemployment rate was 9.9 percent. Now it’s 8.5 percent. At first blush that’s good news for the President. Actually it may not be. …

It's no secret that advertising works. Big Pharma wouldn't spend over $4 billion a year on direct-to-consumer advertising if it didn't mean massive profits. What is more …

In a front page exposé on January 4, The Washington Post revealed that sneaky Persian agitators are conspiring to thwart the Pentagon's noble aim of keeping 10,000-30,000 US troops …

(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Several years ago, I pushed for a revival of the old “Truman Committee” in the US Congress to look at war fraud …

I met Karen Martin, a few days before New Year’s, at a cafe in Greenville, the hub of conservative politics in South Carolina. A 54-year-old refugee from the North …

Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Naomi Klein: One …

Hanging out in New Hampshire for the run-up to the primary is a powerful education in how undemocratic the American political system is. Corporate-funded journalists run around, …

A little-known source of clean energy funding could prove a crucial job-creation engine in the states, as federal support diminishes and they seek fresh growth drivers. …

The 10-year anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, offers few opportunities for celebration. The prison has been described as …

Bill Moyers, of the former PBS series, “Bill Moyers Journal,” at the City University of New York, December 14, 2011. Just 20 months after retiring, Moyers is returning to …