Truthout
Articles
|
Five Ways to Face Race at the Thanksgiving Table – and Not Choke
One of the golden rules of etiquette is to avoid talking in polite company about politics, sex or religion. Some also add money. And a lot of people would …
|
Tar Sands Oil Producers Eye California
(Photo: Toban Black / Flickr) San Francisco - The Obama Administration’s recent decision to delay the approval process for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline has shifted attention to …
|
This Changes Everything: How the 99% Woke Up
Something happened in September 2011 so unexpected that no politician or pundit saw it coming. Inspired by the Arab Spring and uprisings in Europe, sparked by a …
Words as the Way to Freedom: Jimmy Santiago Baca
Special thanks to the Progressive Magazine. Featuring: Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet and educator; Matthew Rothschild, Progressive Magazine Editor.
|
Are the Arts Irrelevant to the Next Generation?
Are you concerned about the future of the fine arts? New research from Norway suggests you have every right to fret. A study just published in the …
|
Protests Continue Despite Deal to Hasten Transition in Egypt
Cairo - The Egyptian military moved Wednesday to end a fifth day of clashes between police and protesters that left at least 31 dead, in a confrontation that has …
|
Banks Find Extra Money to Hire Lobbyists in DC
The money banks spend on lobbying is on pace to reach a record high again this year as the industry battles to weaken or repeal hundreds of rules being …
|
Teaching Children War
Last week, just before Veterans Day, my seven-year-old son, a second grader at a public school on Kauai, brought home an issue of Scholastic News. The cover …
|
OWS: To Change the Country, We Just Might Have to Change Ourselves
The emergence of what we know as Occupy Wall Street, or the 99 Percent Movement, has taken nearly everyone by surprise, producing a transformation of public consciousness. There is …
|
Bangladesh Demands Climate Justice
Dhaka - Mosammet Monwara walks more than three km every alternate day to fetch water for her family of five in a heavy earthen pitcher. She …