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Editor's Note: We are happy to bring you our first Truthout collaboration with the Chicago-based radio station, Vocalo. In this segment of “The Story Behind the Story,” Vocalo's Sarah …

Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) and Peter Shumlin (D-VT) to testify in a hearing titled "State and Municipal Debt: Tough …

Syrian Security Forces Open Fire on, and Kill, Peaceful Protesters The Los Angeles Times reports that, in the past three days, nearly 25 peaceful protesters have been …

This can't end well. But then, how often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin …

Thomas Jefferson. (Image: Gilbert Stuart / cliff1066™; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the first shots were fired in 1775 and the Declaration was signed in 1776, …

There is something tragicomic about the persona of Richard Goldstone. First there was a veritable storm of fury when the original Goldstone report was issued. …

If you already knew about (or read our item on the perils of fracking), you may well be asking yourself: If this method of extracting natural gas is not …

Environmental activist Diane Wilson. (Photo: ACMEBoston) A year ago BP began filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil. Last week BP blocked a woman from …

Last year, a small crisis was created by Mr. Terry Jones, pastor of a nondenominational church Gainesville, FL, when he announced his plans to burn a copy of the …

An aerial image of the Huffington Post inaugural bash, held on January 20, 2009. (Photo: njpitney) The Huffington Post unethically made over $100 million in profit from …