Truthout
Articles
Domestic Workers Celebrate Women’s Day
A call for passing the California Bill of Rights for domestic workers. San Francisco - A coalition of domestic workers' and other low wage workers' organizations celebrated Women's …
Fuzzy Privatization Math
On May 31, 2010, Governor Chris Christie’s New Jersey Privatization Task Force reported that more than $210 million would be saved by privatizing work that had traditionally been performed …
Big Dreams in a Small Place
I remember the exact moment I knew I wanted to be a doctor. I was a sophomore in high school, staring out beyond the rattling windowpane of a cramped, …
Qaddafi Pledges “Long War” as Allies Pursue Air Assault on Libya
Tripoli, Libya - A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh …
US Missiles Strike Libyan Air Defense Targets
Paris - American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi on Saturday, unleashing warplanes and missiles in the first round …
Tea Party
FOIA Eyes Only: How Buried Statutes Are Keeping Information Secret
Anyone can request information from U.S. officials under the Freedom of Information Act, a law designed to allow people to know what their government is up to.
Tepco, Security Sacrificed on the Altar of Profit
Translated and review by Henry Crapo, on Wednesday 16 March 2011. Since 2003, the big Japanese private group aimed at “reduction of costs of maintenance” in order to render …
America and Nuclear: Obama
With the nuclear crisis in Japan, suddenly the safety of nuclear energy is of interest everywhere. What will the United States do under Obama? If forgotten history is …
The Evolution Has Come: Time to Put Down the Gun
The top of the news queue a few weeks ago almost went unnoticed in its ordinariness: “Gunman shoots 4 officers inside Detroit precinct,” and "Walmart shooting leaves 2 dead, …