Truthout
Articles
A Progressive Deficit Fix?
The co-chairs of the 18-member deficit commission issued a preliminary presentation two weeks ago that favored tax breaks for the wealthy and left open the possibility of deep cuts …
Deficit Commission Moves the Goalpost, Disses Leading Progressive Member
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., says that as of this morning she had not been shown the latest proposal of the White House deficit commission, even as she says it …
Tom Engelhardt | The National Security State Cops a Feel
It’s finally coming into focus, and it’s not even a difficult equation to grasp. It goes like this: take a country in the grips of an expanding national security …
Ireland and the Euro: Is It Time to Part?
This is the way the euro ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bank run. OK, I’m overstating the case — we are still a long way from …
Energy Companies’ Big Plans to Exploit the American West to Feed China’s Insatiable Appetite for Coal
Coal production is becoming increasingly unpopular in the United States. Not a single coal plant has broken ground anywhere in the country in almost two full years. It's truly …
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Survey Due, Firing Up Debate
Washington - The debate over the “don't ask don't tell” policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military will heat up Tuesday when the Pentagon issues a …
Ireland and the Tragedy of European Austerity
European financial and political leaders are now imposing a social disaster on Ireland's people. It parallels and worsens the similar disasters underway in Greece and eastern European countries and …
“Presente!” – The Demonstration to Close the School of the Americas
It was the fifteenth time I’d trekked to Columbus, Georgia, to the gate of Fort Benning, for the annual November demonstration to close the School of the Americas. Since …
Historian Eric Foner on the Perennial Relevance of Abraham Lincoln
Historian Eric Foner has just published The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (W.W. Norton),in which he explores Lincoln’s role in the ending of slavery in the United …
Let’s Build The New Economy (2)
We need to build a new economy, one that promotes widespread prosperity while protecting us against ecological disaster. The problem is that the current economy has been structured explicitly …