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David Sirota | It Is Happening Here
Let's pause and give thanks to Glenn Beck. No, seriously — because that's what he's due. We owe this talk-show-host-turned-political-leader gratitude for using his televised keynote address to the …

Alexander Cockburn | The Bogus Crime Wave
Nothing more easily elicits roars of assent across a good slice of the political spectrum than the hoarse alarums that wave after wave of brown-skinned illegals continually flood across …

“Flirting With Disaster“
On the occasion of the paperback release of Marc Gerstein's, “Flirting with Disaster,” reviewed here last year, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher corresponded and spoke with Dr. Gerstein in mid-February about …

What Do Republicans Stand for?
This past weekend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held its annual conference in Washington, DC. Many Republican Party stalwarts and presidential hopefuls, such as Mitt Romney, the former …

National Archives, Watchdog Demand DOJ Probe Destruction of John Yoo’s Emails
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include new information about the filing of FOIA request by a good government group seeking documents related to the destruction of …

Documents Reveal Anthem Blue Cross Manipulated Data to Justify Massive Rate Hike
Internal documents show one of the country's largest for-profit health insurers, in an effort to maintain profits, manipulated data to justify a rate increase on individual premiums in California …

Robert Scheer | No Banker Left Behind
They do have a license to steal. There is no other way to read Tuesday's report from the New York state comptroller that bonuses for Wall Street financiers rose …

Joe Conason | Zazi Case Vindicates Justice
Before Najibullah Zazi is finally dispatched to a secure cellblock for good, it is important to remember how the taxi driver-turned-terrorist was brought to justice — and why the …

Froma Harrop | Americans Can Speak for Themselves on Health Care
Have you voted on any of the Democratic health care reform plans? Me neither. No such vote was ever taken. But with coordination that the Rockettes would envy, Republicans …

Deb Price | A Nice Place to Work
The young worker sheepishly asked my friend, a senior manager, if they could talk privately. “How did you come out to your parents?” asked the young worker, confiding that …