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Truthout Daily Newsletter 1/21/2010
Thursday 21 January 2010 ACORN Controversy: A Video Interview With CEO Bertha Lewis Matt Renner, Truthout: "The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has been …
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Doris “Granny D” Haddock | Response to the Supreme Court
January 21, 2010, a statement from Doris “Granny D” Haddock in response to the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to kill campaign finance reform.
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US “Security Concerns” Could Cost Many Lives in Haiti
Update: The Wall Street Journal reports that according to Partners in Health, 20 000 people a day are dying because of lack of access to medical treatment. The necessary …
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President Obama: Banking Reform and the Economy (Video)
TRANSCRIPT | President Obama: Banking Reform and the Economy President Obama: Good morning, everybody. I just had a very productive meeting with two members of my …
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Will You Be a Victim of Killer Coal?
So, you thought inhaling glue or driving without a seatbelt was bad for your health? Try living next to a coal-fired power plant. That's the diagnosis that Physicians for …
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Solidarity, Not Charity: Helping Haitians Help Themselves
In the wake of a disaster such as Haiti is experiencing right now, there's a strong impetus to help coming from people across a wide range of persuasions and …
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Tough Minds and Tender Hearts
I spent Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in Washington, DC, as part of the Witness Against Torture fast, which campaigns to end all forms of torture, and has worked …
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Obama’s Record on Civil Liberties Garners Mixed Results
While the Obama administration has made progress in its first year on some civil liberties and civil rights issues, its record on others such as privacy and surveillance is …
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Moving Beyond the Failed Consultancy Class
Are you one of the millions of progressives grieving about the catastrophic fiasco that happened in Massachusetts yesterday? Wondering why it is that a Republican took the Senate seat …
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Robert Reich | Why Obama Is Now (Finally) Getting Tough on Wall Street
President Obama is now, finally, getting tough on Wall Street.