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VIDEO: Healing Suicidal Veterans
Vietnam-era veteran Vic Montgomery III, author of “Healing Suicidal Veterans,” spoke with Truthout's Robert Corsini about the growing tsunami of veterans' mental health needs. A specialist in crisis intervention …
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HAITI LIVE BLOG DAY 3: Obama Taps George W. Bush, Bill Clinton to Lead US Relief Efforts
Here's the link to Wednesday's live blog. 5:26 pm PDT: We couldn't leave for the day without first reporting on this development.
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Special Report: Haiti After the Quake and How to Help
Over 100,000 people are believed dead after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Tuesday afternoon. The quake buried countless buildings, from shantytowns to the …
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Ten Things the US Can and Should Do for Haiti
One. Allow all Haitians in the US to work. The No. 1 source of money for poor people in Haiti is the money sent from family and workers in …
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666 to 1: The US Military, Al-Qaeda and a War of Futility
In his book on World War II in the Pacific, War Without Mercy, John Dower tells an extraordinary tale about the changing American image of the Japanese fighting man.
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Israeli Threats Against Gaza Grow
Israel's hawks are starting to make frightening noises. If Israel attacks Gaza again, Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant will run the operation. Galant recently said that right now "the sun …
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Can Cheryle Jackson End the War in Afghanistan?
Add Illinois to Pennsylvania as states where there is a contested Senate primary in which the war in Afghanistan has become an issue. The Chicago Tribune reports that the …
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Froma Harrop | Google’s Heroism (Sort of), Self-Interest and Parasitism
So Google wants to play human-rights superhero. Five years ago, it compromised its standing as the global avatar of cyber-freedom by blocking certain searches on its Chinese website at …
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E.J. Dionne Jr. | The End of Wall Street Liberalism
Washington - If you held a contest to pick the worst thing a politician could be called at this moment, my nominee would be Wall Street Liberal. That label …
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Nomi Prins | Why Can’t We Get Anyone to Ask a Wall Street CEO the Hard Questions?
It is exasperating to watch the financial commission in charge of investigating last year's finance disaster be easily distracted and deflected by the bankers who ripped us off.