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Truthout Interview With Ralph Nader: “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us”
Nader may be accused of being a “spoiler,” but he's also a true believer.

Youth Beyond the Politics of Hope
The conditions produced by the financial crisis have resulted in the foreclosure of not only millions of family homes, but also the future of young people.

Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
The Obama administration has sought to conceal information in several high-profile court cases in an effort that civil libertarians say amounts to covering up crimes committed by the Bush …

Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …

Senate Panel Extends Controversial Patriot Act Provisions
The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly passed a bill Thursday to extend several controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the counterterrorism law hastily drafted in the aftermath of 9/11.

Court Documents Reveal Existence of New Torture Tapes
A federal court judge on Monday revealed that the brutal interrogation of an alleged “war on terror” detainee imprisoned at Guantanamo for more than seven years was videotaped.

Is Health Care Like a Food Processor?
When it comes to health care, it is both right and smart for me - and everyone I come into contact with - to have health care. On the …

Ending Minority Rule in California: One Sentence Can Do It
California is in deep trouble because it has a dysfunctional system of government. Much of the problem can be change by one sentence.

A New Nuclear Debate in India
The main nuclear debate in the major South Asian country has not been the one between nuclear militarists and their opponents. It has been the one between two schools …

Why the Dow Is Hitting 10,000 Even When Consumers Can’t Buy and Business Cries “Socialism”
So how can the Dow be flirting with 10,000 when consumers, who make up 70 percent of the economy, have had to cut way back on buying because …