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Argentina Alleges Extortion After Supreme Court Sides With Vulture Funds Preying on Sovereign Debt
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Argentina over its $1.5 billion debt in a ruling critics say validates predatory behavior by so-called “vulture funds.”
The World Cup and “Brazil’s Dance With the Devil”
Just a year ago, there were mass protests in Brazil - on one day alone, more than a million demonstrators hit the streets - speaking out against the billions …
Lyme Disease Is a Feminist Issue: An Interview With Sini Anderson
KPFA host of Flashpoints Dennis Bernstein interviewed feminist filmmaker Sini Anderson about her upcoming documentary on Lyme disease from a feminist perspective.
“The Last Magazine”: One Year After Death, Michael Hastings’ Lost Novel Satirizes Corporate Media
Today, another major work from Michael Hastings is upon us: “The Last Magazine,” a posthumous novel and scathing satire of the corporate news media based on Hastings' time at …
Juan Cole: Mass Sunni Uprising Forces Iraq to Confront Sectarian Blowback of 2003 US Invasion
President Obama has announced plans to deploy about 275 US military forces back to Iraq.
ISIS Born From Occupation of Iraq, Not Syrian Civil War
Vijay Prashad: Although it's not clear where the Saudis stand in relation to ISIS, the group itself is a product of the Iraq War, and Western diplomats were in …
Dave Zirin on the World Cup You Won’t See on TV: Protests, Tear Gas, Displaced Favela Residents
Protests are continuing on the streets of Brazil. Many Brazilians have expressed fury over Brazil spending an estimated $11 billion to host the cup while the country's hospitals and …
Bill Moyers: Too Big to Fail and Getting Bigger
In Washington, DC, a bipartisan effort is underway to chip away at the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, which is supposed to prevent the type of economic meltdown that …
Robert Johnson: Has Capitalism Lost the Ability to Reform Itself?
Capitalism is not rebalancing; the yearnings and desires of large portions of society are not being responded to.
Rebecca Solnit’s “Men Explain Things to Me” and Violence Against Women: The Truthout Interview
Truthout interviews Rebecca Solnit about the sense of male entitlement that leads to attacks on and the killing of women.