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Matt Taibbi and “the $9 Billion Witness” Who Exposed How JPMorgan Chase Helped Wreck the Economy
Alayne Fleischmann details how she witnessed “massive criminal securities fraud” in the JPMorgan's mortgage operations.
The Afghan War Is Not Over: US Ends 13-Year Combat Mission, but More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.
The Worst Narco-State in History? After 13-Year War, Afghanistan’s Opium Trade Floods the Globe
In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the country's opium production has doubled.
Professor Jared Ball on Ferguson and the Media
Author Jared A. Ball talks about the construction of Black identity, colonialism and what is needed to stop the police killings.
Peace Activist Kathy Kelly Heads to Prison for Protesting US Drone War
Peace activist Kathy Kelly is about to begin a three-month prison sentence for protesting the US drone war.
NYPD Officer Speaks Out on Fellow Cops Who Turned Backs to Mayor and Why People of Color Fear Police
Some 20,000 people gathered in New York City on Saturday for the funeral of NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos.
Truthout Interviews Joe Macaré on Keeping the Independence in Independent Journalism and Truthout
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Truthout publisher Joe Macare about how Truthout is able to maintain its journalistic independence.
How the Pentagon Papers Came to Be Published by the Beacon Press, as Told by Daniel Ellsberg and Others
In 1972 Beacon Press lost a Supreme Court case brought against it by the US government for publishing the first full edition of the Pentagon Papers.
Rene Gonzalez, First Freed Member of Cuban Five, Speaks Out From Havana
Earlier this month the United States released the remaining members of the Cuban Five.
Native Americans Confront History of Dispossession
Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to Native Americans in Arizona to a foreign company.