Truthout
Interview

Are Tuition Breaks Enough To Combat High Student Debt and Low Graduation Rates?
The University of Baltimore's Peter Toran and UC-Santa Barbara graduate student Samir Sonti discuss UB's plan to offer students a free final semester of tuition, and agree that federal …

CIA and NSA Wrongdoing Requires Independent Investigation, Says Former Church Committee Staff
Burt Wides, a former chief investigator for the Church Committee, who helped create the Senate and House intelligence committees, says these oversight bodies are now too entwined with the …

On the Subjects’ Side: Photographer and Author Builder Levy
Photographer and author Builder Levy talks about Emmet Till, Appalachia and the intersections of photography and politics.

Robert Pollin: Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Strikes Back Against Austerity
The Congressional Progressive Caucus's budget would increase spending on education, healthcare and the green economy while rolling back cuts against social services.

Why Was Gaddafi Overthrown?
Horace Campbell: Gaddafi wanted to strengthen Pan-Africanism and had enough resources to challenge US hegemony in the region.

Rachel LaForest and Madeline Janis on Fighting for Fairness
Economic equality advocates Rachel LaForest and Madeline Janis discuss with Bill how social action can change both policy and lives.

No Escaping Dragnet Nation
This week, as the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein publicly accused the CIA of spying on her committee's computers, Bill talks with investigative reporter Julia Angwin, …

After Crimea Votes to Secede, How Will US and Russia Handle Gravest Crisis Since Cold War?
The United States and the European Union are warning Russia not to annex Crimea after voters there overwhelmingly backed a referendum to leave Ukraine.

Tony Benn Saw Socialism as the Culmination of Democratization
Leo Panitch on the death of Tony Benn: He conceived the need to democratize the state as the precondition for democratizing the economy.

Paul Craig Roberts on Crimea, US Foreign Policy and the Transformation of Mainstream Media
Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the treasury under Ronald Reagan, argues that there's no evidence the American people support Washington's meddling in Ukraine.