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Is Obama Making Good on His Promise to Close Gitmo?
Four months after President Obama recommitted to close Gitmo, TRNN contributor Michael Ratner gives us an update on the status of the prison.
Conversations on Palestine: The Role and Failure of Journalism
Mainstream media propagates the Western point of view of an Israeli-Palestinian conflict, when, in fact, there is an occupation, and until there is justice in Palestine, there will be …
Truthout TV Interviews Candice Bernd About For-Profit Education and Standardization in the US
Truthout's Candice Bernd talks about the Common Core State Standards Initiative that is being implemented in 45 states in the US.
Obama’s Climate Change Policies Are Imperialistic and Despotic
Subhankar Banerjee: The Obama administration's focus on oil extraction and emphasis on fracking is not addressing climate change.
Two Years After Occupy Wall Street, a Network of Offshoots Continues Activism for the 99%
Two years after the Occupy Wall Street movement shifted the conversation on economic inequality, Democracy Now! looks at its origins in New York City's Zuccotti Park and its continued …
Neoliberalism Plays Key Role in Economically Forced Mexican Migration to US
Truthout talks with David Bacon, author of The Right to Stay Home, about how much of the Mexican migration to the United States comes about in dire response to …
How Did D.C. Navy Yard Gunman Get Security Clearance While Being Treated by VA for Mental Illness?
A gunman opened fire at a naval base in Washington, DC, on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding several others before dying in a shootout with police.
Why Didn’t OWS Transform Into a Political Movement?
Two years later, author & journalist Nathan Schneider takes a look at concrete victories and missteps of the Occupy movement.
Karen Nussbaum: Working America WORKS!
The US's largest labor federation, the AFL-CIO, pledged at its '13 convention to work more closely with community-based affiliates & its grassroots organizing arm, Working America.
Andrew Bacevich on “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country”
Andrew Bacevich looks at the growing gulf between Americau2019s soldiers and the society that sends them off to war.