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Jim Hightower and the “Populist Moment”
According to Jim Hightower, "even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building." Progressive Texas populist author, commentator, and orator Hightower — perhaps our country's most …
Updated With Dick Clark’s Passing: “American Bandstand,” Rock and Roll and the Struggle for Civil Rights: An Interview With Matt Delmont (Part I)
UPDATE APR. 18 8:45 P.M.: Host and TV producer Dick Clark died Wednesday of a heart attack at the age 82. He was best known for his role in …
American Bandstand, Rock & Roll and the Struggle for Civil Rights: An Interview With Matt Delmont (Part II)
Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Matt Delmont, author of The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil …
Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on RT: Are EPA Fracking Regulations Hurting Jobs?
On Tuesday the battle of new regulations on the hydraulic fracturing technique continued on Capitol Hill. The EPA put the finishing touches on new rules that are intended to …
Can You Understand the Republican Brain?
Scientific American lauds author Chris Mooney "as one if the few journalists in the country who specialize in the now dangerous intersection of science and politics." Having interviewed Mooney …
The Climate Movement Takes On Fracking: Interview With Bill McKibben
An oil rig reflected in a fracking pond on the Giddings Estate, a 10,000-acre field in near Midland, Texas, owned by Pioneer Natural Resources, February 15, 2012. (Photo: Jim …
Book on Occupy’s Tent City Era Helps Anchor Roots of Evolving Movement
There has likely not been a sociopolitical phenomenon more heavily documented than the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. What took root in Zuccotti Park and quickly blossomed in over …
War on Iran: America’s Next Catastrophe in the Middle East?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New …
Bill Ayers on the Coming Revolution
I'd interviewed Bill Ayers many times over several years, mostly about public education policy and school and classroom reform. As the Arab Spring uprisings were gaining momentum, I was …
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald Tells Truthout How the Koch Brothers Endanger Democracy and Our Health
BuzzFlash at Truthout first got to know Robert Greenwald when he and Earl Katz, who is now chair of Public Interest Pictures, were trying to get a film about …