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Radioactive Rainwater Overwhelms Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Heavy rains have overwhelmed containment tankers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Corporations Reap Billions From Mass Incarceration
A new campaign exposes the companies that profit off prisoners.
JP Morgan Pays $13 Billion in Historic Settlement
Taxpayers might be on the hook for 35 percent of JP Morgan's settlement cost.
“Thank You Anarchy” Author and Wall Street Occupier Nathan Schneider on the Movement’s True Power
Nathan Schneider, author of the just-published ‘Thank You Anarchy, Notes From the Occupy Apocalypse’ tells Truthout he has been changed irrevocably by the movement, of which Zuccotti Park was …
Bill Moyers: Martin Wolf on the Debt Ceiling Circus
Economics commentator Martin Wolf provides analysis of the recent debt crisis, which he describes as the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb.
Undressing Fashion: What It Says About Gender, Sex, and Power
We get dressed every day; what do our style choices say about us? Authors of the book ‘Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style’ Marjorie Jolles and Shara Tarrant …
Writer and Farmer Wendell Berry on Hope, Direct Action, and the “Resettling” of the American Countryside
In this rare television interview with Bill Moyers, the poet, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry discusses his vision for society living in harmony with the planet.
American Raids in Libya and Somalia Expose Military Lawlessness
Michael Ratner: The U.S violates international law with kidnappings and armed attacks in sovereign countries.
Kieron Bryan and the Arctic 30
Truthout interviews the brother of Kieron Bryan, a British journalist held in a Russian prison along with another journalist and 28 activists from the captured Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
The Mainstream Corporate Media and the US Government Shill for Toxic Monsanto
Truthout talks with author Belen Fernandez about Monsanto, the corporate mainstream media under-reporting stories such as the suicide epidemic in India and buffoonish commentary on GMOs by the likes …