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Giving Grassroots Leaders a Voice
On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay: Glen Ford, Exec. Editor of Black Agenda Report, talks about helping create black radio news. He says that news media creates leaders …
“Cash for Kids”: Firms Behind Juvenile Prison Bribes Reach $2.5 Million Settlement in Civil Suit
Judges took money in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to for-profit youth jails.
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.