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AIPAC Still Trying to Torpedo Iran Nuke Deal
As preliminary Iran Nuke deal is finalized and set to go into effect next Monday, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is pushing for Congress to pass new sanctions …
Guarded Optimism
The department has found alarming rates of abuse by staff on youngsters in custody.
Turkey in Crisis: Understanding the Erdogan/Gulen Split
Baris Karaagac: The events of the past two years has plunged Turkey into crisis, pitting two of the country's most powerful figures and former allies against each other Turkish …
Fifty Years Later, the War on Poverty Working Better Than the Right or Left Will Admit
Annelise Orleck: Though the War on Poverty failed to address the structural reasons poverty is so widespread in America, it did bring about badly needed changes including addressing childhood …
Noam Chomsky on the Legacy of Ariel Sharon: Not Speaking Ill of the Dead “Imposes a Vow of Silence”
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday at the age of 85 after eight years in a coma.
Steve Lipsky Responds to Report Clearing EPA of Wrongdoing in Fracking Water Contamination Study
Lipsky says the findings in the Inspector General report are just the tip of the iceberg.
Truthout Interviews Mark Karlin About the “Deserving” and “Undeserving” Poor
Facts, figures, and reason are often at odds with emotions like anger and resentment - and so it goes on the subject of welfare.
Government’s Call for Less Police In School Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Student activist Tre Murphy: Eric Holder and Arne Duncan's call for less use of zero-tolerance policies is a good start but much work remains to reign in the use …
In New York City’s Transformed Political Era, Progressives Take Major Posts Under Mayor de Blasio
One week after the inauguration of new mayor Bill de Blasio, Melissa Mark-Viverito has been elected speaker of the New York City Council.
Syrian Revolutionaries Resist Violent Fundamentalists
The media is fixated on WMDs and overlooking the revolution, while liberators are battling the government as well as an al-Qaeda-linked fundamentalist group while planning for Syria's future, a …