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“Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights”: Shouldn’t We Decide What We Eat?
A food rights movement described in David Grumpert's new book has sprung up to save small farms.
Off the Chart Inequality in the US
Salvatore Babones: According to UN report, US is the only nation where inequality is both high and rising.
Dirty Wars or: How Your Dead Family is Just “Collateral Damage”
The NSA continues to wiretap our phone lines. The military tosses whistleblowers into solitary confinement pre-trial. Domestic drones soar above our cities. No matter one's political affiliation, the government's …
Truthout TV Interviews Max Haiven About an Alternative Approach to Austerity
Truthout Interviews host, Ted Asregadoo, speaks with writer, teacher and activist, Max Haiven, on financialization, totalitarianism, and how an alternative approach to neo-liberal austerity and debt can be a …
Bush’s Foiled NSA Blackmail Scheme
More than a decade ago, President George W. Bush enlisted the National Security Agency in a blackmail scheme to dig up dirt to coerce UN Security Council members to …
Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education
In this interview, Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young …
The Educational Deficit and the War on Youth: An Interview with Henry A. Giroux
Giroux writes on pedagogy and fundamentalism in his book, “America's Education Deficit and the War on Youth.”
Ellsberg: A Coup Against the Constitution
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon papers, says the FISA court is a sham and warrantless wiretapping, which has being going on for years before Sept. 11, …
Americans On Long-Term Hunger Strike to Close Gitmo Prison
In interview with former president of Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams on his hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Don’t Call Me Illegal: An Interview With Youth Immigrant Activist Tania Unzueta
Unzueta, currently an organizer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, is one of many undocumented youth who have stepped into …