Interview

David Simon, journalist and creator of the TV series “The Wire” and “Treme,” returns to talk with Bill Moyers about the triumph of capital over democracy.

As the country marks Presidents' Day, we turn to an aspect of US history that is often missed: the complicity of American presidents with slavery.

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez host a debate on former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and his disclosure of the massive spying apparatus the NSA operates in the …

In the Citizens United era, it can more difficult to follow the money because of the anonymity 501(c)(4) Super PACs afford their donors. But that hasn't stopped Greg Palast.

Austerity policies are dangerous because they don't achieve their purported goals and harm those with the least political power, political economist and author Mark Blyth tells Truthout.

Governors have declared states of emergencies from Louisiana to New Jersey due to a massive snow and ice storm.

Dennis vanEngelsdorp: While an outright ban on insecticide use would be shortsighted and harmful to agricultural production, home gardeners should not use insecticides, fungicides and pesticides - the ideal …

Hundreds of college students are expected to risk arrest on March 2 outside the White House to pressure President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline …

In our Rag Radio interview we discuss Ayers' acclaimed two-volume memoir u2014 and the era it documents. Bill also addresses the 2008 presidential campaign.

A new iPhone app has been released that tracks every reported US drone strike overseas.