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Egypt’s Morsi Ousts Top Generals, but Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps
In a major shakeup, Egyptu2019s new president, Mohamed Morsi, dismissed the countryu2019s two top generals over the weekend, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and military Chief of Staff Sami Enan.
Trillion Dollar Tax Havens, Inequality and Recession (Part II)
James Henry: Vast amounts of money avoid taxes and productive investment.
Major Banks Help Clients Hide Trillions in Offshore Tax Havens (Part I)
James Henry: US media and politicians mostly ignore massive untaxed wealth that big banks help rich move to tax havens.
Author: Sikh Temple Massacre Is the Outgrowth of Pervasive White Supremacism in US Military Ranks
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page was open about his neo-Nazi views when he served in the US military from 1992 to 1998.
The Arab Uprisings in Context: An Interview With Middle East Expert Rami G. Khouri
Rami G. Khouri: I think one critical issue that has to be dealt with all across the region is really the issue of the role of the military.
Bill Moyers: Suppressing Votes by Law
Bill talks to Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about new voter ID and other election laws that keep the young, elderly, minorities and …
We All Need Heroes
Truthout's Leslie Thatcher conducted an email interview with activist and academic Peter Dreier, author of
Interview With the Green Party’s Jill Stein, Candidate for Organizer in Chief
Enter Stein, whose key platform is the Green New Deal, a jobs program which she says will both build on the success of the New Deal in the 1930s …
Q&A: Eric Laursen on the Future of Social Security
I asked Eric to talk about Social Securityu2019s history in the context of recent politics and media coverage.
“People’s Pension” Author: Social Security Cuts Would Hurt Ethnic Families Most
Whatu2019s at stake for aging ethnic boomers and others on the economic edge?