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Can Capitalism Tolerate a Democratic Internet? An Interview With Media Expert Robert McChesney
Anne Elizabeth Moore speaks with McChesney about the future of the Internet, capitalism and Truthout.
An Interview With the Widow of Tunisia’s Slain Popular Leader
Assassinations do, as we have seen on many continents in many eras, change history. For those left behind the slain, some have responded by trying to carry out the …
Stagnant Wages and Speculation Triggered the Crisis
There's another line of thought about the cause of the economic crisis, which is: the underlying issue is that in fact it's a crisis of inequality.
How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly
An interview with former senate staffer and retired lobbyist Jeff Connaughton, whose 2012 book The Payoff gives an insider's account of Wall Street's stranglehold on DC.
At What Point in Pregnancy Does a Woman’s Personhood End?
Laura Flanders talks to attorney Lynn Paltrow, the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
The Rise of the Super-Rich: Is the Economy Just Going Through a Bad Patch?
So the rich are different. What's it to you? Quite a lot, if you see some of the recent analysis of the growing wealth gap.
How Worker-Owned Companies Work
Documentary producers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young say even non-cooperative workplaces can learn from their worker-owned counterparts.
Public Banking Needed to Stop “Cannibalization” of the Economy
Michael Hudson: As long as finance is left in private hands, you're going to have austerity and America ending up looking like Greece and Ireland.
Religious Trauma Syndrome: How Some Organized Religion Leads to Mental Health Problems
Groups that demand obedience and conformity produce fear, not love and growth.
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Criticized for Backing Fracking and Nuclear Power; Ties to BP, GE, Saudis
President Obama's pick to become the nation's next secretary of energy is drawing criticism for his deep ties to the fossil fuel, fracking and nuclear industries.