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Healthcare Debate: As Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case, Does Law Do Enough to Fix Health Crisis?
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the Affordable Care Act goes too far, we host a debate on whether the law goes far enough. The case is reviving the …
Sgt. Robert Bales and the Trauma of Repeat Deployments
Does Robert Bales, the army staff sergeant who allegedly killed 17 Afghan civilians on March 11, symbolize a larger problem in our military ranks? In this web-exclusive video, Vietnam …
Michael Dawson on the Biggest Gulf in American Life
This is the fourth interview in the Black History Month series “Perspectives on Black Politics in the Age of Obama.” It has been selectively edited for print, but the …
Banking “Technocrats” Undermine Democracy
Paul Jay, Senior Editor, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Washington. In September 2011, at a time when the sovereign debt raiders, as some …
Andrew Bacevich on Changing Our Military Mindset
Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. …
Truthout Talks With Thom Hartmann About His Legacy as an Author
Thom Hartmann: I've been writing since I was 12 years old. When I left my parents' home when I was 16, I'd wallpapered my bedroom with 56 rejection slips, …
About That Dimock Fracking Study: Result Summaries Show Methane and Hazardous Chemicals
Natural gas wells owned by Cabot Oil and Gas in Dimock, Pennsylvania, in December 2009. Environmental concern about hydraulic fracturing is creating political obstacles for gas drilling companies. (Photo: …
Frances Fox Piven Scorns Death Threats, Says of Right-Wing Attacks: “I Love It“
(Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) For most of her life, Frances Fox Piven has worked as a professor of social sciences and activist far away from public …
Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold: Obama Administration Putting Freedom of Information in Jeopardy?
The United States Has Been Enabling Torture for Decades
(Image: Troy Page; Adapted: mike.benedetti, Caleb Kimbrough) Marjorie Cohn – a law professor and past president of the National Lawyer's Guild – has assembled a compelling interdisciplinary …