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Interview
Does Obama’s Economic Policy “Just Need More Time”?
Gerry Epstein: The basic policies must change or recession and high unemployment will continue.
Greg Palast on How the GOP Is Planning to Steal the 2012 Election
The chance your vote will spoil if you're black is seven times the likelihood your ballot will be ruined by a machine if you're white.
Rachel Maddow: Getting 9-11 History Right
Kurt Eichenwald talks with Rachel Maddow about what he learned about the previously unrealized degree of specificity and frequency of warnings the Bush administration received about a terror attack …
Will AB 2530 Unshackle Childbirth in California?
Pregnant women in correctional facilities are more likely to experience miscarriage, preterm birth, low birth weight infants, and potentially fatal conditions like preeclampsia.
You Can’t Ever Stop Being Vigilant: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy
Beverly Bell interviews Leslie Thatcher, content relations editor at Truthout, one of a number of independent, non-commercial news sites that offer an alternative to corporate-controlled media. In a world …
Quebec Election Gives Students a Victory on Tuition Hikes, Fight for Free Education Continues
Ju00e9ru00e9mie Bu00e9dard-Wien: Quebec student activists work to create a global movement for the right to a free education.
Joan Walsh Talks With Truthout About What’s the Matter With White People
Born into an Irish middle class family in New York, Joan Walsh offers a personal and analytical perspective on why so many white working class families defected from the …
How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted
Bill talks with Mike Lofgren, a long-time Republican who describes the modern dysfunction of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
Help Workers Connect the Dots to This Larger System of Oppression
You could choke on the irony in Charlotte this Labor Day. The United States' faux labor holiday falls on day one of the Democratic National Convention.
John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley About Obama Administration’s War On the Constitution
While many are critical of ongoing media circus produced by the Republican party, John Cusack asks the hard questions about what it would really mean to elect Obama for …