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All Money Trails Lead to Wall Street
How much of our income goes to Wall Street? Anthropologist David Graeber, a specialist in the study of debt, recently set out to find out how much of an …
New Poll Finds a Deep Distrust of Government
With Election Day just over a year away, a deep sense of economic anxiety and doubt about the future hangs over the nation, according to the latest New York …
The Unpatriotic Act: Ten Years Later
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The USA Patriot Act became law ten years ago today. Bearing the awkward name, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools …
Out of Iraq: What Will the War Service Industry Do Now?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) In September, I wrote a column about how the Government Accountability Office and I were concerned about how the military was going …
Wisconsin Democrats Allege Governor Walker Used Taxpayer Dollars for Campaign Web Site
“At Best Inappropriate, At Worst Against the Law” With Walker facing an “imminent recall,” the website consists of “propaganda” and “cherry-picked facts” designed to help Walker's reelection, …
6 Things to Know About “Smoking Man” in Herman Cain’s Weird New Ad (Dude Was Banned From Electoral Politics)
There's a Cancer Man on the body politic. Herman Cain, the former Americans for Prosperity operative, and his presidential campaign manager, Mark Block, are having a most …
Not Just a Protest, But a Little Utopia
New York - The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has withstood political pressure, bad weather, police violence, and over a thousand arrests, and is continuing to grow in New …
Occupy Wall Street’s Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism
Within a very short time, Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation to corporate corruption.
#OWS: What Took So Long?
Among the many issues raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement, perhaps the most basic is: What took so long? Why did three years elapse between the time reckless …
Can Obama Keep His Technology Edge in 2012?
Back during the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama’s staff often kicked off his stump speeches with a few words from a warm-up act. A young man would walk out …