Truthout
News Analysis
Bill McKibben Responds to Press Sec. Jay Carney’s Statements on the Tar Sands Action
We just got some important evidence that this protest is working and that we’re breaking through to the mainstream media and the White House. This morning, President …
Lessons and False Lessons From Libya
Rebels celebrate outside Col. Moammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli, Libya, August 29, 2011. Residents returning to their homes have found that many have been heavily damaged by …
The EPA: A Phantom Menace
Polluting industries, along with the legislators who are in their pockets, consistently claim that environmental regulation will be a “job killer.” They counter efforts to control pollution and to …
President Obama Has All the Legal Authority He Needs to Make Recess Appointments Right Now
As ThinkProgress has chronicled at length, Senate Republicans are engaged in an unprecedented campaign of obstruction against President Obama's nominees. As one prong of this campaign, they forced the …
The Fight to Make Education a Guaranteed Right: Chilean Students vs. the Nation’s President
After approximately three months of school takeovers, strikes, and nationwide marches throughout Chile, the unflagging persistence of demonstrators may prove decisive in the ongoing fight against unjust education standards …
News Corp Set to Air 9/11 Documentary Glorifying Bush; Producer Says He’s Not Interested in the “Facts“
After spending over a decade promoting President Bush, the PATRIOT Act, and the Iraq War, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation appears to be up to the same tricks, this time …
Thomas Freidman Spews Nonsense with Hurricane Force
Yes, it’s Sunday and Thomas Friedman has another of his whacky big picture columns: “Now let me say that in English: the European Union is cracking up. …
Just Plane False: New York Times Columnist Attacks NLRB for Taking Action Over Boeing’s Alleged Union Busting
Nocera Myth: Boeing Did Not Engage In "Direct Payback" Against Striking Workers Nocera On Allegations Against Boeing: "It Is A Mind-Boggling Stretch To Describe Boeing's Strategy As …
The US Whitewashes Panama’s Fatal Flaws to Champion Their Free Trade Agreement
United States-Panama Free Trade Agreement
Capitalism’s New Era
(Photo: Kaba; Edited: JR / Truthout) "Karl Marx got it right, at some point capitalism can destroy itself," said Mr. Roubini, in an interview with The Wall …