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Women in Tyvek: Hope in Nontraditional Green Jobs
Caulking windows as part of the overall weatherization. (Photo: 350.org) Every morning the trucks roll out of the garage at Community Environmental Center (CEC), and every morning …
Was Qaddafi the Real Target of the Strike That Killed His Son?
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during his address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …
Will Public Workers and Immigrants March Together on May Day? (2)
(Photo: Working In These Times) One sign carried in almost every May Day march of the last few years says it all: "We are Workers, not Criminals!" …
Itamar Murders: How the Israeli Narrative of Victimization Is Fed
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Jafi Israel / Flickr) How painful it must have been for Motti Fogel to get up and speak at his brother …
Panamanian Corruption Concealed Amidst Free Trade Negotiations
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) • Obama welcomes Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in the midst of major scandal and corruption in Panama. • Once again, …
Top Climate Scientist on the Monster Tornadoes: It Is Irresponsible Not to Mention Climate Change
Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of life and death, the sun and rain capable of feeding our crops and bringing us comfort, or unleashing …
Lessons for Progressives From Power Shift Youth
Power Shift March, New York Avenue at 14th Street, NW, Washington DC, April 17, 2011. (Photo: Elvert Xavier Barnes) Over the weekend of April 15, some 10,000 …
Corporate Propaganda Response To Town Hall Medicare Anger
The Republican plan for Medicare "cuts government spending" by shifting the cost of old-age health care directly to the middle class and poor. (I’ll explain below.) Here’s the thing: …
Why the US and NATO Fed Detainees to Afghan Torture System
An Afghan Special Forces soldier searches a mock detainee during a unit demonstration for Gen. David H. Petraeus. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell / isafmedia) Washington - …
Reducing Influence Peddling in Government Contracting
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Today, the Unites States Air Force relies on a fleet of aerial refueling tankers - overwhelmingly comprised of the jet-powered, Eisenhower-era KC-135 …