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The Buying and Selling of the Pentagon (Part II)
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Libya: All About Oil, or All About Banking?
A line of rebel trucks wait at the western entrance to Ajdabiya, Libya, on April 11, 2011. (Photo: Bryan Denton / The New York Times) Several writers …
Government Calls Native American Resistance of 1800s “Much Like Modern-Day Al-Qaeda“
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a statement concerning the hearing before the United States Court of Military Commission Review in United States v. Al Bahlul, before its …
Government by People Who Hate You
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wisconsin) budget plan would cut $5.8 trillion over the next decade by cutting programs like Medicare. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York …
Sex Workers File Civil Rights Suit Against Louisiana’s “Crime Against Nature” Law (2)
(Photo: alistercoyne; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The third week of February, attorneys from New Orleans-based and national organizations brought a federal civil rights complaint against Louisiana's …
Radio and TV Marti Should be Prime Targets for Budget Cutters
TV Martà building. (Photo: Allen Pinkley) Editor's Note: This article was originally published prior to the passage of the federal budget deal. • Not much …
Charter Schools Outsource Education to Management Firms, With Mixed Results
(Photo: Tulane Publications; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Since 2008, an Ohio-based company, White Hat Management, has collected around $230 million to run charter schools …
Fracking Insiders Score Big in New Gas Bill, But Americans Not Told the True Costs of Massive Drilling Plan
(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Corporate insiders peddling the claim that drilling for methane gas will solve America's energy needs just scored big in Washington — …
Offshored Production, Dysfunctional Diplomacy and Outsourced Policy: A Three-Part Analysis on America’s Trade Decline
(Photo: Zak Greant / Flickr) American Manufacturing Slowly Rotting Away: How Industries Die I wrote in a previous article about why America's manufacturing sector, …
Energy at What Cost? Protests Against Forced Eviction from US-Backed Coal Mine Continue in Bangladesh
(Photos: Shahriar Sunny) As the sun rose on March 28, 2011, roughly 2,000 people gathered to demonstrate against a mining project that would displace tens of thousands …