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To Solve State Budget Woes, Chop From the Top (2)
If there is a silver lining in California Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal, it is the recognition that we cannot realign state services down to county and local …
Why the Towery File Matters: Illegal Surveillance in Washington State
Here, in the Pacific Northwest, the latest in a long line of First Amendment abuses by local police has fanned concerns about government spying. Domestic surveillance of peaceful activism …
GOP Campaign Against Birth Control Officially Too Crazy for Scaife
We all have our limits. The GOP's crusade against Planned Parenthood is officially too crazy for right-wing philanthropist and media baron Richard Mellon Scaife. In a recent …
Solution: How the Government Can Stop Doing Business With Risky Contractors (2)
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Introduction: The Pentagon's Contractor Fraud Findings
The 2012 Budget and Our Unsecured Border
President Obama is taking heat from all sides this week for his 2012 budget proposal, which proposes increased funding for immigration enforcement and border militarization. While immigrant rights advocates …
To Solve State Budget Woes, Chop From the Top
If there is a silver lining in California Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal, it is the recognition that we cannot realign state services down to county and local …
If It Sounds Too Good … What You Need to Know, but Don’t, About Privatizing Infrastructure
Remember the old joke about some sharpie who takes innocents by "selling" them the Brooklyn Bridge? By the time the poor guy finds out he was taken, the crook …
Solution: How the Government Can Stop Doing Business With Risky Contractors
It is very hard for the federal government to have a successful criminal or civil prosecution of their contractors and it is the hardest to do with the Department …
How to Read Gates’ Shift on the Wars
In Establishment Washington, Defense Secretary Robert Gates enjoys a charmed life based on a charming persona. The Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) is always ready with fulsome praise for his …
How the Rich Soaked the Rest of Us
(Image: Aran Chandran) This article was also published in The Guardian. How the rich soaked the rest of us: The astonishing story of the last …