Truthout
News Analysis
Economic Crises in a World of Resource Scarcity and Wealth Inequality
Repressing labor unions, reducing enforcement of minimum wages and lowering them over time, cutting unemployment benefits and welfare to the poor, are some of the new “institutions” to enhance …
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington)
Army Sgt. Jerry Price, center, the senior medic of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry, comforts Spc. Donovan Lovelace, right, the 3rd Platoon medic, as a comrade is evacuated …
Indiana Supreme Court Ruling Destroys Fourth Amendment Rights
The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled in Barnes v. Indiana that reasonable resistance to unlawful police entry into a person's home would no longer be recognized under Indiana law. …
Representative Schakowsky, Am I a “Provocation”?
In the grand scheme of things, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky is one of my favorite members of Congress: progressive, smart, articulate, willing to stand up for what's right even …
Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn: When Powerful Men Cross Lines
The week’s news about the sexual conduct of politically powerful men gives me a queasy feeling of déjà vu. As the French agonize over whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s …
Afghanistan Under the Knife
It was a primitive form of surgery. Almost ten years ago, the United States and its allies stuck a knife deep into Afghanistan in an attempt to remove two …
The Democrats Attack Unions Nationwide
Obvious political truths are sometimes smothered by special interests. The cover-up of the Democrats' national anti-union agenda is possible because to reveal it for the ruse it is would …
Will the US Have a “Debt Crisis”?
House Speaker John Boehner talks with Sean Hannity during a live interview on his national radio show, January 19, 2011. (Photo: SpeakerBoehner) Washington, DC - John Boehner, …
Ponzi Schemes and Revolving Doors
The conviction last week of hedge fund billionaire, Raj Rajaratnam, hasn't kept the stench of corruption on Wall Street from wafting all the way down to Washington. …
Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?
President Barack Obama in the Blue Room of the White House standing with, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General …