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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 MartĂ 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 …

Back to the Streets This Weekend for Peace and Justice
The beloved peace and justice communities are rallying—again—this weekend! On April 9th in NYC and 10th in San Francisco, human rights, civil rights, and workers rights leaders …