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How Workers are Using Globalization Against Walmart
The recent Walmart strikes — beginning first among warehouse workers in California, then spreading to others in Elwood, Illinois, and finally to Walmart retail stores across the United States …
“Moderate Mitt”: Neocon Trojan Horse
Mitt Romney's sudden conversion to moderate foreign policy may have fooled some at Monday's debate, but his neoconservative roots were shown when he expressed his desire to rebuild the …
Binders Full of Generals
Longtime military muckraker and Truthout editor Dina Rasor paints a well-informed picture of what might be motivating the 359 retired military brass endorsing the GOP presidential candidate.
SLAPPed, Arrested, Deemed Eco-Terrorists: TransCanada Blockaders Persevere
Tar Sands Blockaders maintain their vigil in the trees for the fifth week.
Obama vs. Romney III: “I got nuthin’,” But There’s a Reason for That
Lambert Strether, the voice that brings you your weekly Election Countdown, gives you a recap of the third presidential debate in the voices of those who did not get …
Military Commission at Guantanamo Bay: The Uncertain Fate of Legal Process in the Most Important Trial of Our Lives
The rules shift constantly as the commission hears arguments on whether the constitution applies to the defendants and how much freedom the defense has to call witnesses.
Election Countdown 2012: Protesters Chain Themselves to Revolving Doors at a State Office Building to Stop Fracking in North Carolina, and More
Protesters chain themselves to revolving doors at a state office building to stop fracking in North Carolina
The Case Against the Looters of the American Economy, and a Mission for Occupy Wall Street
The new court case against Bain Capital may lift the veil of secrecy that allows private equity firms to loot the public trust.
Conservative Spending Hypocrisy: Frozen Pay for Federal Workers, Exorbitant Pay for Contractors
Billions could be saved simply by paying defense contractors no more than what they would get if they were on the federal payroll.
Tonight, Bob Schieffer Can Perform Real Journalism on Drone Strikes
One of the most fundamental tasks of journalism in a free society is to press the government to disgorge information.