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Presidents’ Day: Just Another Presidential Fable
In the United States, February brings “Presidents’ Day” and some familiar stories, such as George Washington chopping down ye olde cherry tree, circulate anew. Sweet as it may sound …
Subsidize This: US Eyes Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels, But What Gets Protected?
While trade is often a bone of contention between the United States and China, this week’s visit by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping threw the spotlight on one subset …
How the Ohio GOP’s Attempts to Game Voting Rules Backfired
The 2000 presidential election opened the eyes of many in politics to the important lesson that voting rules matter. After that began the proverbial march to the sea of …
It’s Up to Us to Protect the First Amendment
What happens when a journalist is arrested? How do we account for the stories that don’t get told, or the issues that don’t get covered because the press was restricted …
Human Safaris: When Does Tourism Become Unethical?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The sign on his cage read simply, ‘The Missing Link’. ‘Pygmy’ tribes man Ota Benga was on display in the monkey house …
Disaster Capitalism: Profiting From Crisis in Post-Earthquake Haiti
People at Camp Chaves in the Carrefour neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 9, 2011. A vast majority of Haitians driven into tent cities and makeshift camps by the January …
Industry Plan to Save Us From Global Warming a Nightmare, Not a Dream
The American Electric Power coal plant in New Haven, W.Va., in September 2009. As Congress debates legislation to slow global warming by limiting emissions, engineers are tinkering with ways …
Russia’s Winter of Discontent
In just under two months Russia’s increasingly diverse opposition movement has held three larger than expected rallies in the center of Moscow. Each one has defied expectations. The first, …
Media May Give Hamas Extreme Makeover
Supporters wave Hamas flags to welcome released prisoners in Ramallah, West Bank, December 18, 2011. (Photo: Rina Castelnuovo / The New York Times) Hamas may be headed …
Honduras: Our Continuing Catastrophe
(Photo: davidNallah / Flickr) Honduras has become a human rights disaster. The country now has the world’s highest murder rate. And impunity for political violence is the …