Truthout
News
|
How Eviction Resisters Are Using Stand-Your-Ground Laws To Challenge Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae evicted Mark Harris from his Atlanta home; now he and Occupy Our Homes Atlanta will argue that the eviction was unlawful.
|
Residents and Fishermen Fight Cove Point LNG Export Plans That Threaten Area’s Future
Residents are also upset by the proposed tax breaks for Dominion Energy, which they see as essentially subsidizing the pollution of their community.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Internet Companies Are Fighting to Restore Public Trust, and More
In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, corporations like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook wanted to release details on internet surveillance, and more.
|
Hidden Financial Ties Rattle Top Health Quality Group
It raises significant concerns about oversight of the burgeoning quality improvement industry.
|
NPR’s “The Salt” Blog Muddies the Issue of Sewage Sludge
In a muddled attack on the Center for Media and Democracy and those who are concerned about produce grown in sewage sludge, "The Salt," NPR's James Beard award-winning food …
|
Democrats Introduce Bill to Restore FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules
Democrats in Congress have introduced legislation that would restore net-neutrality rules struck down last month by a federal appeals court.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: 25 States Have Refused to Expand Medicaid, and More
Millions of Americans are now realizing that they're too poor to afford Obamacare - and it's all thanks to Republican lawmakers across the country, and more.
|
Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
Across the country, local delegations visited Staples stores in January to threaten a boycott unless the retailer's new "postal units" are staffed by actual postal employees.
|
Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the …
|
Nordheim: a Texas Town Facing a Toxic Future
The installation of a giant waste disposal plant where fracking industry waste would be trucked in from a 100-mile radius will undoubtedly bring more unwelcome changes.