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NRA Awards Scott Walker for Pushing Concealed Guns and the ALEC-related “Castle Doctrine” (Shoot First) Laws
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker asked members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) for “help” and “support” in his upcoming recall election in a speech at the organization's annual meeting on April …
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Six People You Need to Start a Revolution
Successful change movements run on diversity. Here are the essential skill sets no revolution can win without. With the 99% Spring up and rolling and set to bring 100,000 …
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Frackers Outbid Farmers for Water in Colorado Drought
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. Sections of drilling pipe and a drilling rig on a six-well pad in the Piceance Basin of …
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World Bank Supports Harmful Water Corporations, Report Finds
Water privatisation has been proven not to help the poor, yet a quarter of all World Bank funding goes directly to corporations and the private sector, bypassing both governments …
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CISPA (aka SOPA 2.0) Pushed Forward by For-Profit Spying Lobby
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. (Photo: Kayla C) A cyber security bill moving swiftly through Congress would give government intelligence …
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Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming People Among First, Most Affected by War on Terror’s Biometrics Craze
A Transportation Security Agency officer guides a passenger through a body scanner at BWI International Airport in Baltimore, on November 19, 2010. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / The New York …
Shutting Down a Military Recruiting Office Near Little Kabul: Afghans for Peace Protest US War on Afghanistan
Friday, March 30, Fremont CA: Outraged by the March 11 massacre of 17 villagers in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, people took to the streets of Fremont, California in a bold …
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Romney: Poor Mothers Should Be Required to Work Outside the Home Or Lose Welfare
In case it wasn't already clear that last week's controversy over stay at home moms was entirely manufactured, this should put the question to bed. Romney and allies cried …
European Airlines Silence Palestine Protest
Jerusalem - As 60 percent of the international activists set to land at Ben Gurion airport Sunday had their plane tickets cancelled, organisers of the ‘Welcome to Palestine’ fly-in …
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White House Opens Door to Big Donors, and Lobbyists Come In
Last May, as a battle was heating up between Internet companies and Hollywood over how to stop online piracy, a top entertainment industry lobbyist landed a meeting at the …