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China-Based Corporate Web Behind Troubled Africa Resource Deals
For centuries, wave after wave of colonists and foreign investors have swept through Africa, looking for profits from the continent’s abundant reserves of oil and prized minerals. …
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Employer Health Costs Rise Faster Than Medicare
Much of the attention on the rising cost of health care has focused on unsustainable public outlay for programs like Medicare. The federal government — using tax dollars — …
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GOP Willing to Raise Payroll Taxes on 113 Million Households to Spare 345,000 Millionaires From Tiny Surtax
Senate Democrats yesterday introduced legislation — as they’ve been promising to — that would extend a soon-to-expire payroll tax cut, and pay for it by implementing a surtax on …
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Obama Hits the Road to Tout a Tax-Cut Plan Republicans Seem to Like
Washington - President Barack Obama jets to Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on Congress to extend and perhaps expand a payroll tax cut for another year …
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British Inquiry Is Told Hacking Is Worthy Tool
London - He admitted that he and his colleagues hacked into people’s phones and paid police officers for tips. He confessed to lurking in unmarked vans outside people’s houses, …
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The Shocking Ways the Corporate Prison Industry Games the System
"The United States, with just 5 percent of the world’s population, currently holds 25 percent of the world's prisoners, and for the last 30 years America’s business entrepreneurs have …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: For the Past Five Years, Major Banks Have Contributed More Than $300 Billion to the Coal Industry, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Britain Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Iran
London - Britain said on Wednesday that it had closed its embassy in Tehran, withdrawn all its diplomats and ordered Iran to do the same within 48 hours at …
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Senate Amendment Calls for a Return to Bush-Era Torture
Artist's rendering of a detainee in goggles and earmuffs used for sensory deprivation. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Ayotte amendment on secret torture overshadows abuse problems with …
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Central Banks Take Joint Action to Ease Debt Crisis
Washington - The Federal Reserve moved Wednesday with other major central banks to buttress financial markets by increasing the availability of dollars outside the United States, reflecting growing concern …