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Detroit’s Wayne State University Looks to Destroy Tenure
A Detroit university attempts to shift tenure policies to a format that would effectively remove peer review and centralize the power to terminate faculty in administratorsu2019 hands.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Colorado, Washington and Oregon Are Giving Voters a Chance to Legalize Marijuana, and More
CNN reports that early drafts of the Republican Partyu2019s 2012 platform include a constitutional ban on abortion.
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Exclusive Truthout Interview: Sioux Spiritual Leader Speaks Out on Land Sale at Sacred Site
The sacred lands of the Lakota are up for sale, again. A grassroots effort led by the Great Sioux Nation is underway to get them back.
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“We Have No Choice But to Step Up”: Youth Activists Come Together to Build a Movement for Student Power
Student organizers from around the country (and the world) gathered in Columbus to help build a unified, strong student movement, learn from one another, and take action.
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Skilled Work, Without the Worker
At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old way.
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Paul Ryan and Todd Akin Partnered on Radical “Personhood” Bill
Should Ryan and Akinu2019s personhood agenda take effect, however, it would drastically reduce womenu2019s reproductive choice.
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How Nonprofits Spend Millions on Elections and Call It Public Welfare
Social welfare nonprofits have emerged as a prime vehicle for political money for several reasons.
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Monsanto, DuPont Spend Millions to Defeat California Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Initiative
With biotech giant Monsanto leading the way, big agribusiness firms and food manufacturers have vastly outspent organic food and alternative health firms in an effort to defeat California's Proposition …
Ecuador Defies UK/US Pressure, Gives Assange Asylum
Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights: International humanitarian law trumps extradition treaties.
Lawyer: Raid on Embassy to Arrest Assange Would Be “Unprecedented” Breach of Diplomatic Immunity
Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.