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Guantanamo Trial for Cole Bombing Suspect Delayed for a Year
Guantanamo Bay Navy Base, Cuba -A reputed al Qaida chieftain emerged from the shadows of CIA confinement and interrogation Wednesday to face death-penalty charges as the alleged engineer of …
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UC Campus Police Move in on Student Protesters
Berkeley, California - Dozens of police in riot gear descended on UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza on Wednesday in two violent confrontations with student protesters that prevented them from building …
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Beating Babies in the Name of Jesus? The Shady World of Right-Wing “Discipline” Guides
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God. Two stories recently converged to make …
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Election Day 2011: In State After State, “Remarkable Wins for Progressive Politics”
Advocates for labor, women’s and immigration rights are celebrating a number of key victories in Tuesday’s state elections. In Ohio, voters defeated Republican Gov. John Kasich’s controversial limits on …
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Occupy Movement Inspires Unions to Embrace Bold Tactics
Organized labor’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious. Union leaders, who were initially cautious in embracing the Occupy movement, have in recent …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Voters Reject the Radical Right-Wing Takeover of America, and More
In today's On the News segment: Yesterday, voters rejected the radical right-wing takeover of America; Italy is the next European nation on the verge of economic disaster; "Gang of …
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Wanted: A Revolution for Girls
Khairpur, Pakistan - Sixteen-year-old Noor Bano believes nothing short of a revolution will convince the men in Malangabad – her remote village in the Khairpur district of the Sindh …
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Leading Conservative Federal Appeals Judge Says Case Against Health Reform Has No Basis in “the Text of the Constitution“
When the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced two of the three judges who would hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act — conservative …
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Few Criminal Cases Target Big Air Polluters
For a decade, hazardous emissions from a refinery regularly swept into a mostly poor, minority neighborhood in Corpus Christi known as Hillcrest, where residents complained of odors, dizziness, vomiting …
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Ohio Labor Movement Defeats Anti-Union Bill and Its Wealthy Supporters
Ohio's labor movement is celebrating today after voters dealt a hefty blow to Republican Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday by overwhelmingly voting to repeal an anti-collective bargaining law he …