Truthout
Op-Ed
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Hey, Hollywood! Race Does Matter
What is really troubling is that, after the Civil Rights Era and at a time when the President of the United States is African-American, Hollywood is repeating its own …
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Oh Say Can You See Through the Frackers’ Big Lie?
The surge in fracked gas is headed for export and won't boost the nation's energy independence.
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Should Obamacare Provision Be Delayed?
The change will not effect people who buy insurance individually, or small businesses planning to purchase healthcare through new insurance exchanges.
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The GOP’s Endless War on Obamacare and the White House Delay
The longer the Affordable Care Act is delayed, the more time Republicans have to demonize it before average Americans receive its benefits and understand its importance.
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DOMA’s Demise
Many feared that the decision would be drawn narrowly, striking down DOMA, but declaring marriage equality a state issue. But now, the justices actually recognized LGBT people as a …
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Oregon’s Step Towards Debt-Free Degrees
Terrance Heath: If something like what's been proposed in Oregon had been in place when I went to college, it would have saved me thousands of dollars over the …
Peace Talk and War Budget
Instead of budgeting for new nuclear weapons, the US government should be taking demonstrable actions further to its responsibilities under the Non Proliferation Treaty to abolish these weapons for …
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Forcing Down the Bolivian President’s Plane Was an Act of Piracy
John Pilger: Imagine the outrage if this act of state terrorism and air piracy was carried out on a ‘Western’ leader.
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Privacy Is Lost, And We Are All To Blame
When full-body scanners were introduced at American airports three years ago, there was a brief public outcry. But just as quickly, it died down. Travelers interviewed shrugged off the …
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Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the Earth?
Noam Chomsky: The legitimacy of borders - of states, for that matter - is at best conditional and temporary.