Op-Ed

There is probably no greater waste of our taxpayer money than the increased incarceration of our population. The state of Illinois had a prison population of 7,326 inmates …

Deficit theater is coming to DC tomorrow, with a well-funded "fiscal summit." The plot summary is that we have Deficit Trouble - Right Here In River City! so to fix it we need …

Once again, the US black community is up in (figurative) arms about systemic white supremacy raising up (literal) arms.

Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation’s largest bank, whose chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has led Wall …

Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers …

“War is peace,” "freedom is slavery," “ignorance is strength.” Thanks to the religious right, we can update these examples from “1984's” doublespeak to include the idea in 2012 that …

Heard about the meeting that's being held to decide your economic future? If the answer's “no,” don't feel bad: That's because you weren't invited. But Tim Geithner was. So …

This is why the Occupy movement frightens the corporate elite. What fosters revolution is not misery, but the gap between what people expect from their lives and what is …

All cars, vans and trucks from GM, Ford and Chrysler are US- and union-made; not so for the minivan.

Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. Now that Paul Ryan has backed away from his fervent embrace of Ayn Rand, claiming that …