Op-Ed

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 …

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“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 …

Assuming for a moment that you buy into the goal, the French war in Libya was smart - especially compared to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Readers of this blog (and friends) will know my mother as the person whose ideas about parenting included reading booze-drenched modernist classics to me when I was eleven. So, …