Truthout
Latest
|
Watchdog Accuses Pentagon of Evading Questions on $800 Million Afghanistan Program
The inspector general determined that nearly $43 million had been spent on a natural gas station.
Obama, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is on Cuba
We must pressure Obama to act decisively to realize his promise to truly normalize relations with Cuba.
|
How the Myth of the Meritocracy Ruins Students
The biggest problem afflicting students isn't standardized testing - it's our cultural myth of meritocracy.
Mitt Romney Is Forced to Denounce His Own Legacy
If the health care law is a failure, what would policy success look like?
|
Why the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference
The world will have to step beyond national thinking toward a higher goal: the safety of the ecosphere and all its inhabitants.
Trying a Fossil Fiend
Villains like former coal CEO Don Blankenship make it easier to get riled up over climate change.
|
Police Brutality: Can It Really Be Fixed?
How many more lives is it going to take for us to rise up against police brutality?
|
A Tale of Two Retirements
One hundred CEOs have as much in retirement assets as 41 percent of American families.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Higher Levels of Carbon Dioxide Impair Cognition, and More
In today's On the News segment: A recent study shows higher levels of CO2 have a direct and negative impact on our cognition and decision-making; almost every brand of …
How the GOP and HMOs Undercut Obamacare’s Nonprofit Option, Leaving 500,000 Uninsured
With Obamacare relying on for-profit insurance companies to provide coverage, the market will find a way to squeeze out those who need it most.