Op-Ed | Logic Deficit: Why Were Reinhart-Rogoff Ever Taken Seriously? It's not just the arithmetic on debt-to-GDP ratios that tripped up RR; it was the basic logic of their argument. By Dean Baker , Truthout April 30, 2013 Truthout
Excerpt | The Life and Death of Words, People, and Even Nature: From Walking Libraries and a God Named “Word” to What Sherlock Holmes Never Said An excerpt from, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin Americau2019s most distinguished writers. By Eduardo Galeano , TomDispatch April 30, 2013 Truthout
News Analysis | The US’s Narrow-Minded Anti-Terrorism Strategy: Blowback and the Cycle of Violence As America's foreign policy continues to disenfranchise countries across the world, American suffer with the political By Melvin A. Goodman , CounterPunch April 30, 2013 Truthout
News | Six Months After Sandy, A Financial Disaster For Homeowners Problems with insurance claims and loans have turned superstorm Sandy from a natural disaster to a financial one. By Christopher Fasano , GothamGazette April 30, 2013 Truthout
News Analysis | How a Shadow Drug Industry Tries to Avoid Regulation Big pharma attempts to avoid regulations in order to cover their tracks. By Peter Dreier & Donald Cohen , CryWolfProject April 30, 2013 Truthout
News | Art Pope Groups Push Extreme ALEC Tax Agenda in North Carolina New ALEC backed legislations would radically alter how corporations and people pay taxes in the state. By Nick Surgey , PRWatch April 30, 2013 Truthout
News | First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: This Utah Woman Filmed a Slaughterhouse from the Public Street The first law suit under the new ALEC backed Ag-Gag bill is underway in Utah, targeting a woman who filmed abuses at a near by slaughterhouse. By Will Potter , GreenistheNewRed April 30, 2013 Truthout
Op-Ed | Fannie Mae Evicts Family in Foreclosure, Then Installs Armed Guards Fannie Mae is spending $15,000 a month to guard a home rather than working to negotiate with the family. By Kari Koch , Truthout April 30, 2013 Truthout
Op-Ed | Bail Out Is Out, Bail-In Is In: Time for Some Publicly-Owned Banks The new rules for too-big-to-fail banks: use creditor funds, including uninsured deposits, to recapitalize. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog April 30, 2013 Truthout
Cartoon | Where Next? Copyright Universal UClick. By Ted Rall , UniversalUClick April 30, 2013 Truthout