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Amid Lingering Hunger Strike, Guantanamo Abuses Press On
While the president professes to wish to close Guantanamo, rendition, indefinite detention and black sites continue to operate.
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Between Two Worlds: An Author Returns to His Roots in Iran
The author of the new memoir
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Attention Spans and Histories of Racial Violence
The films, “The Butler” and “Fruitvale Station” provide complementary windows on the history of racial violence in the United States, says Palumbo-Liu.
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Bam. Bam. Bam. The Lostness of Man
The story of this life, this country, this world is a history of falsity masquerading as knowledge.
Occupy Cal Infiltrated by Police-Sympathetic-Unions; How Lt Pike Recently Got Another $38k Reward for Pepper-Spraying Student Activists
Due to conflicting accounts of the events relayed in this posting that Truthout cannot verify, we have removed the post.
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Economy Adds 204,000 Jobs in October, Even as Labor Force Declines by 700,000
Wages of production workers have outpaced those of their supervisors in this recovery.
War Crimes in Afghanistan? Ten Bodies of Abducted Villagers Found Outside US Special Forces Base
Shortly after the US military was forced to vacate a base in Afghanistan's Wardak province this spring, the bodies of 10 Afghan villagers were found nearby.
Seattle Suburb Passes Highest Minimum Wage in Country
David Rolf of SEIU helped organize SeaTac's Proposition 1 to provide $15/hour to hotel, restaurant, and airport workers.
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Deadline November 15: Protect Your Local Food Sources!
Unless changes are made to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), your local farms, farmers markets and food hubs could be in trouble.
Marijuana Legalization Wins Big in Elections, Is Federal Decriminalization Next?
The push for reform of marijuana laws sweeps the nation as Gallup poll shows 58 percent of Americans support legalization.