Truthout
Latest
Should Journalists Who Talk to Leakers Be Worried?
Thereu2019s been a lot of discussion about how Edward Snowden should be prosecuted. But thereu2019s another question: Less has been said about potential consequences for journalists who published the …
Divestment Campaigners Look Beyond Fossil Free to Fund Solar Utopias
Divesting from fossil fuel companies would investment funds to finance green energy ventures.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Curtails Arizona’s Disenfranchising Voting Laws, and More
In today's On the News segment: TransCanada tells state law enforcement to treat Keystone protesters like terrorists, and more.
|
Syria: If People Don’t Do Their Own Damn Revolution, It Won’t Work
If the people of a nation in turmoil arenu2019t sufficiently capable of revolution without help from outside forces, they won't be able to self-govern afterwards and will be worse …
Turkey Threatens Doctors and First Responders, Violates Medical Neutrality
The Turkish Health Ministry issued a threat to take medical licenses to practice away from doctors who have been providing treatment to the protesters in Istanbul. They are also …
Patrick Cockburn on US Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons?
Veteran foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn of The Independent discusses the Obama administrationu2019s decision to begin directly arming Syrian rebels after concluding the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used …
Philadelphia Slashes Schools Budget While State Spends $400 Million on New Prisons
Philadelphia communities fighting back against planned cuts that disproportionally impact low income and African American communities.
Ellsberg: A Coup Against the Constitution
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who released the Pentagon papers, says the FISA court is a sham and warrantless wiretapping, which has being going on for years before Sept. 11, …
|
Edward Snowden and the Media: the Big Picture
The commercial mass media are in their element now with the Edward Snowden revelations.A highly controversial issue framed as national security vs. individual liberty, a dramatic figure to focus …
|
Edward Snowden as Litmus Test
Just before the immediately iconic video of Edward Snowden in discussion with Glen Greenwald exploded all over the Internet, I took my standard poodle to an obedience training class …