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In Oil-Producing Regions, Even Minor Hurricanes Cause Major Environmental Damage
Report: 130 accidents resulted from Category 1 Hurricane Isaac.
Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark
While $46 million may buy a lot of lies, it doesn't change the facts.
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The NSA: “The Abyss From Which There Is No Return“
Whether or not the surveillance is undertaken for ‘innocent’ reasons, surveillance of all citizens gradually poisons the soul of a nation.
Why Can’t Democracy Trump Inequality?
Societies that let wealth concentrate at enormously intense levels will quite predictably end up with a wealthy who can concentrate enormous resources on getting their way.
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Being Queer, Whether Lesbian or Transgender: a Non-Issue for God
Eleanor J. Bader reviews Rizi Xavier Timane's searing memoir, An Unspoken Compromise: A Spiritual Guide for LGBT People of Faith.
Truthout TV Interviews Henry A. Giroux: When Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination
Ted Asregadoo speaks to Henry A. Giroux about his article on Truthout, ‘When Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination: A Critical Pedagogy Manifesto.’
Banished from Home, 10-Year-Old Rodrigo Guzman DREAMs of Real Immigration Reform
The Dream Team is doing everything they can to spread Rodrigo's face and name across the blogosphere and Capitol Hill.
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Private Gain to a Few Trumps Public Good for the Many
As the “public good” has morphed into the “public investment” the American people are suffering from an overly privatized government.
Washington and the Egyptian Tragedy
The vast majority of Egyptians killed since the coup have been unarmed protesters struck down with American-made weapons by soldiers transported in American-made vehicles provided by the American taxpayer.
Treaty Obligations Are Not “Discretionary Spending:" Will Congress Abandon the Promises?
The term sequester has a haunting meaning for Native Americans who have endured a legacy of legislative disenfranchisement.