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Nebraskans Prepare for More Keystone XL Controversy, Despite New Pipeline Laws
A week after a Canadian company agreed to reroute the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of the fragile Nebraska Sandhills, the initial relief felt by many Nebraskans has been …
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Pakistan Ambassador to Washington Resigns
A confrontation between Pakistan’s powerful military and the civilian government, over a controversial offer supposedly made by the government to the U.S. administration to rein in the army forces …
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Spain: Socialist Defeat Could Give Rise to a New Left
Madrid - The crushing defeat suffered by Spain's governing socialist party may pave the way for the emergence of a new alterative left capable of standing up to the …
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Droning On
Someday soon, you'll be checking your new Clear Skies app as a routine part of your preparations to go out for the evening. First, you'll look at your smart …
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How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War
The deliberate pepper-spraying by campus police of nonviolent protesters at UC Davis on Friday has provoked national outrage. But the horrific incident must not cloud the real question: What …
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South Pacific “Cannibal” Claims Amount to Dangerous Journalism
The news that the charred remains of a German traveler have been found in the forest of Nuka Hiva, one of the largest of the Marquesas Islands in the …
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Greg Palast: US “Vulture” Funds Make Millions By Exploiting African Nations
American “vulture” investors, including a top funder of the Republican Party, have demanded that African nations pay over half a billion dollars for old debts – for which the …
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Tens of Thousands Call for Tantawi to Go in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Cairo - Tens of thousands of anti-military protesters streamed into downtown Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square on Tuesday as the nation waited anxiously for the head of the embattled ruling …
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Companies Lay Off Workers While Spending Billions on Share Buybacks to Enrich Executives
Even as Republicans and CEOs of major companies complain that taxes are stifling job creation, corporations have been sitting on trillions of dollars in cash reserves, at some of …
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The Public Intellectual: Simon Dawes
Articles by Simon Dawes on Truthout.