Truthout
Latest
|
Perry Donor Enabled to Leach Radioactive Waste Into 1.9 Million People’s Water
Like so many Republican officials of the tea party persuasion, Rick Perry despises the Environmental Protection Agency — a feeling he has expressed repeatedly in speeches, lawsuits, legislation and …
Research Shows Rich Getting Richer Makes Poor Poorer
More at The Real News Jeff Thompson: New research shows that as wealth increases at the top, it does not lead to either greater equality or better living standards …
Abuse of Power: Congressman Issa’s Attacks on the National Labor Relations Board
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), during a hearing on Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, February 10, 2011. (Photo: Drew Angerer / The New York Times) …
CEO Pay Exceeds Company Tax Bill at Major Corporations
(Photo: allensima; Edited: JR / Truthout) As the Super Congress eyes trillions in budget cuts that will undermine the quality of life for most Americans, here's a …
|
Perry, by the Book
Washington - Rick Perry is no George W. Bush. This is not a compliment. Perry's 2010 tea party-steeped manifesto, "Fed Up!," makes George Bush look …
|
Tea Party Senate Primary Campaigns to Watch
Tea Party activists helped Republicans win a landslide in the 2010 midterm elections, but they are already unhappy. Less than a year into the new Congress, they see a …
|
Hurricane Cost Seen as Ranking Among Top Ten
Hurricane Irene will most likely prove to be one of the 10 costliest catastrophes in the nation’s history, and analysts said that much of the damage might not be …
|
Corporate Elites Still Doing a Job on American Workers
On this Labor Day weekend, our country is engulfed in deep economic anxiety, and no doubt you share my heartfelt concern for those Americans who're suffering the worst of …
|
Tax Me More Europe’s Wealthy Say
London - Echoing a call by Warren E. Buffett, members of the European wealthy elite are urging their governments to raise their taxes or enact special levies to help …
Hartmann: Conversations With Great Minds – Bill McKibben (Part 2)
Read Truthout's Progressive Pick of the Week: Bill McKibben's "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet."