Truthout
Latest
|
Yemeni Opposition Aims to Strip President of Power
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Yemeni opposition leaders and protesters intensified their demands on Wednesday for the creation of a presidential council that would take power from the country’s …
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power” (2)
|
News in Brief: Delta Charges Returning Soldiers for Baggage, and More
Delta Charges Returning Soldiers for Baggage Soldiers returning home from Afghanistan said they had to pay Delta Air Lines $2,800 in out-of-pocket fees to check their extra …
Kazakh Money in Congress?
Rakhat Aliyev, the former son-in-law of Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. (Photo: Evstafiev / Wikimedia) It has all the twists of a Hollywood blockbuster: shadowy international figures, a …
|
Ask the Right Questions Before Privatizing
Elected officials need to do a better job of asking the right questions before they make a decision that we'll live with for decades. Too often, a …
|
After 40 Years, the Complete Pentagon Papers
It may be a first in the annals of government secrecy: Declassifying documents to mark the anniversary of their leak to the press. But that is what will happen …
Bill Moyers on His Legendary Journalism Career: “Democracy Should Be a Brake on Unbridled Greed and Power“
Bill Moyers, July 21, 1965. (Photo: Yoichi Okamoto / Wikimedia)
Hope in Afghanistan: An Interview With Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya. (Photo: AfghanKabul / Flickr) Malalai Joya is an Afghan activist, author and former politician. She served as an elected member of the 2003 Loya Jirga …
|
The Bernanke Scandal: Full-Frontal Cluelessness
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) How I wish that Ben Bernanke would get caught emailing photos of his underwear-clad …
Food Sovereignty Responds to Corporate Takeover of Food Production
(Photo: Scott Robinson / Flickr) Introduction Although the credit crunch has pushed the issue of the global food crisis to the background, it is …