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Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig on the Fracking Connection Between Kasich and the Koch Brothers
Read Mike Ludwig's Report: “Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier”
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The Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Extremely Unskillful?
As thousands of people circled the White House to make known their objections to the multibillion dollar Keystone XL Project, I was again reminded of a comment by Jack …
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Murdoch Hackers May Have Breached Government Computers
London - Britain’s hacking scandal was reported on Tuesday to have broadened significantly into areas of national security, with the police investigating whether private detectives working for the Murdoch …
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“We the People” vs. “We the Corporation”: Sentiment Builds for Banning Corporate Personhood, but Tough Road Ahead
Across the country, momentum has been building for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that the democratic rights and freedoms granted to people do not apply to corporations …
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Arrest McCain and Levin Now. Senate to Vote on Military Detention of Americans
If you think soldiers won't do it, think again. Some of the stupidest people on Earth join the Army, and they, in contrast to the many intelligent young …
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Occupy the Capitol: The Next Stage in the Occupy Movement in Washington State
Occupy the Capitol, Olympia, Washington. (Photo: Trevor Griffey) Roughly two thousand people descended upon the Washington state capitol yesterday to expand the Occupy Wall Street movement to …
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Occupy Los Angeles Fights Court Battle to Keep Camp
A civil rights complaint filed by Occupy Los Angeles Monday seeks to keep police from evicting the occupation from its home on the south lawn of City Hall. …
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Exploiting Affinity to Combat US Protest
Demonstrators in New York marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …
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Occupy Student Debt: Students Urged to Refuse to Pay Off Loans as Schools Hike Tuition
Monday was a day of action for university students on both coasts angered by the rising cost of tuition and the crackdowns on their recent protests. In California, students …
Obama’s “Free Trade” Follies: A Conversation With Global Trade Watch
Last month, just as populist protests against economic policies designed by and for America's top 1 percent were exploding across the country, the Obama administration pushed through Congress three …