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The Miracle of Procurement Debunked Again: The Air Force Finally Got Tired of Getting Screwed (Literally)
(Image: JR / Truthout) Update: The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has just released the DoD Inspector General report on the overcharging of spare parts by Boeing …
The Battle of Our Generation: Freedom to Organize
United Auto Workers Local 879 demonstrating in March 2010. (Photo: MN AFL-CIO) President Bob King of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is proving again that he's …
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Black Panther’s Posthumous Writings Cover Activism’s Risks, Rewards
(Image: Feminist Press) “The War Before: The True Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison & Fighting for Those Left Behind” Safiya …
The Military as a Jobs Program: There Are More Efficient Ways to Stimulate an Economy
US soldiers from Green Platoon, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, destroy a building used as an insurgent hideout with high explosives …
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Obama’s Troop Announcement Could Have Big Repercussions
WASHINGTON — Nearly 10 years after a U.S.-led coalition attacked Afghanistan and 18 months after a surge of 33,000 fresh American troops there, war-weary U.S. voters probably will cheer …
Thirty-Two Corporations Spent More on Compensation for Top Executives in 2010 Than They Paid in Income Taxes
Over the last few decades, executive pay at large corporations has skyrocketed. Today, American CEOs make 263 times the average compensation for American workers, up from the 30 to …
Laura Flanders Speaks to Truthout’s Jason Leopold About Media Reform
Truthout Deputy Managing Editor and investigative reporter Jason Leopold spoke with Free Speech TV's Laura Flanders last week during the annual Netroots Nation conference. Flanders and Leopold discussed the …
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Carnival of Crazy
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Jason Leopold Discusses New FCC Report on the State of Local Media (Video)
Laura Flanders and Jason Leopold at the Netroots Nation conference. (Screengrab: GRITtv) Truthout Deputy Managing Editor and investigative reporter Jason Leopold spoke with Free Speech TV's Laura …
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Blood on the Chopping Block
Dr. Rachel Z. Chatters, a pediatrician, right, sees clients, Ana Smith and her son Aidan, two, who rely on Medicaid, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, March 24, 2011. Medicaid, which …