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Funding Public Health Care With a Publicly Owned Bank: How Canada Did It
The story goes that Churchill offered a woman 5 million pounds to sleep with him. She hedged and said they would have to discuss terms. Then he offered her …
GRITtv: Is it Fair to Compare Haiti to New Orleans?
The comparisons between the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans have come fast and furious, but often from people who’ve watched both disasters through the clean-cut …
Advertisers and Politicians Hunt for the “Buy-Button” in Your Brain
Editor's Note: Truthout is joining with the World Business Academy in an effort to demonstrate popular opposition to the unethical practice of neuromarketing manipulation. Please visit the Stop Neuromarketing …
Guantanamo Is Still Open: Obama’s Unfinished Human Rights Agenda
One year ago today, President Barack Obama promised to close the Guantanamo detention camp, as soon as possible and in “no later than 1 year.” Guantanamo is still open. …
Will the Citizens United Ruling Let Hugo Chavez and King Abdullah Buy US Elections?
Supreme Court ruling may open door to foreign state-owned corporate political spending. While political observers have dissected much of yesterday’s 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United v. …
Defense Secretary Robert Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan
In an interview with the Pakistani TV station Express TV, Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that the private security firms Blackwater and DynCorp are operating inside Pakistan. “They’re operating …
Obama Proposes Tough New Restrictions for Nation’s Top Banks
On the heels of a stinging defeat in the Massachusetts Senatorial race that dealt a major blow to passage of health care legislation, President Obama abruptly pivoted yesterday to …
Social Media and the Caste System in India
Ancient, meet the modern. How are India's complex social interactions playing out across social media? Mumbai, India - A man who goes by "hemant" types out a question: "Are …
Clinton Bluntly Condemns China on Internet Censorship
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered blunt condemnation of strict Internet censorship in China and pledged to help Chinese citizens jump the "Great Fire Wall." Beijing - Hillary Clinton’s …
Prolonged Deployment Associated With More Mental Health Problems Among Army Wives
Prolonged deployment was associated with more mental health diagnoses among US Army wives, according to a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. For the study, …