Truthout
Latest
David Swanson | Rule of Law Is Alive and Well Outside the United States
The World Justice Project on Thursday published a “Rule of Law Index,” and there's no easy way to say this. Let me put it this way: as when rankings …
Nick Turse | Publish or Perish: Getting a Read on American War
Quick - name the five most important, influential, and best known books on the Afghan War. Okay, name three. Okay, I'll settle for two. How about one? While the …
Backing Prop 19, California NAACP Calls Marijuana Legalization a Civil Rights Issue (Video)
California's Proposition 19 would authorize possession of one ounce of marijuana for personal consumption by people twenty-one and older, legalize marijuana use in private homes, and allow marijuana growth …
Protests and Speeches Mark Berkeley’s “Say No to Torture” Week
As the heat rose in Berkeley, California, this week, so did the temperament of the students, faculty and organizations that formed the city's first “Say No to Torture” week, …
Washington and Change: Cash You Can Believe in
“Somebody once said the Washington was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency.” So John F. Kennedy famously remarked in 1961 and so the town seemed to remain …
Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine
Take it from David Axelrod. “Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap,” the president's senior adviser said last week. "And if Democrats come out in …
News in Brief: Racist, Anti-Obama Billboard Goes Up in Colorado, and More
Racist, Anti-Obama Billboard Goes Up in Colorado
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | “Crazy Carl” and the Limits of Anger
New York - Having long been one of the proud tough guys of New York politics, Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, finds himself with a Republican opponent in …
The Burden of Record-Breaking Deportations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it had broken its own record for deportations, affirming the Obama administration’s zeal for heavy-handed immigration enforcement. According to …
Joe Conason | Generation of Termites
When American politicians talk about the legacy we are leaving to the next generation, their usual theme is financial deficits, as if there were no other kind. Figured on …