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US Seeks Twitter Info on WikiLeaks’ Assange, Others
Washington — A U.S. magistrate in San Francisco has ordered Twitter to turn over to the Justice Department account whatever information it was about four of its users, including …
Attacking Public Employees: Will New York Lead?
As in other states, New York's new governor has focused attention on the state's budget woes: revenues insufficient to cover expenditures. His major response has been to blame public …
Obama Created More Jobs in One Year Than Bush Created in Eight
Yesterday morning, the Labor Department released its employment data for December, showing that the U.S. economy ended the year by adding 113,000 private sector jobs, knocking the unemployment rate …
Obama Signs Law, Decries Its Limits on Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees
Washington — President Barack Obama on Friday reluctantly signed into law a military-funding bill that limits him from transferring terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the U.S. or …
Protest by Suicide Highlights Economic and Political Oppression in Tunisia
Mass spontaneous demonstrations erupted on December 17 in the city of Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia when 26-year-old Mohammad Bouazizi doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire …
Compensating for Decline: Revitalizing US Asia-Pacific Hegemony
Editors' Note: The following is an adaptation of the remarks delivered by Dr. Joseph Gerson at the Japan Peace Conference in Sasebo, Japan on December 2, 2010. The conference …
Cathie Black and the Demise of Public Education
The appointment of Cathie Black - the Hearst magazine executive with zero education experience - as New York City schools chancellor is further evidence of the complete collapse of …
GOP May Lose Health Care Repeal Battle, but War Will Rage on
Washington - The Republican-led House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law — and that will settle nothing. Rather, it will be but …
Truthout Report on Military “Spirituality Test” Featured by Keith Olbermann (Video)
Truthout's reporting on the Army's so-called “spiritual fitness” test was featured on Thursday by MSNBC host Keith Olbermann on Countdown. Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious …
Reality Television Writers and the Future of Labor Organizing
They write and produce popular reality television shows “American Eats” and “Cash Cab.” They are freelancers working unpaid overtime and paying for healthcare out of pocket while the big …