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Why Hillary Clinton Flagged Judicial Reform as “Essential” to Mexico’s Drug War
Mexico City - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed in a visit to Mexico Monday the importance of reforming Mexico’s judicial system, a policy matter that has been overshadowed …
Deregulation
The Olbermann Era
A quick confession that might not sit well with many Truthout readers: I was, on a personal level, quite ambivalent about the loss of Keith Olbermann's show, “Countdown,” when …
David C. Berliner | Soft-Core Porn and the Crisis of School Leadership
I must state at the start of this essay that I am no prude, no Victorian. In fact I am generally quite tolerant of contemporary mores in the area …
Ukraine’s Assault on a Free Press
In Ukraine, where media diversity is often defined by which powerful oligarch controls which TV station, one network, TVi — known for its independent investigative style — is under …
Progressive Girl’s Voices at Sundance: My Love for Tiffany Shlain and Her Film “Connected“
Yesterday was the first day at Sundance film festival for us young journalists, and we already had our first interview. Last afternoon we spoke with the lovely Tiffany Shlain, …
Because It’s Time to End the Afghanistan War… (Video)
With a war in its 10th year, it's time to end it. With violence in Afghanistan still worsening a year after the military push into Marjah—the start of what …
News in Brief: Rahm Emanuel Thrown Off Ballot in Appellate Court Decision, and More
Rahm Emanuel Thrown Off Ballot in Appellate Court Decision
Turbulence Ahead
Another year of malaise along the Atlantic. By the numbers, the great recession's long gone. The World Bank forecasts that developing countries — chugging along at an average growth …
Washington State Joins Movement for Public Banking
Bills were introduced on January 18, in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature, that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving …