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Last Chance for Climate Change Legislation?
[UPDATE: Saturday 7:30 pm ET. Senator John Kerry said the announcement of the bill, expected Monday, had been “postponed only temporarily.” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said earlier on Saturday …
Yes, Virginia, There is a Legitimate Case Against Free Trade
There is a myth in wide circulation that the superiority of free trade is simply a settled question on which all serious economists agree. The flip side of this …
Public Jobs Now — Yes, It’s Time
One percent of US households received 23.5 percent of the nation's income in 2007. I think this is blatantly excessive and unfair. Their contribution to the nation's prosperity was …
Psychologists Notes May Indicate Zubaydah Torture Experimentation
One interesting nugget found in newly released CIA documents related to the destruction of 92 torture tapes concerns the unreported existence of psychologist's notes as a standard part of …
Goldman Sachs: What Hath Fraud Wrought?
Goldman Sachs is the Blackwater of finance, the latest in a long line of companies you love to hate, like AIG and the Dallas Cowboys. Or, as Rolling …
Red State Road Trip 2: 80 Miles Up a Dirt Road (Video Part III)
In 2005, filmmaker and truthout reporter Chris Hume took the nation's pulse. He traveled to the forgotten corners of America, and let the people speak. It was a disturbing, …
What’s Behind the Republicans Fielding 32 Black Candidates for Congress in 2010?
File it under one of those “Duh” statements.
Robert Naiman | A Year of War Would Pay for Local Jobs Bill
Sometime between now and Memorial Day, the House is expected to consider $33 billion more for war in Afghanistan. This “war supplemental” is largely intended to plug the hole …
Arizona Cracks Down on Immigration, But Congress Unlikely to Act
With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over immigration has reignited, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress appeal to their political bases ahead …
Transgender Community in New Orleans Claims Police Harassment
New Orleans' black and transgender community members and advocates complain of rampant and systemic harassment and discrimination from the city's police force, including sexual violence and arrest without cause. …