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Dear Truthout Readers, Truthout has been a vital piece of the media landscape for close to a decade, but I feel that we are doing our best work right …

What would happen if we listened closely to the stories in our community, and used them as clues to how to act for change? It's tempting, for instance, to …

After saying last week that it had no authority to tell BP which dispersant to use for the Gulf oil spill, the EPA on Thursday told BP to switch …

I'm always amused by popular references to the allegedly all-powerful American “Left.” The term suggests that progressives today possess the same kind of robust, ideologically driven political apparatus as …

Tokyo, Japan - The ongoing crisis in Greece has focused global attention on sovereign debt, with many eyes inevitably drawn to Japan, the public finances of which — at …

It's been an active year so far in the rhetoric of nuclear disarmament. First, the “nuclear posture statement” of the Obama administration put out in early April. Then the …

Rachel Maddow reviews Rand Paul's stand on the Civil Rights Act.

The Senate passed by 59-39 the most sweeping changes in government regulation of the nation's financial institutions since the Great Depression, including strong new consumer and investor protections and …

WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence officer, Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair, announced his resignation Friday after months of friction and repeated duels with White House officials. …

When natural resource industry giants get hit with worker safety and environmental violations, they open their checkbook, pay a fine, and go on operating as per usual. …