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“Shallow Throat”: Obama, the GOP and “Potomac Fever“
With the Democrats running the show, the Republican mole “Shallow Throat,” now a high-priced political consultant, is no longer positioned inside the government, but still has a wide network …

Republicans Force House to Vote Again on Health Care Bill “Fixes“
Parliamentary problems were identified early Thursday morning with two provisions in the package of legislative fixes to the health care bill the House approved last weekend and sent to …

Palestinians in at-Tuwani Fight for Their Education
In the rolling, rocky hills of South Hebron, where electricity and water are scarce and Israeli settler violence is plenty, a group of children huddle together, waiting to be …

On the Duty to Conscientiously Object
Moral values and norms are the means through which we define ourselves as persons, structure our world and render our relationship to it and to other human beings comprehensible. …

Attorneys General in 14 States Sue to Block Health Care Reform Law
Miami - A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida includes 13 states and charges that the new healthcare reform law in unconstitutional. Virginia's attorney general filed a separate lawsuit. State …

Bill Moyers Journal | Financial Reform
Airtime: Friday, March 26, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).

Peru: Signing Away Too Many Rights?
Lima - Peru is enthusiastically espousing free trade, and has signed six tariff-lowering agreements in the space of a year. But it has not matched them with the internal …

Hillary Clinton Mexico Visit: US and Mexico Shift Drug War Approach
During the high-level Hillary Clinton Mexico visit Tuesday, the Secretary of State endorsed a new drug war strategy, which includes a more targeted focus on community-building. Mexico City - …

Court Lifts Ban on FCC’s “Cross Ownership” Restrictions
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily suspended rules prohibiting companies from owning a newspaper and television station in the same market. According to an Associated Press report, the …

A Special Note About Truthout
Greetings! My name is William Rivers Pitt, and it has been my great honor and privilege over the last ten years to be a writer, editor, interviewer and advocate …