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Troops Punished After Refusing to Attend Evangelical Concert
Update: An Army spokesman now says the Pentagon will investigate soldiers' claims that they were punished for refusing to attend the Christian-themed concert. Pvt. Anthony Smith is the type …
Jason Leopold | We’ve Got Work to Do
Dear Truthout Friends, Most days, my work at Truthout centers on cultivating sources and obtaining documents so I can put together hard-hitting investigative stories about hot-button issues you won't …
Obama’s Health Care Achievements
Eric Alterman is thoughtful and eloquent as he describes progressive disappointments with Obama's first eighteen months in the presidency and probes the huge obstacles to progressive change built into …
Marcela Lagarde Q&A: “Feminism Doesn’t Bite“
Havana - After more than a century of existence, feminism is still around in Latin America and the world, but the history of this ideology that seeks equality for …
Guestworker Group Exposes Forced Labor in Tennessee
Hilario Jimenez was a farmer from a poor town in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Working on tobacco, bean, and tomato farms, he would earn as little as $12 …
Gaza: Stitching Together a Living, Somehow
Gaza City - Just off Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City's main thoroughfare, in a narrow, sandy alley way is a little second-hand clothing shop. In the dimly lit store, …
Alleged Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr is now facing trial via a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr is accused of throwing a hand grenade, which killed a US soldier …
News in Brief: Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Agree to Direct Talks, and More …
Israeli and Palestinian Leaders Agree to Direct Talks
Is David Petraeus a “Lying Liar” About the Drawdown?
“Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” was former non-Sen. Al Franken's 2003 examination of the lies and distortions of right-wing pundits and politicians. Such a book, if …
Is the Labor Movement Speaking for Its Female Members?
Karen Nausbamm, the director of the AFL-CIO's Working America, has a penchant for pointing out that the AFL-CIO is the largest women's organization in the country. In fact, the …