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The Origin of America
The blacklisted mathematics instructor Chandler Davis, after serving six months in the Danbury federal penitentiary for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), warned the universities …
The Stimulus Package in Kabul
(I Was Delusional — I Thought One Monster “Embassy” Was the End of It) You must have had a moment when you thought to yourself: It really isn’t …
Thom Hartmann: Rebooting the American Dream
Truthout is proud to bring you an exclusive series from America's No. 1 progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. We'll be publishing weekly installments of Hartmann's acclaimed new book, "Rebooting …
James Kwak | Dear Mr. President
There have been (admittedly unclear) indications from your administration that you may accede to the Republicans’ demand to extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone. I urge you not …
Contractor Leaves Afghan Police Stations Half-Complete
Shahri Buzurg, Afghanistan - When police officers in this isolated Afghanistan village moved out of their dilapidated headquarters in 2008 to make way for U.S.-funded construction crews, they were …
Mumbai: The Plot Unfolds, Lashkar Strikes and Investigators Scramble
David Coleman Headley seemed like a gregarious, high-rolling American businessman when he set up shop in Mumbai in September 2006. He opened the office of an immigration consulting firm.
The Ten-Year Crisis
"... it is the historic glory of the intellectual class of the West in modern times that, of all the classes which could be called in any sense privileged, …
News in Brief: Rangel Ethics Case Moves on Without Rangel, and More
Rangel Ethics Case Moves on Without Rangel
McCain Moves the Goal Posts Again on DADT
This week, Cindy McCain caused a stir when she seemingly broke with her husband, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), on the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy when she …
Aqua Buddha and the Number 21
At this point most of the country has heard the story of “Aqua Buddha.” According to an anonymous account, during his college days, Kentucky Sen.-elect Rand Paul dragged a …