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Russia: Sanctions Unlikely to Delay Iran Nuclear Power Plant
Moscow — Russia may be lining up to support a US-sponsored resolution calling for tougher sanctions against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, but that does not seem …
Honduras: Inter-American Human Rights Report Riles Government
Tegucigalpa - On a fact-finding mission to Honduras this week, an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) delegation took aim at the dismissal of several judges who expressed their …
News in Brief: The Dow Jones Briefly Falls Below 10,000 and More …
The Dow Jones industrial average briefly fell below 10,000 in the opening minutes of trading before bouncing back midday, reported the AP, just days after the major indexes posted …
After Senate Passage, What’s Next for Financial Reform Bill?
Washington — On a barely bipartisan 59-to-39 vote, the Senate on Thursday approved the most sweeping overhaul of financial-industry oversight since the New Deal era. Next: negotiations with the …
A Note From Jason Leopold About Truthout
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 …
“Soul Of A Citizen”: How A 17-Year San Quentin Inmate Helps To Heal His Community
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 …
EPA Scolds BP in Gulf Oil Spill: Dispersant Is Too Toxic, Change It
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 …
Laying Bare the Myth of “the Left“
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 …
Japan: Debt Crisis in Greece Is the Word
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 …
Alexander Cockburn | Nuclear Disarmament: Not What He Promised
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 …