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A Society Consumed by Locusts: Youth in the Age of Moral and Political Plagues
The deteriorating state of American youth may be the most serious challenge the US faces in the 21st century.
Truthout | News in Brief
A quick look at today's news from Truthout: The Guardian and the Christian Science Monitor report Monday that South Africa's top white supremacist leader, Eugene Terreblanche, was killed Saturday …
Mexicali Earthquake: Damage Could Have Been Much Worse
Mexico City - The 7.2 Mexicali earthquake that struck northern Mexico and rocked swaths of the American southwest Sunday was the region's most powerful in decades, but damage was …
Not Just Guantanamo: US Torturing Muslim Pretrial Detainee in New York City
Today, in New York City, the US is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial. For the last almost three …
Deficit Commissions and Financial Transactions Taxes: Who Is Serious?
In the middle of the worst downturn since the Great Depression, with unemployment projected to remain at elevated levels for most of the next decade, we have the bizarre …
US Consulate in Peshawar Attacked by Pakistan Taliban
A coordinated attack Monday on the US consulate in Peshawar, left eight dead, including three Pakistan Taliban militants. No Americans were killed in the attack. Lahore, Pakistan - Three …
Does Obama’s Nuclear Posture Review Go Far Enough?
The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) [the Defense Department's evaluation of the state of nuclear policy] will soon be made public after numerous delays, apparently caused by deep divisions within …
Concert of Europe
The following is a translation of Chapter 10 of Sophie Gherardi's “Péchés Capitaux,” published by Grasset in 2009. Concert of Europe In which the four countries that are France, …
Bombs Strike Four Embassies in Baghdad, Killing at Least 30
Baghdad, Iraq - A wave of bombings struck foreign diplomatic missions in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 224 others, Iraqi authorities said.
7.2 Earthquake Strikes Mexico, Shakes Southern California
Update 6 - 8:03pm Pacific - At least one person has died in a house collapse in Mexicali, Alfredo Escobedo, director of emergency services in Baja California, Mexico told …