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Tax Day Doesn’t Belong to the Tea Party Anymore
Over the past several years, few annual occasions have been more symbolic of the direction of political discussion in our country than Tax Day. This year, the IRS due …
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Community Radio Poised for a Big Comeback as Activists Free the Airwaves
(Photo: MikeWebkist) Do you support Truthout's reporting and analysis? Click here to help fund it. For several years, Luis Avila produced an acclaimed youth radio show in the Phoenix, …
Can You Understand the Republican Brain?
Scientific American lauds author Chris Mooney “as one if the few journalists in the country who specialize in the now dangerous intersection of science and politics.” Having interviewed Mooney …
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Activists Gather in Washington to Debate the Future of the Corporation
Organized by Ralph Nader and the Center for Study of Responsive Law, more than 200 activists and scholars convened in Washington, DC, on April 2 for an all-day conference …
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The Federal Reserve Turns Left
Washington is lost in a snarl of confusion, cowardice and wrongheaded ideological assumptions that threaten to keep the economy in a ditch for a long time. That prospect is …
The Climate Movement Takes On Fracking: Interview With Bill McKibben
An oil rig reflected in a fracking pond on the Giddings Estate, a 10,000-acre field in near Midland, Texas, owned by Pioneer Natural Resources, February 15, 2012. (Photo: Jim …
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In a “Crankocracy,” the Rich Call the Shots
Sheldon G. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have donated millions to a super PAC that is supporting Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon for The New York …
Truthout Invites You to Join Us in Reimagining a Just Economy
Truthout invites you to join us in... Reimagining a Just Economy Sunday, May 6 from 5pm The Tabard Inn 1739 N Street NW Washington D.C. 20036 (Map) Tickets for …
What the Laws of War Allow: Do the WikiLeaks War Logs Reveal War Crimes – or the Poverty of International Law?
Anyone who would like to witness a vivid example of modern warfare that adheres to the laws of war — that corpus of regulations developed painstakingly over centuries by …
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The GOP’s Money Man
Not only is Mitt Romney the GOP's rich-man candidate for president, but his last name actually spells “money.” Just drop the “R,” move the “m” in front of the …