Truthout
Articles
|
Ohio’s Anti-Union Law Jeopardizes Public Safety With Depleted Staff, Slower Response Times
In March, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed an overwhelmingly unpopular anti-union bill into law that stripped the state’s employees of almost all of their collective bargaining rights. While …
|
Occupy Wall Street and New Bottom Line Spark the Struggle to Take Back the American Dream
In its second week, hundreds of people have taken over Liberty Square as part of Occupy Wall Street. What started as a loosely organized protest against the corrupting impact …
|
Chris Christie’s Big Problem
Washington - Whether or not he lets himself be convinced to run for president, Chris Christie needs to find some way to lose weight. Like everyone else, elected officials …
|
“Occupy Wall Street” Protest Links Up With Locked-Out Teamsters
Expanding their reach beyond the confines of Wall Street, a dozen activists from the ongoing Occupy Wall Street action disrupted an art auction at Sotheby’s last week. …
|
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Montana Follows Vermont’s Lead on Path to State-Level Single-Payer Health Care, and More
In today's On the News segment: Montana follows Vermont's lead on path to state-level single-payer system, Republican attacks on reproductive rights continue in a new request for 12 years …
|
Companies Use Immigration Crackdown to Turn a Profit
The men showed up in a small town in Australia’s outback early last year, offering top dollar for all available lodgings. Within days, their company, Serco, was flying in …
|
Border Patrol Abuses on the Rise
Phoenix, Arizona - The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped, but reports of abuses against immigrants are on the rise. …
An Economy Blinded by the Sun
It’s a Small World After All As globalization has carried with it a greater degree of potential for economic integration among different nations, the tiny English-speaking Caribbean …
|
Young People Must Act Now to Protect Their Futures
As President Obama is selling his American Jobs Act and deficit-reduction plan and Republicans cry “it won't work” and “class warfare,” America faces the threat of a lost generation. …
|
USA, 250,000 Empty Public Properties Should Be Used to Address the Housing Crisis
Elephant in the Room: Amongst Talks of Market Fixes, A Crisis in Human Need The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the U.S. Treasury, and the …