Truthout
Articles
Jonathan Alter | You Ain
Dodd, Dorgan, and Senate discontent. Anyone care to wager on the Republicans' picking up 10 seats and taking control of the Senate this year? I didn't think so. …
Full-Body Scanners Used on Air Passengers May Damage Human DNA
In researching the biological effects of the millimeter wave scanners used for whole body imaging at airports, NaturalNews has learned that the energy emitted by the machines may damage …
AFL-CIO President: Lawmakers Lack “Political Courage” to Tackle Unemployment
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka spoke at the National Press Club earlier today, in which he was harshly critical of Democrats over a tax provision in the health care reform …
President Obama, the CIA and the Master of the Cover-Up
The Obama administration quietly announced Friday the appointment of John McLaughlin, former deputy CIA director, to head the internal investigation of the intelligence failures that led to the Christmas …
Nuclear Terrorism: How It Can Be Prevented
The recent furor over an unsuccessful terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner is distracting us from considering the possibility of a vastly more destructive terrorist act: exploding a …
Nuclear Terrorism: How It Can Be Prevented (2)
The recent furor over an unsuccessful terrorist attempt to blow up an airliner is distracting us from considering the possibility of a vastly more destructive terrorist act: exploding a …
Does Congress Want to Default on the National Debt?
The deficit hawks in Congress are pushing again to establish a special commission to deal with the problem of the deficit. They are trying to include a provision establishing …
Fear and Paranoia as Guantánamo Marks Its Eighth Anniversary
On the eighth anniversary of the opening of Guantánamo, the fate of the 198 prisoners still held is, in many ways, no clearer than it was a year ago. …
Spitzer, Black and Partnoy | Tip of the Iceberg
In a December New York Times op-ed, we called for the full public release of AIG email messages, internal accounting documents and financial models generated in the last decade. …
Afghanistan: Necessity Isn’t Always Just
As Americans usher in a new year and new decade, they find themselves confronted with old problems: war and terror. The epicenter of these problems has shifted from Iraq …