Truthout
Environment
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Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells
Many corporations work like tumor cells for the relentless destruction of the environment.
Agribusiness Subsidy Cuts Could Save Food Stamps in the Farm Bill
Billions of dollars could be saved by cutting subsidies while still protecting vital nutrition programs for the poor, if policymakers are willing to make them.
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This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for fracking on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands.
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Revealed: Gen. David Petraeus’ Course Syllabus Features “Frackademia” Readings
Students taking Petraeus' course will go above and beyond passive stoic discussion of the burning public policy issues of the day.
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McDonald’s Accidentally Served Up a Minimum Wage “McManifesto“
Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald’s new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with “let them eat cake” insouciance. “Every …
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The “Filibuster” Fight Was Really About Our Core Values – and It’s Not Over
This wasn't a filibuster fight. It was a fight over fundamental principles of democracy and the role of government in society.
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Marcellus Shale Advocacy Group Receives $150,000 for “Independent Study”, While Health Impact Study Rots in Committee
Leaders in the GOP give another gift to the gas industry.
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Getting Into the Streets?
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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Zimmerman’s Smoking Gun
The Right’s Racism Is Showing
The House Republicans dumping the food stamp program, the continuing GOP assaults on voting rights and the outcome of the Trayvon Martin murder verdict indicate that white racism is …