Truthout
Environment
|
Reading Ethan Bronner in Athens: How the New York Times Gets It Right – and Very Wrong – on the Gaza Flotilla
Demonstrators board the American boat, “The Audacity of Hope”. (Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen / The New York Times) If you share in the project of reforming US …
Note to US: Democracy Activists Worldwide Are Watching
Demonstrators beat drums and chant “thieves” outside the Parliament building in Athens, Greece, on June 15, 2011. (Photo: Eirini Vourloumis / The New York Times) It looked …
|
All the Publisher’s Men
Having spent many conceited weeks amid the Strauss-Kahn case, listening to locals assert that America's justice is superior to France's, we're now pitchforked into the next debate. Could U.S. …
|
Default, Downturn, Then Recovery
The Woman’s Bridge, in a fast-growing neighborhood in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s economy is recovering after a default in 2003. (Photo: Horacio Paone for the New York Times) …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Brzezinski Warns Wealth Gap May Lead to Uprising in US Streets, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
|
Industry Views Prevail on Radiation Risks, Health Experts Unheard on Health Effects of Fukushima
US media coverage of the nuclear disaster in Japan contains vanishingly little serious discussion of the human health risks posed by the radiation escaping from the Fukushima nuclear facility. …
|
A New Dawn for the US Left
Protesters demonstrate against provisions of Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill, February, 2011, Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo: Richard Hurd) Prospects for the left in the United States are far …
|
Are Subsidized Student Loans Worth the Price?
Students in class at Simmons College. (Photo: stevegarfield) Previous guest blogger Anastasia Wilson has written a post on her own blog comparing the student loan racket (for-profit …
|
Hugo Chavez Returns to Venezuela Vowing to Beat Cancer
Hugo Chavez speaking on January 22, 2009. (Photo: Bernardo Londoy) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez capped a four-day public relations blitz Monday with a triumphant return home after …
In Comics World, Women Are Invisible – Except When They’re Naked
In an arena where female characters don't often get a spotlight unless they're naked, women comics artists have a tough time getting the acclaim they deserve. For example, the …