Truthout
Health
|
Our Misguided Faith in Middle Ground
On March 1, Congress failed to avert the sequestration cliff. Drastic cuts to health care, infrastructure, environmental protection, education are occurring. Why? An examination of the cause of this …
American Jewish Poet Hilton Obenzinger on Israel, Zionism, and the Radical Sixties
American Jews have been suckered into supporting Israel in unthinking ways.
Truthout TV With Mike Lofgren: America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
Equal justice under law? Not according to Mike Lofgren.
|
Could New York Be the Next Chicago?
New York City's teachers union uses Chicago as an example in reforming its labor movement.
Men Who Kick Down Doors: Tyrants at Home and Abroad
While we focus on the war being fought overseas, there is an equally brutal battle being fought behind the closed doors of American homes.
Listening to Soldiers and Vets Series
In this series, author Patricia Hynes features the voices of soldiers and veterans from armed conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries, voices whose moral fiber and clarity were …
|
ALEC Is Now Deciding What You Eat
ALEC is trying to pass bills in six states that would make it a crime to film animal abuse at factory farms.
New Report Exposes Extreme Disparity in the Social Security Debate
A new Institute for Policy Studies report analyzes proposed Social Security cuts and their potential impact on individuals at the top and the bottom of the health industry. On …
|
The Real Reason Scout Prouty Leaked the Famous Romney “47%" Video — It Was Over Romney Profiting from Slave Labor
Scott Prouty was appalled at how Romney was callous to slave labor; too bad we didn't have an national conversation about that.
Transparency in Government: Let the Sun Shine In
Interview with the Sunlight Foundationu2019s Executive Director Ellen Miller on campaign finance transparency and the role of journalism is democracy.