Politics

The Republican controlled House of Representatives have voted on the Farm Bill; part of which includes a $39 billion cut in the food stamp program.

Sometime in the next week, Congress will either get it together to pass a new budget resolution or the government will shut down.

It's frankly astounding how the Republican Party has officially given up even the pretense of caring about average Americans. They are now proudly the Party of the billionaires and …

Scahill says the Bush administration's decision to back Ethiopia's overthrow of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union in 2006 helped fuel al-Shabab's growth into the dominant militant group that it is …

The Constitution of the United States does not allow a majority of the House of Representatives to repeal the law of the land by de-funding it.

Thereu2019s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists.

For-profit prison operators have found a new way to keep beds full and profits high. They call them

Tim DeChristopher speaks with Truthout's Mark Karlin about the power of activism and the injustices of his trial.

The technology, known as Carbon Capture and Sequestration, has sparked a debate between environmentalists.

Paul Krugman: So far, Abenomics has been going really, really well.