Truthout
Search Results for “americas”
How the US Government, Banks, Prison-Industrial Complex, Corrupt Officials, Businesses, Law Enforcement, Racists and the CIA Profit From Illegal Drugs
While cocaine production ravages countries in Central America, consumers in the US and Europe are helping developed economies grow rich from the profits.
|
Public Workers Face New Rash of Layoffs, Hurting Recovery
Government payrolls grew in the early part of the recovery, largely because of federal stimulus measures. But since its postrecession peak in April 2009 (not counting temporary Census hiring), …
|
The President’s Never-Ending Campaign for Cash
Aversion to the whole of idea of super PACs from many Democrats and the left diminished a willingness to give large sums to the Obama re-election effort. But that …
Election Countdown 2012: Human Rights Envoys Call on US Officials to Explain the Use of Excessive Force on Occupy Protesters, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: Two UN human rights envoys called on US officials to explain the use of excessive force on Occupy protesters, the National Research Council …
|
New Twist in Six-Year Fight With Developer: Union Rally Leads to Riot Charges
To Robert James, an organizer for the laborers union, the rally seemed unremarkable. That impression changed seven months later, when the Manhattan district attorneyu2019s office notified Mr. James that …
The New Obama Doctrine: A Six-Point Plan for Global War
What looks today like a formula for easy power projection that will further U.S. imperial interests on the cheap could soon prove to be an unmitigated disaster — one …
Leaking War: How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks and the Everything-Is-Classified State Have Fused
What lies at the nexus of Obamau2019s targeted drone killings, his self-serving leaks, and his aggressive prosecution of whistleblowers is a president who believes himself above the law, and …
Election Countdown 2012: Florida Will File Suit Against Department of Homeland Security, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: In Florida's voter purge, Governor Scott has said that the secretary of state's office will be filing a lawsuit against the Department of …
Election Countdown 2012: Gov. Rick Scott Dares the DOJ to Sue Florida, and more
Daily countdown to the election, with links that keep you in the know!
Gold Rush in Haiti! Who Will Get Rich?
The gold rush that has been quietly shaping up over the past several years promises to produce some $20 billion in wealth, but where will the money go?