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Private Contractors Making a Killing Off the Drug War
As tens of thousands of corpses continue to pile up as a result of the US-led “War on Drugs” in Latin America, private contractors are benefiting from lucrative federal …
Put Lou Dobbs Out to Pasture
Our problem is not an immigration issue, it’s an economic one.
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Nine War Words That Define Our World
Now that Washington has at least six wars cooking (in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and more generally, the global war on terror,) Americans find themselves in a new …
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“Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future“
(Image: Knopf) “Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future” is the Truthout Progressive Pick of the Week. The Federal Reserve Board, arguably the most …
Truthout’s Mike Ludwig Speaks to Free Speech TV About His Investigation: “The Politics of Pesticides” (Video)
Free Speech TV interviews Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig about his latest six-month investigation, “The Pesticides and Politics of America's Eco-War.”
The Politics of Pesticides (Video)
Free Speech TV interviews Truthout Reporter Mike Ludwig about his latest six-month investigation, “The Pesticides and Politics of America's Eco-War.”
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Helms-Burton Act: Resurrecting the Iron Curtain
On March 12, 1996, the United States Congress passed one of the most regressive and draconic foreign policy initiatives in recent memory with the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity …
Amnesty International Calls for Angola 3’s Release From 40 Years of Solitary Confinement
Amnesty International has issued a press release, action alert, and detailed report on the case of the Angola 3, which has been extensively documented in Mother Jones (here, here, …
Javier Sicilia: “The United States Imposed This War on Us, It Should Change the Strategy“
Javier Sicilia. (Photo: David Leonardo Gonzalez / Flickr) In an interview with Americas Program director Laura Carlsen, Javier Sicilia called on the U.S. government to change its …
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America’s Energy Ethos: Do, Regardless of Harm
(Photo: Gilson Geoffrey / Flickr) Laugh me off as the idealistic son of a physician (which I am), but I still thought the doctor's ethos of "first …