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A History of the World, BRIC by BRIC
Neoliberal Dragons, Eurasian Wet Dreams, and Robocop Fantasies Goldman Sachs — via economist Jim O’Neill — invented the concept of a rising new bloc on the planet: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, …
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Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield
Keith Ludlum and Terry Slaughter are two slaughterhouse workers who helped organize the union at the Smithfield Foods plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. A bruising 16-year battle, the …
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Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief
Occupy San Francisco protest, November 16, 2011. (Photo: ericwagner) The collective weight of American student debt is a drag not just on those paying the debt, but on our …
What If Pensions Funds Grabbed the Reins?
(Photo: Tetsumo) Public and private pension funds in the United States collectively have trillions of dollars in combined assets. They own more than a third of all domestic equity, …
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Locking Down an American Workforce: Prison Labor as the Past and Future of American “Free-Market” Capitalism
Sweatshop labor is back with a vengeance. It can be found across broad stretches of the American economy and around the world. Penitentiaries have become a niche market for …
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ALEC Disbands Most Insidious Task Force After Public Pressure and Loss of Sponsors
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Under growing public pressure and the departure of multiple corporate members, the American Legislative Exchange …
The Climate Movement Takes On Fracking: Interview With Bill McKibben
An oil rig reflected in a fracking pond on the Giddings Estate, a 10,000-acre field in near Midland, Texas, owned by Pioneer Natural Resources, February 15, 2012. (Photo: Jim …
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Occupy Lawyer: Pepper Spray Report Confirms Police Engaged in “Brutality“
“The report simply confirms what we all knew already…the police actions were brutal and unnecessary,” said Occupy Sacramento lawyer Jeff Kravitz. “As the big banks and the gangster government …
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To Whom Much Is Given: Why We Need to Tax Inheritance
Roughly half of the wealthiest Americans inherited all or much of their wealth, and the United States ranks near the bottom of rich countries in terms of intergenerational mobility. …
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A Question of Human Rights: Keeping the F1 Racing Series Out of Bahrain
On April 22, the royal family of Bahrain is determined to stage its annual Formula 1 Grand Prix race. This might not sound like scintillating news, but whether the …