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G8 Commits $5 Billion to Maternal and Child Health, but Big Questions Remain
The first day of the G8 Summit answered some of the questions that maternal, newborn and child health advocates had about Canada’s signature G8 initiative, The Muskoka Initiative for …
Guitars Not Wars (2)
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead only entertains? Is such a thing possible, and is it happening now? Social justice, politics and music have always …
Calling for Accountability on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1997, to mark the ratification of the UN Convention …
Arun Gupta | The Victim That Is Israel
Amid the continuing fallout over the deadly confrontation aboard the Gaza aid ship, Mavi Marmara, there is a critical historical lesson: There is only one real victim, and that …
Tom Engelhardt | Entering the Soviet Era in America
Mark it on your calendar. It seems we've finally entered the Soviet era in America. You remember the Soviet Union, now almost 20 years in its grave. But who …
Banksters, Corrupt Politicians Face Prosecution – in Iceland
Calls for constitutional reform follow investigation into financial collapse; bankers, former government ministers face possibility of jail time. Last month, the publication of an Icelandic Parliamentary report commissioned "to …
American Media Hide the Evidence: Did Israeli Troops Execute or Murder the Mavi Marmara Victims?
You want to know why we need independent journalism, and why those of you who are reading this article need to support the publication in which you are reading …
This Can’t Be Happening – Happens!
On Sunday May 18, Truthout's Leslie Thatcher interviewed veteran reporter, master raconteur and founder of the “This Can't Be Happening” web site, Dave Lindorff. Dave's remarkable background - and …
Criminalizing the Science You Don’t Cotton To
Virginia’s recently elected attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has his hand in just about every divisive issue of the day.
Peak Oil and Apocalypse Then
Based on the past experience of Japan, North Korea and Cuba, an Oxford researcher identifies three possible responses to peak oil: Predatory militarism, totalitarian retrenchment and socioeconomic adaptation.