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Jeremy Scahill: Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations
Keith Olbermann talks with Jeremy Scahill of The Nation, also a ‘Countdown’ contributor, about a secret CIA site in Somalia that trains Somali agents in counterterrorism efforts against a …
Unequal Protection: The Court Takes the Presidency
(Image: JR / Truthout) On December 12, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court granted yet another gift to corporate power—and hammered yet another nail into the coffin of …
“Unequal Protection”: Corporations Go Global
(Image: JR / Truthout) People, at the time, generally weren’t all that concerned about the fate of the world’s dolphins. It was the last week of June …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Cut Off Money for High-Speed Rail, and More
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Inside Greek’s General Strike: Report From Athens as Thousands Protest Sweeping Austerity Cuts (Video)
ALSO SEE: Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Plan
Thom Hartmann: Second Japan Nuke… More Dangerous Than Fukushima?
Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear joins Thom Hartmann. If Japan didn't have its hands full with one melted down nuclear plant at Fukushima - it certainly …
Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT America About Hypocrisy at Guantanamo Bay (Video)
The United States is outspoken about human rights violations happening across the globe, but what about the ones of which America itself is guilty? Investigative journalist Jason Leopold talks …
In the Shadow of the Dragon
A business enterprise has grown in the shadow of the dragon that—in virtually every way imaginable—is the antithesis of a dragon.
Wal-Mart Is Not a Person
“We the People” now explicitly means “We the Citizens, Corporations, and Churches” with a few of the richest humans who run them thrown in.
Put Lou Dobbs Out to Pasture
Our problem is not an immigration issue, it’s an economic one.