Truthout
Environment & Health
Physical Education Takes a Hit: Schools’ Emphasis on Testing Is Making Kids Sick
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, 44 percent of school administrators admit that they've cut physical education or recess to focus on test …
Imagine Fewer Autos (It’s Easy if You Try)
National Bike Month is an opportunity to envision the post-car future.
Drive to Drill: Energy Lobbyists Behind Governors’ Crusade for Atlantic Oil
Instead of moving away from risky offshore oil, the US is now poised to expand exploration and drilling in vast new areas of the ocean.
Bolivia: 15 Years After the Cochabamba Water Revolt, Echoes in New Cases of Corporate Abuse
Fifteen years ago this month the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia were victorious in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world.
Fast-Track TPP: The Death of National Sovereignty, State Sovereignty, Separation of Powers and Democracy
This so-called trade agreement, if passed and implemented would create profound governance changes in the US without benefit of the constitutional amendments.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Researchers May Have Created a Solution to the Global Lack of Drinking Water, and More
In today's On the News segment: A team of MIT researchers may have solved one of our world's biggest problems - access to clean drinking water; a once-booming city …
The APA Relied on the CIA for Ethical Guidance
The American Psychological Association turned to the CIA for guidance in developing ethics policies on psychologist involvement in interrogation operations.
TransCanada Keystone 1 Pipeline Suffered Major Corrosion Only Two Years in Operation
The cause of the corrosion is being kept from the public by federal regulators and TransCanada.
Obama Bribes Abe to Support the TPP by Unleashing Japanese Military
Obama is giving George Bush the Second a run for his money as a candidate for Worst President in History. But the Japanese Diet may spare him by refusing …
William Rivers Pitt | Trading Paradise for a Pipeline
William Rivers Pitt gives a personal account of how a proposed pipeline would affect his New Hampshire community.