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The Afghan War Is Not Over: US Ends 13-Year Combat Mission, but More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.
The Worst Narco-State in History? After 13-Year War, Afghanistan’s Opium Trade Floods the Globe
In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the country's opium production has doubled.
How the Pentagon Papers Came to Be Published by the Beacon Press, as Told by Daniel Ellsberg and Others
In 1972 Beacon Press lost a Supreme Court case brought against it by the US government for publishing the first full edition of the Pentagon Papers.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Most Americans Don’t Realize How Climate Change Impacts Health, and More
In today's On the News segment: Most Americans don't realize the ways that climate change impacts their personal health, and more.
Truthout Interviews Michael Meurer on Torture Photos and Uruguay Thwarting Supply-Side Austerity Policies
Ted Asregadoo interviews Truthout contributor Michael Meurer.
Fallen Heroes of 2014
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014.
Can Obama Lift the Embargo on Cuba Without Congress in Effort to Normalize US-Cuba Relations?
We look at the details of the new normalized relations between the United States and Cuba.
Democrats Bow Down to Wall Street
John R. MacArthur of Harper's Magazine says that both parties are abandoning the republic in pursuit of big bucks.
The Destabilization of Pakistan: Tariq Ali on Taliban School Massacre and US Afghan War Blowback
The Taliban said they targeted the children of military families in retaliation for Pakistan's anti-Taliban campaign in North Waziristan.
“Cut Loose the Shackles of the Past”: US and Cuba Announce a New Dawn in Diplomatic Relations
The deal between the United States and Cuba is a major diplomatic victory.