Truthout
Environment
America’s Tar Baby
The idea of using nuclear power in the tar sands has taken flight once again in our own era, though this time disguised as a Green Energy solution.
US Political Dysfunction and Capitalism’s Withdrawal
The classic problems of early, rapid capitalist industrialization are obvious daily in the new centers.
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Ramblin’ Man, John Kerry Is a Figure of His Times (and That’s Not a Good Thing)
The secretary of state has been stumbling and bloviating from one crisis to the next, one debacle to another, surrounded by the well-crafted imagery of diplomatic effectiveness.
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Federal Court Decision Doesn’t Just Limit Abortion: It Creates a Crisis for Women’s Health Care in Texas
Andrea Flynn: This is nothing short of a crisis situation.
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Republicans, Unhinged
The current crisis of American democracy centers on the craziness that has engulfed the Republican Party, once considered home of the responsible ‘adults’ but now more like an island …
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Auto Workers Try a New Angle at Volkswagen
The United Auto Workers, so long frustrated in their attempts to organize foreign-owned auto plants in the US, may have found a different way in.
Into Eternity: A Look at the Long-Term Storage of Nuclear Waste
Exploring the scientific and philosophical questions long-term nuclear waste storage poses.
Empire Under Obama: Counterinsurgency, Death Squads, and the Population as the Target
Continuity in the imperialistic policies of the United States is especially evident when it comes to the strategy of ‘counterinsurgency,’ notably in Afghanistan.
ALEC “Is a Corporate Lobby Masquerading as a Charity“
ALEC describes itself as the largest voluntary group of state legislators in the country, but it is really a corporate-financed lobby that facilitates getting special interest legislation into the …
Drone Victims Tell Empty US House Their Story; Is America Listening?
With only five US Representatives in attendance, a Pakistani school teacher and his two children brought tears to the House this week describing the drone attack that killed his …