Truthout
Environment
Agribusiness Subsidy Cuts Could Save Food Stamps in the Farm Bill
Billions of dollars could be saved by cutting subsidies while still protecting vital nutrition programs for the poor, if policymakers are willing to make them.
|
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Gas Land
The Obama Administration has proposed new regulations for fracking on 756 million acres of public and tribal lands.
|
McDonald’s Accidentally Served Up a Minimum Wage “McManifesto“
Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald’s new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with “let them eat cake” insouciance. “Every …
|
The “Filibuster” Fight Was Really About Our Core Values – and It’s Not Over
This wasn't a filibuster fight. It was a fight over fundamental principles of democracy and the role of government in society.
Former Mobil VP Warns of Fracking and Climate Change
Former Mobil Oil VP is speaking out about the dangers of fracking.
|
Marcellus Shale Advocacy Group Receives $150,000 for “Independent Study”, While Health Impact Study Rots in Committee
Leaders in the GOP give another gift to the gas industry.
|
Getting Into the Streets?
Copyright Universal Uclick.
|
Zimmerman’s Smoking Gun
The Right’s Racism Is Showing
The House Republicans dumping the food stamp program, the continuing GOP assaults on voting rights and the outcome of the Trayvon Martin murder verdict indicate that white racism is …
|
Key Mistakes Sway Jury in Zimmerman Trial
A Southern jury was prohibited from considering race in the Zimmerman trial.