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Egypt’s New Leader Spells Out Terms for US-Arab Ties
Morsi said US must help build a Palestinian state if it hoped to overcome decades of pent-up anger.
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A Grinding Halt
Jason Leopold discusses his passion and dedication for the work he does at Truthout and how you can support our efforts.
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Flying Kites to the FCC Demanding Fair Phone Call Rates for Prisoners and Their Families
Phone companies charge as much as $15 for 15 minutes in some states and many of America's roughly 2.3 million inmates and their families cannot afford to stay in …
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Koch Brothers Cashing in 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings
Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry.
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Debate on Proposed Alaska Mine Waste Storage Facility Spreads the Myth of “Monitoring in Perpetuity“
Some of the world's greatest disasters have resulted from failed and inadequate monitoring systems.
Fracking’s Health Calamities Left to Fester
Despite slick PR campaign, fracking is turning huge parts of American into toxic industrial zones.
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French Study Finds Tumors and Organ Damage in Rats Fed Monsanto Corn
The study could majorly impact the battle over a California ballot proposal that would require groceries containing GE ingredients to be labeled.
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Romney’s “47 Percent:" Here’s Who’s Actually Not Paying Federal Taxes
The reason that more than 38 million, or roughly half of the 76 million households that paid no taxes last year, simply didnu2019t earn enough to have a tax …
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Winning New Contract, Teachers Vote to End Chicago Strike
Karen Lewis, the union president, described the voice vote as 98 percent to 2 percent in favor and a sign that the deal was seen as good, though hardly …
Economists Identify the 100 Top Air Polluters and Highlight the Economics of Environmentalism
What do General Electric, Koch Industries, Bayer, Dow Chemical and ExxonMobil all have in common? They all rank in the top ten of the Toxic 100.