Truthout
Environment
|
One Sees a Tree, the Other, a Canoe: The Humor and Struggle of International Solidarity
Zapatista Spring: Anatomy of a Rebel Water Project & the Lessons of International Solidarity Ramor RyanAK PressOakland, 2011 The Zapatistas have lingered in the imaginations of progressives and radicals …
Coming Together for Environmental Restoration in Haiti
In honor of Earth Day, we run an interview with Yves-André Wainright, who discusses ways that poor governance and the role of foreign donors have contributed to the country’s …
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Should the enormous US military budget be cut? Many who would like to protect the military from the budget knife raise economic arguments to make their case: Won’t cutting …
|
JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon Summoned Before Senate Committee
Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)Washington …
|
Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
A recent study has found that, under certain conditions, the chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little …
Fracking to Poison Your Beer? RT News Interviews Truthout’s Mike Ludwig
Last week, President Obama proposed national guidelines on hydraulic fracturing. The technique, known as fracking, extracts natural gas from the ground by pumping fluid into the Earth. At the …
Pilots as Lab Rats: The Reprehensible Risk-Taking on the F-22 Raptor
In May of 2011, the Air Force took the unusual and radical step of grounding their entire F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft fleet because it appeared that something was wrong …
|
The Decider
Copyright Universal Uclick.
|
No Country for Rich Men
From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's wealthiest people are disconnecting into a class of stateless transients. Back in 1863, a short story took the American reading public by storm. …
At a Military Hospital, Warriors Are Not the Only Wounded
The weather's getting warmer in Afghanistan and the war there is heating up again. That means, as it has meant every year for more than a decade, that the …