Health

During and after the birth of my niece, my sister was allowed no family or friends at her bedside. Following the birth, a guard shackled my sister's ankles …

The US bypassed a chance to support a region-wide chemical weapons disarmament agreement in the Middle East when it was proposed by Syria a decade ago, points out Stephen …

Now isn't the time to cut the supports the economy needs to grow again and working-class people need to get back on their feet. The No. 1 priority is …

Awareness and activism about the threat poverty poses to childhood health is growing.

Michael Ratner: Without UN approval, US attack on Syria violates international law.

House Republicans' stated goal of cutting $40 billion from the SNAP program must be stopped.

While the media is packed with material about consumer rights, there is seldom mention of workers' rights.

The hard-right is taking a scorched-earth approach, obstructing the law's implementation by any means necessary.

Scot Nakagawa talks with Truthout about the impediments to American people getting real about rights.

In today's On the News segment: Tens of thousands of people marched on Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” …