Progressive Picks

In this excerpt from"Brazil's Dance With the Devil," Zirin describes the history of the poor Rio communities known as favelas, targets of a real-estate land grab.

In DC, being a celebrity empowers you with the status of being able to influence people and also - if you are in the media - to raise the …

“THIS TOWN” is a lacerating unmasking of DC in the Swiftian satirical tradition, except it's not just a lampoon; it's the truth.

Truthout interviews Rebecca Solnit about the sense of male entitlement that leads to attacks on and the killing of women.

The surveillance state may be symbolized by the National Security Agency, but according to journalist Todd Miller those in the United States should also be looking to the nation's …

Todd Miller speaks with Truthout about his new book, Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security and about how the public is unaware that this …

Lynn Fries hosts an extended interview with Thomas Piketty about his widely acclaimed “Capital in the 21st Century.”

The distribution of wealth is one of today's most widely discussed and controversial issues. But what do we really know about its evolution over the long term?

In his surprise best-seller, Thomas Piketty warns that growing wealth inequality will have a corrosive impact on our democratic institutions.

This is a fight over economics, over privilege, over power. But deep down, this is a fight over values.