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The Fashion Victims of Cambodia
Rebecca Henschke reports on garment workers killed by riot police when striking for pay rise.
New York City Approves Municipal ID Cards for Undocumented Immigrants
The New York City Council has approved the use of municipal identification cards that will provide its nearly half a million undocumented residents with a way to prove their …
Panel Discusses the School-to-Prison Pipeline
To end the violence there must be radical reform of the school and prison moderated by Marc Steiner.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Former Bush Administration Official Favors Carbon Tax, and More
It's quite a shock when a former Bush Administration official comes out in favor of a climate change plan even stronger than the president's, and more.
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The Fight to Ban Gold Mining and Save El Salvador’s Water Supply
Gold-digging multinationals are fueling political violence and environmental devastation in El Salvador, but communities are fighting back.
Truthout Interviews Mike Ludwig on TISA and Julian Assange
Like the TPP, TISA is being negotiated in secret, but some of what the TISA actors behind the scenes are negotiating isn't a secret anymore.
Andrew Bacevich: Chaos in Iraq
While armchair warriors in Washington cry “back to Iraq,” former combat veteran and military historian Andrew Bacevich says no way.
What We Can Learn From Lawrence of Arabia
As fears grow of a widening war across the Middle East, fed by reports that ISIS envisions a region-wide, all controlling theocracy, we found ourselves talking about another war: …
Why Did Economy Shrink So Dramatically During the First Quarter of 2014?
Robert Pollin: Five years after the Great Recession, austerity as the dominant policy agenda is keeping the recovery weak.
Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, US Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction
In a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when African-American voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeat …