Truthout
Video Posts
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Economic Inequality Is a Major Threat to Human Progress, and More
85 people control the same amount of wealth as half the population of the entire world, and the top one percent has 65 times the wealth of the bottom …
Citizens United Four Years Later
Briffault: Private wealth of individuals and spending by super PACs, not just for-profit corporations, are spending huge sums in electoral politics.
Ownership of WaPo by CIA Contractor Puts US Journalism in Dangerous Terrain
Norman Solomon: There is a major conflict of interest in the ownership of The Washington Post by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who holds a $600 million contract with the …
The Internet’s Own Boy: Film on Aaron Swartz Captures Late Activist’s Struggle for Online Freedom
One year ago this month, the young Internet freedom activist and groundbreaking programmer Aaron Swartz took his own life.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress Chips Away at Social Safety Net, and More
Congress can't find the willpower to raise taxes on the rich, but that hasn't stopped them from chipping away at our retirement and slashing our social safety net, and …
Immigration Advocates Face Serious Challenges in Passing Reform in 2014
Despite nationwide mobilization, immigrant advocates acknowledge they have failed to reform a broken immigration system.
The Toxic Chemical Spill Crisis in West Virginia Will Happen Again. Here’s Why
Maya Nye, president of People Concerned About Chemical Safety, a citizen's group, explained: "We are so desperate for jobs in West Virginia we don't want to do anything that …
Canadian Government Bent on Expanding Weapon Sales Globally
Yves Engler: The Harper administration is propping up its domestic arms industry without regard to the consequences of weapons sales to countries like Colombia and Saudi Arabia.
|
Record 4,000 Attend Open-Air Premiere of “Utopia” in Australia
Indigenous and non-indigenous people from across Australia attended the premiere of John Pilger's film “Utopia” Friday in Sydney.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Forbes 400 Are as Rich as All US African-Americans, and More
The richest 400 people in our nation have as much wealth as the entire African-American population in the United States, and more.