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Would GOP Austerity Lead to Growth?
Consumers are between 65 and 70 percent of the economy and they are most affected by the recession. Business is not spending, because consumers aren't spending - cuts to …
Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?
Massive school closings in Chicago may help the deficit, at the cost of student's well being.
Flashback 2012: US Army Vets Join with Afghans for Peace to Lead Antiwar March at Chicago NATO Summit
An anti-war march at the NATO summit was held by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and Afghans for Peace. Amy Goodman reports.
Spotlight on Hidden Immigrant Struggles
In a storytelling performance, youth described a different path to the United States and in doing so reflected a sense of justice that defies borders.
Protest in DC Denounces “Monsanto Protection Act”
One thousand rally as part of global protest against Monsanto's political power and its role in spreading GMO throughout the world's food supply.
“That Woman Is Worth Paying Attention To”: Medea Benjamin Explains Why She Disrupted Obama’s Speech
Less than 24 hours after she interrupted President Obamau2019s major speech on the future of the secret drone war and Guantu00e1namo, CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin describes why she repeatedly …
Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
Jeremy Scahill discusses Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, a new film by Rick Rowley and Jeremy Scahill. The film opens in theaters in June.
Truthout TV Interviews P.L. Thomas About the New “Jim Crow” Era of Education Reform
Education reform in the US is creating a new Jim Crow system that tracks primarily African American school children in urban and poor area into the prison industrial complex.
Hancock’s Reaper Drone; Remote Control There and Here
Ed Kinane: "As Hancock wages its cowardly wars on the people of Afghanistan and on Upstate Drone Action, we will persist in exposing the drone war crime in our …
Why Tim DeChristopher Went to Prison for His Protest
Only weeks after his release from prison, the activist talks with Bill about the necessity of civil disobedience in the fight for environmental justice.