This morning, we announced an exciting opportunity to make this fundraising drive count twice as much. A small group of generous donors has offered to match every dollar donated up to $30,000 - so right now, any tax-deductible donation you make to Truthout will be literally doubled! Can you pitch in today? Click here to donate. (Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641) You can also donate by check, made payable to: Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827 (Please include your email address on your check.) Or call in your donation: 213.489.1971 Noam Chomsky Post-Election: We Need More Organization, Education, Activism Keane Bhatt, Truthout: In a far-ranging discussion of US politics and policies, history and prospects, Noam Chomsky probes deeply into an analysis of the issues before us. Read the Article Senate Intelligence Committee Takes Up "the Pentagon Papers of the CIA Torture Program" Behind Closed Doors: Report Remains Under Wraps Jason Leopold, Truthout: Today, as a Senate panel prepares to vote on a voluminous secret report, a lawyer for the most high-profile resident of Gitmo sheds light on what it may contain. Read the Article Rice Drops Bid for Secretary of State, Citing Opposition Mark Landler, The New York Times: In the face of relentless opposition from Republicans in Congress, Ambassador Susan E. Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration for secretary of state. Read the Article A Former Republican Insider Begs for Sanity Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Former Republican insider and Reagan staffer Bruce Bartlett knows that the self-destruction of the Republican Party has already arrived. Read the Article Is Education a Human Right or a Privilege for the Wealthy? Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The US has moved in the direction of treating education more as a commodity than as a human right. Read the Article American Gallery: There is No One Face of Hunger David Bacon, Truthout: In addition to documenting those, in the richest of all countries, who are going hungry, David Bacon's latest photo series also depicts what we as a community can do to care for each other. Read the Article The Terrible Cost of Not Fixing the Filibuster Sooner Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: Killing the "silent filibuster" would lead to a more engaged public and a healthier democracy. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Conservatives and Corporatists Hope to Spread Right-to-Work-for-Less Laws, and More In today's On the News segment: Conservatives and corporatists hope to get more states to pass the right-to-work-for-less laws; victims of Hurricane Sandy are the latest hostages of the Republican Party in Congress; if you're a big Wall Street bank and you finance terrorist activities all you get is a slap on the wrist; and more. Read the Article Re-arranging the Deck Chairs on the Republican Titanic Jeremiah Goulka, TomDispatch: Is the GOP going the way of the Whigs and the Dodo? Read the Article A Year After US Troops Withdraw from Iraq, Fog of War Thickens Andrew Lam, New American Media: In its wake, the Iraq war has left us with more questions than answers. Read the Article Lobbying for Lock-Up: How Private Prisons Profit From the Criminalization of Immigrants Laura Carlsen, CounterPunch: The US, which locks up the highest percentage of its population in the world, has found a new population for its private prison industry to detain: Immigrants. Read the Article Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail? Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Truthout: Matt Taibbi speaks with Democracy Now! about the message that is sent to the financial sector and to citizens of the world as a result of the US decision not to prosecute the criminal behavior of HSBC executives. Read the Article and Watch the Video |
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