William Rivers Pitt | The End of the Beginning of the End William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The noose is tightening around the necks of average people, and more become radicalized with each passing day.... It does not have to be this way, and if it continues in this way, eventually the dam is going to break." Read the Article A Fossil Fuel-Free New York State by 2050 Bruce Melton, Truthout: A detailed new study shows how New York state could feasibly - and to considerable economic benefit - convert to a fossil fuel-free economy by 2050, providing a promising model for the whole country. Read the Article Bringing the Food Home: Local Food and Agricultural Systems Tory Field and Beverly Bell, Other Worlds: Taken alone, "local" or "organic" doesn't necessarily equate "sustainable", but as with everything else related to food and agricultural systems, change toward the local and the sustainable is underway. Read the Article In Bangladesh, Workers Escalate Demands for Better Working Conditions Jodie Gummow, AlterNet: The future of Bangladesh lies in the power of international cooperation and the implementation of concrete political measures to end unfair labor practices. Read the Article How Did the IRS Get Investigatory Authority, Anyway? Douglas M. Charles, History News Network: The IRS "scandal" involving the "targeting" of conservative Tea Party groups is metastasizing, but an understanding of the true history of IRS scandals might better inform our view of this contemporary story. Read the Article How Many Rotting Apples Do Our Hedges Hide? Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org: High-profile prosecutions only hint at the crime and ethical misbehavior rampant in America's most rewarding high-finance suites. Read the Article The Halfway "Obama Doctrine" Robert Parry, Consortium News: President Obama's counterterrorism speech failed to quiet his critics on the Left who want an immediate end to the "war on terror" and those on the Right who demand more Bush-Cheney policies, says Robert Parry. Read the Article Truthout TV Interviews P.L. Thomas About the New "Jim Crow" Era of Education Reform Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: P.L. Thomas - from Furman University in South Carolina - talks about how 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. Watch the Video This Week in SpeakOut: Steve Breyman explains the twisted political reality of the seemingly sadomasochistic Obama administration; Jack A. Smith recalls our continuous military struggle in Afghanistan, demanding to know where the peace activists of the Bush era have gone since Obama took office; Steve Gelderloos reports on the massive wave of police brutality that swept Spain this past week; protesters fighting for accountability from the Wendy's corporation and for educational in justice in Chicago share their stories through photography and video; and more. Read the Articles |
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