Truthout is committed not just to revealing the reality of economic injustice, but also to publishing the economists, thinkers and champions of working people who have come up with better ideas. We must raise at least $38,000 more by the end of July to continue showing that there is an alternative to our current system. Will you help us with a tax-deductible donation 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 William Rivers Pitt | An American Reckoning William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Revenge is what we usually do in America, but we are still suffering here in Boston, and they are still suffering in Iraq and so many other places, and so I pray most devoutly that, this time, we have a reckoning instead. Read the Article Collapsing Investment and the Great Recession Gerald Friedman, Dollars & Sense: The worst economic crisis since the 1930s, our current Great Recession came after a long period of declining investment and a break in the linkage between corporate profits and new investment. Read the Article US Embassy, DEA Obstructing Investigation Into Drug War Killings in Honduras Sandra Cuffe and Karen Spring, Truthout: The failure to provide answers about what happened during a DEA-assisted drug war operation in Honduras last year to relatives of the four indigenous residents who were killed has shed light on the DEA's questionable methods abroad - and US efforts to cover them up. Read the Article William Greider | No More Second Chances for Larry Summers William Greider, The Nation: The White House propagandists are pushing hard to make Larry Summers the next Federal Reserve chairman. If Obama makes that choice, Wall Street wins again. Read the Article Bill Moyers | John Lewis Marches On Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Fifty years ago, more than a quarter-million people descended on the nation's capital in the historic March on Washington. Bill Moyers talks to civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis about the movement. Watch the Videos Concentrated, Privatized Wealth or Shared Prosperity and Economic Democracy? Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: We are in a time of transition, an era that will define the next economy. One thing is clear: It is going to take action from below to create an economy that puts people and the planet before profits. Read the Article Mainstream Media Betrays Racist Tendencies Covering Zimmerman Verdict Protests Bethania Palma Markus, Truthout: Mainstream media coverage of Los Angeles rallies and marches against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the slaying of Trayvon Martin betrays racist biases. Read the Article John Pilger | How We Are Impoverished, Gentrified and Silenced - and What to Do About It John Pilger, Truthout: Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against the odds. Just do it, says John Pilger. Read the Article Global Power Project, Part 7: Banking on Influence With Citigroup Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: Like all the big banks, Citigroup is heavily integrated with other dominant institutions in American and international society, which helps explain why the bank can break so many laws and get away with it. Read the Article The US Military's Limited Critique of Itself Ensures Future Disasters William J. Astore, The Contrary Perspective: Is it possible that the best way to win future wars is to avoid them altogether? As simple as that question is, you will rarely hear it asked in the halls of power in Washington. Read the Article This Sunday at 1pm in New York City: A special benefit performance of Matthew-Lee Erlbach's critically acclaimed one-man play Handbook For An American Revolutionary, an explosive and hilarious study of America's modern-day Davids and Goliaths. All proceeds will go to support Truthout, and the performance will be followed by an exclusive panel discussion featuring economist and regular Truthout contributor Prof. Richard Wolff. Click here for tickets. |
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