Right this moment, the House GOP is trying to throw nearly 4 million Americans off food stamps while defunding health care under threat of debt default and a government shutdown. People need to know what this means, and Truthout intends to tell them. But this can happen only if you get involved today. We rely on your support: Please make a tax-deductible donation now! 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 | TPP in the USA Is Why We Occupy William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: The Trans Pacific Partnership is the distilled essence of why Occupy came to exist in the first place. The secretive trade deal sounds like a bad Batman plot, but it isn't. Occupy, while you still can. Read the Article Public Education in the Crosshairs - ALEC's Private Scholarship Tax Credits Ellen Dannin, Truthout: The American Legislative Exchange Council's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help. Read the Article EPA Proposes Rules for New Power Plants; Fight Over Coal's Carbon Pollution Heats Up Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The EPA will propose the first carbon pollution standards for new coal-burning power plants, but America's aging fleet of existing plants pumps carbon dioxide into the air without federal limits. Read the Article John Pilger | Kissinger and Chile: In an Age of Vigilantes, There Is Cause for Optimism John Pilger, Truthout: The National Security Archive has posted documents that reveal much about Henry Kissinger's role in the crushing of the democratic government of Chile in 1973, but Latin American governments have implemented much of Allende's dream of social democracy. Read the Article Six Things Occupy Wall Street Made Possible (That You Probably Already Take for Granted) James Trimarco, YES! Magazine: Transforming the foundations of our society doesn't happen overnight, but here are six everyday ways that Occupy changed things for the better. Read the Article Texas: The Conservative Dystopia The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Texas Gov. Rick Perry has started an ad campaign to show that Texas is booming. What Rick Perry doesn't want you to know is that the "Texas model" is, by all standards (and unless you're a billionaire), a disaster. Read the Article Mexico Imprisons US Citizen Who Fought Corruption Rachael Stoeve, Truthout: A US citizen languishes in a Mexican prison with no access to her lawyers or the US consul. Charged with no crime, she is apparently guilty of uncovering government corruption. Read the Article Beating Swords Into Solar Panels: Repurposing America's War Machine Mattea Kramer and Miriam Pemberton, TomDispatch: Taxpayers have invested billions of dollars to build the war economy; it's time for the American public to start seeing all this harnessed to new purposes, first among them is tackling our climate crisis. Read the Article Brazil's Cancellation of State Visit Marks Another Low Point in US-Latin American Relations Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian: The Brazilian president's canceled visit, over NSA spying, ought to jolt the US out of its arrogant disrespect for Latin America. Read the Article Walmart Gets Clearance to Open Doors in DC Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: Despite the public's support for a $12.50 hourly wage, the Washington City Council strikes down a living wage at America's largest private employer. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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