Truthout stands against the lies told by cynical politicians and greedy corporations, and repeated by too many media pundits - from lies encouraging cuts to the social safety net, to lies justifying mass government surveillance. Exposing these lies can be only be done with your involvement: we still need to raise another $33,000 to maintain our services. Please make a tax-deductible donation today - this work depends on you! 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.) The Lies That Will Kill America Michael Winship and Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: As the mainstream media continues to censor itself and back big banks like JP Morgan Chase, the entire country suffers from our own ignorance. Read the Article Author Max Blumenthal Offers Unfiltered View Into Israel's Commitment to Ethnic Supremacy Rania Khalek, Truthout: In his new book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal goes deep inside Israeli society, exposing Israel as a racist colonizer that more closely resembles the American Jim Crow South and Apartheid South Africa than a modern-day democracy. Read the Article World's Anger at Obama Policies Goes Beyond Europe and the NSA Jonathan S. Landay and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers: With US allies enraged at the revelation that the US government has been tracking the phone conversations of over 35 world leaders in Europe and beyond, the Obama administration continues to attempt to control the damage to its already fractured international relationships. Read the Article Afghanistan's Future Depends on Majority Will, Pakistan and World Cooperation Zulfiqar Shah, Truthout: After four decades of war, a global consensus on Afghanistan and reforms to Pakistani statehood with the United Nation's help is needed following US withdrawal. Read the Article America's Most Beloved War Criminals Justin Doolittle, Truthout: How is it that those who serve as secretary of state are given a free pass by the mainstream media and the public for their roles in the foreign policy disasters of the administrations in which they served? Read the Article On the Border and in Cities, Skin Color Still Matters Brad Wong, Equal Voices: Laura Mireles, a US citizen, is fighting a civil rights case against a US Customs agent in Texas who engaged in an illegal search and seizure and used excessive force in one of many incidents fueling the tensions around immigration reform and racial profiling near the border. Read the Article Who Buys the Spies? The Hidden Corporate Cash Behind America's Out-of-Control National Surveillance State Tom Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen, The Next New Deal: While many believed that the election of President Obama signaled the end of the intrusive surveillance policies of the Bush era, his time in office has proven that even the supposed liberal can abuse the powers of the White House both domestically and abroad. Read the Article This week in SpeakOut: As a recent CDC report confirms a link between the routine use of antibiotics for livestock and growing bacterial resistance, Amy Lansky takes a look at alternative methods to antibiotic treatment; Truthout's own Leslie Thatcher reviews Vidar Sunstøl's "The Land of Dreams;" Andrew Lam describes how "life and death co-exist in close proximity [as] an intimate dance" in Vietnamese cultures moving past the American notion of "'til death do us part;" At a massive rally to "Take Back Chicago," thousands of Chicagoans backed an agenda for economic justice challenging the policies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and more. Read the Articles |
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