- AT&T Requires Police to Hide Hemisphere Phone Spying http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38188-at-t-requires-police-to-hide-hemisphere-phone-spying 6 comments technology
- U.S. Navy Allowed to Kill or Injure Nearly 12 Million Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals in Pacific http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36037-the-us-navy-s-mass-destruction-of-marine-life 23 comments worldnews
- Latin America's "Largest Ever" Legal Marijuana Crop Planted in Chile: Medical marijuana advocates won a huge victory in Chile in November as the regional agriculture authority approved a 6,900-plant marijuana farm and a team of volunteers planted 20 strains of high-potency marijuana seeds http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/latin-america-s-largest-ever-legal-marijuana-crop-planted-in-chile 182 comments worldnews
- Argentine Protesters vs Monsanto: "The Monster Is Right on Top of Us" http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/20526-argentine-protesters-vs-monsanto-the-monster-is-right-on-top-of-us 6 comments worldnews
- How 401(k)s Rewarded the Rich and Turned the Rest of Us into Big Losers http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19093-how-401ks-rewarded-the-rich-and-turned-the-rest-of-us-into-big-losers 5 comments politics
- Risky Repair of Fukushima Could Spill 15,000 Times the Radiation of Hiroshima, Create 85 Chernobyls http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19073-risky-repair-of-fukushima-could-spill-15000-times-the-radiation-of-hiroshima-create-85-chernobyls 259 comments worldnews
- Should Poor People Eat? Let's Hear From Both Sides! http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/18996-should-poor-people-eat-lets-hear-from-both-sides 16 comments politics
- You Pay Walmart's Workers as Company Keeps Its Money http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16863-you-pay-walmarts-workers-as-company-keeps-its-money 225 comments politics
- President Obama, Don't Strike Syria Without Congressional Approval: If Congress doesn't count, then the American people don't count. http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18410-president-obama-dont-strike-syria-without-congressional-approval 627 comments politics
- Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18072-glass-steagall-now-because-the-banks-own-washington 31 comments politics
- Why Aren't Americans Fighting Back? http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17498-why-arent-americans-fighting-back 8 comments politics
- Movement Strengthens: Oregon Becomes the 16th State to Call for an Amendment to Overturn Citizens United http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18064-oregon-amendment-citizens-united 420 comments politics
- San Diego Jury Acquits on All Counts Occupy Chalk Protestor Targeted by Bank of America http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18062-san-diego-jury-acquits-on-all-counts-occupy-chalk-protestor-targeted-by-bank-of-america 11 comments politics
- More Evidence That Our Middle Class Is Sliding Toward the Third World http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18060-more-evidence-that-our-middle-class-is-sliding-toward-the-third-world 88 comments politics
- Canadians Pay Taxes for Universal Health Care, and Now They're Richer Than Us http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17149-canadians-pay-taxes-for-universal-health-care-and-now-theyre-richer-than-us 71 comments politics
- Looks Like Wall Street Is Starting to See the Dollar Signs in Legalizing Pot http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18004-looks-like-wall-street-is-starting-to-see-the-dollar-signs-in-legalizing-pot 3 comments politics
- Senate Republicans Want to Destroy the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Elizabeth Warren Created http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17992-senate-republicans-want-to-destroy-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-cfpb-elizabeth-warren-created 52 comments politics
- Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Mortgages in the Era of Mass Terror - Almost no one discusses the foreclosure crisis in terms of domestic terrorism, but that's exactly what it is http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16315-economic-weapons-of-mass-destruction-mortgages-in-the-era-of-mass-terror 9 comments politics
- Democrats and Labor: A Tale of Abuse. The decades-long marriage of labor unions and the Democratic Party is nearing a divorce. Labor unions are becoming frustrated as the Democrats flaunt their affair with corporate America and Wall Street. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15041-democrats-and-labor-a-tale-of-abuse 4 comments politics
- More Marijuana Arrests in US Than Apprehensions for Violence in 2011: A National Disgrace http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17844-more-marijuana-arrests-in-us-than-apprehensions-for-violence-in-2011-a-national-disgrace 549 comments politics
- The Vietnam War Memorial in Vietnam Would Be 20 to 50 Times Larger Than Ours http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14315-the-vietnam-war-memorial-in-vietnam-would-be-20-to-50-times-larger-than-ours 4 comments politics
- If Right-Wing Violence is Up 400%, Why is the FBI Targeting Environmentalists? http://truth-out.org/news/item/14038-if-right-wing-violence-is-up-400-why-is-the-fbi-targeting-environmentalists 242 comments politics
- The GOP's Boldest Election-Rigging Move Yet http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13938-the-gops-boldest-election-rigging-move-yet 21 comments politics
- Why Does Neoliberalism Persist Even After the Global Crisis? Why hasn't the global left been strong enough to take advantage of the crisis to better represent the interests of the majority? http://truth-out.org/news/item/13527-why-does-neoliberalism-persist-even-after-the-global-crisis 13 comments politics
- ALEC may be anticipating an IRS audit, after multiple complaints challenging the "corporate bill mill's" charitable status. Some have argued that ALEC exists for the private benefit of its corporate members and misrepresents itself in its tax filings, that it's a lobbyist, not a non-profit. http://truth-out.org/news/item/13360-is-alec-anticipating-an-irs-audit 15 comments politics
- Karl Rove stopped from rigging election by hacker group anonymous http://truth-out.org/news/item/12845-anonymous-karl-rove-and-2012-election-fix 520 comments politics
- John Kerry's Senate Seat May Be the Real Target of the GOP Benghazi Suicide http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17660-john-kerry-s-senate-seat-may-be-the-real-target-of-the-gop-benghazi-suicide-squad 6 comments politics
- What Does Romney's Campaign of Lies Say About Our Country? http://truth-out.org/news/item/12449-what-does-romneys-campaign-of-lies-say-about-our-country 7 comments politics
- Mitt Romney Avoided Military Service While He Supported Vietnam War and Draft http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17591-mitt-romney-avoided-military-service-while-he-supported-vietnam-war-and-draft 16 comments politics
- Romney Collects More in Donations From the Five Biggest Banks Than All Other Candidates Combined. http://www.truth-out.org/romney-collects-more-donations-five-biggest-banks-all-other-candidates-combined/1327760394#.tyu8xsq_oeg.twitter 174 comments politics
- Remember: The Tea Party sees itself as stressing only individual responsibility. The Occupation movement is stressing both individual and social responsibility. http://www.truth-out.org/how-frame-yourself-framing-memo-occupy-wall-street/1319031142 9 comments politics
- Epic Fail. A tidal wave of Stupid washed over Washington DC on Thursday night, and when the sun rose on Friday to shine on the calendar of doom - four days left until default - it became all too evident that a manufactured crisis had suddenly transformed into a very, very real one. http://www.truth-out.org/epic-fail/1311951029 6 comments politics
- USDA Approved Monsanto Alfalfa Despite Warnings of New Pathogen Discovered in Genetically Engineered Crops... http://www.truth-out.org/usda-approved-monsanto-alfalfa-despite-warnings-new-pathogen-discovered-genetically-engineered-crops 4 comments reddit.com
- Thank you, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, for waking a sleeping giant. http://www.truth-out.org/thank-you-scott-walker67921 12 comments reddit.com
- Historic START Treaty Wins Overwhelming Senate Vote, 71-26... http://www.truth-out.org/historic-start-treaty-wins-overwhelming-senate-vote-71-2666191 8 comments politics
- "You Americans are such suckers," he said. "You think that the rules for taxes that apply to rich people also apply to working people, but they don't. When working peoples' taxes go up, their pay goes up. When their taxes go down, their pay goes down..." http://www.truth-out.org/roll-back-reagan-tax-cuts65332 4 comments reddit.com
- An Informed and Educated Electorate | I asked these college students if they knew that there was a time in America when radio and TV stations and networks broadcast the actual news--instead of infotainmen—-because the law required them to do so. None of them had any idea what I was talking about. http://www.truth-out.org/thom-hartmann-chapter-4-an-informed-and-educated-electorate65685 3 comments politics
- Five Ways the Democrats Can Avoid a Catastrophe and Pull Off the Mother of All Upsets http://www.truth-out.org/five-ways-democrats-can-avoid-a-catastrophe-and-pull-off-mother-all-upsets63784 4 comments politics
- Obama Administration wants the progressive vote, just not badly enough to do anything progressive. http://www.truth-out.org/my-road-trip-with-a-solar-rock-star-or-notes-enthusiasm-gap63315 5 comments politics
- How Easy Is It for Peaceful People to Violate the Patriot Act? (A: pretty damned easy, as it turns out) http://www.truth-out.org/criminalizing-peacemaking61229 18 comments politics