- Pesticide Residues Often Remain on Fruits and Vegetables Even After They Are Washed: '...strawberries topped the "Dirty Dozen" list of pesticide-contaminated produce that the Environmental Working Group complies every year. Spinach was a close second on the list of fruits and vegetables to avoid' http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39794-report-finds-pesticide-residues-often-remain-on-fruits-and-vegetables-even-after-they-are-washed 14 comments worldnews
- 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
- TransCanada Keystone 1 Pipeline Suffered Major Corrosion Only 2 Yrs in Operation - The cause of the corrosion is being kept from the public by federal regulators & TransCanada. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30568-transcanada-keystone-1-pipeline-suffered-major-corrosion-only-two-years-in-operation-95-percent-worn-in-one-spot 260 comments worldnews
- The Hedge Fund Managers Tax Break: Because Wall Streeters Want Your Money http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23074-the-hedge-fund-managers-tax-break-because-wall-streeters-want-your-money 7 comments economy
- Julian Assange on being placed on NSA "Manhunting" list & secret targeting of WikiLeaks supporters after top-secret documents leaked by Snowden have revealed new details about how the US and Britain targeted the whistleblowing website after it published leaked documents about the war in Afghanistan. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/21963-julian-assange-on-being-placed-on-nsa-manhunting-list-secret-targeting-of-wikileaks-supporters 3 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
- Elizabeth Warren: "The American People Know That the System Is Rigged Against Them" http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18187-the-american-people-know-that-the-system-is-rigged-against-them-elizabeth-warren 366 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
- The Leveraged Buyout of America: large banks have recently expanded their businesses into such fields as electric power production, oil refining and distribution, owning and operating of public assets such as ports and airports, and even uranium mining. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18393-the-leveraged-buyout-of-america 43 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
- 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
- US Inequality Now Literally Off the Chart http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16849-us-inequality-now-literally-off-the-chart 5 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
- Cut Social Security and Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15625-cut-social-security-and-veterans-benefits-cut-the-pentagon-instead 4 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
- A Healthcare Con Artist: Ryan Claims Universal Coverage Fails in Every Nation http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/11667-a-healthcare-con-artist-ryan-claims-universal-coverage-fails-in-every-nation 72 comments politics
- Inside Rick Santorum's Head: For Him, the Right to Privacy Doesn't Exist http://www.truth-out.org/inside-rick-santorums-head-him-right-privacy-doesnt-exist/1329933447 3 comments privacy
- 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
- Gingrich’s Tax Plan Would Cause Perpetual Trillion Dollar Deficits, Triple the Debt by 2024 http://www.truth-out.org/gingrichs-tax-plan-would-cause-perpetual-trillion-dollar-deficits-triple-debt-2024/1323875848 3 comments politics
- Veterans Day Began as a Pledge to End All Wars - Believe it or not, November 11th was not made a holiday in order to celebrate war, support troops, or cheer the 11th year of occupying Afghanistan. http://www.truth-out.org/fahrenheit-111111/1321022729 30 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
- Then They Came for the Trade Unionists http://www.truth-out.org/then-they-came-trade-unionists68363 5 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
- House Republicans Remove "Civil Rights" and "Labor" From Committee Names http://www.truth-out.org/house-republicans-remove-civil-rights-and-labor-from-committee-names66764 3 comments politics
- 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
- US Air Force Academy "literally overrun with Christian conservative fanatics." http://www.truth-out.org/underground-group-cadets-say-air-force-academy-controlled-evangelicals63726 13 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