TruthOut
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TruthOut.org is an American political website aimed at providing an alternative to corporate news sources. It was started in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election with the goal of, in its words, "hoping to reach a few people, have some small impact on the dialogue, and maybe try to restore a little integrity." It claims to have more than 4 million visits per month. Some of its prominent contributors include William Rivers Pitt, Jason Leopold, Scott Galindez, David Bacon, Dean Baker, Tom Engelhardt, William Fisher, Dahr Jamail, Ray McGovern, J. Sri Raman, Norman Solomon, David ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Online
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Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
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National
Political Viewpoint:
Left
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N/A | Managers: Scott Galindez, Victoria Harper
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P.O. Box 231278, Encinitas, CA, 92023, US
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Ezra Fox
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Sep 18, 2007 - 3:05 PM PDT
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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center Thursday morning (October ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
A Simpleton Tries to Understand the Health Care Debate
After all, these two things are not the same. Insurance companies are not in the health care business. They are in the risk business. They assess risk and then charge you a ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
the Obama administration has sought to conceal information in several high-profile court cases, in an effort that civil libertarians say amounts to covering up crimes ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Unintended Consequences in Nuclear Pakistan
If U.S. military leaders are right that they cannot prevail in Afghanistan without escalating into Pakistan, this is the strongest possible argument for withdrawing from ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Why Obama Must Spend More
The latest signals from the White House suggest that President Obama now realizes he must do more - and quickly - to ease the economic suffering of working families. He knows ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Marching Backwards: The Spectacle of Fear
Glenn Beck is not original, nor was Joe McCarthy. The "red scare" of McCarthyism was merely the recycled red scare of the 1920's, when Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and his ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Advocates Fight Mountaintop Removal
Environmental groups across the southeast United States, from Georgia to the Appalachia region, are stepping up their opposition to a controversial but widespread practice by ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Banning a Book Near You
Hopkins told me she has received thousands of letters from teenagers who say her books helped them turn their lives around. She also said she is seeing an uptick in attempts ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
The Republican War Against ACORN
In recent days, The Washington Post, The New York Times and other major news outlets have recounted the "troubled" history of the poor people's advocacy group ACORN, but left ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Data Reveals California's Private Insurers Deny 21 Percent of Claims
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has released new data that shows one in every five requests made for medical claims by insured patients, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Army Suicides Hit Record and Will Likely Continue to Rise
Suicides among veterans and soldiers have reached a record high this year and are set to continue rising, Pentagon officials said.Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
The Logic of the 9/11 Trials, the Madness of the Military Commissions
the very existence of a two-tier judicial system should be enough to set alarm bells ringing, as it suggests - quite correctly, I believe - that the government is hedging its ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Legislation to Limit Use of State Secrets Privilege an Uphill Battle
The problems President Obama will likely face in this area may stem from his pledges - both during the campaign and currently - that he would make open government and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Lowering the Bar: Kindergarten Recruitment
As a parent, how does one explain what killing "only bad ones" means when the child asks why a NATO airstrike obliterated dozens of civilians,Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Israel's "Pathology"
From the outside, it looks like Obama and his advisers are drifting without a rudder, unable to guide themselves, much less the Israelis and Palestinians, toward the peace the ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Health Care, Not Assimilation
While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some of the worse conditions imaginable.Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Afghanistan and the "Other" Vietnam War
. As the war dragged on, some personal aides claimed Johnson was never more ecstatic over Vietnam than when pledging to send billions of dollars to help toward construction ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Obama China Trip: Human Rights Activists Face Detention, Warnings
While President Obama meets Chinese leaders and converses with handpicked groups of youths on his visit to China next week, another group of citizens expect to be staring at ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs
But Harry, you really need to take on future health-care costs. The House bill fails to do this. The public option in the House bill is open only to people without ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
A Conversation About Nonviolence
Whether we’re talking about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, about the nonviolent movements that brought down dictators or repressive governments in South Africa, Poland and ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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Bush Administration (99), Obama Administration (85), U.S. Economy (78), War (62), War in Iraq (57), Human Rights (52), Health Care (39), Afghanistan (34), Energy (31), Law Enforcement (30), U.S. Congress (30), Republican Party (27), Law (27), Money and Politics (26), Media and Politics (26)...
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Jason Leopold (28), William Rivers Pitt (16), Matt Renner (15), Dean Baker (15), Michael Winship (13), J Sri Raman (12), Maya Schenwar (11), Dahr Jamail (11), Steve Weissman (10), Norman Solomon (7), Scott Galindez (6), Henry A Giroux (6), David Bacon (6), George Lakoff (6), Bill Moyers (6)...
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