The hearing comes as high prices are squeezing working-class Americans, while corporate profits rise. As inflation rose by 7 percent in 2021, corporate profits increased by 25 percent to reach nearly $3 trillion – a record high. CEOs and shareholders are benefiting heavily from these profits; last year, S&P 500 firms spent more than $900 billion.
Premeditated Use of Deadly Force Against Peaceful Protesters
Premeditated Use of Deadly Force Against Peaceful Protesters
A general strike is not just another protest, rally or march. It is a strike.
How did Detroit end up with the crap machines?
Truthout reporter Mike Ludwig talks to Ted Asregadoo about the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) - Financial Services Annex documents that were recently published by WikiLeaks, and the current status of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. By Ted Asregadoo Truthout.org Video Interview 29 June 2014 [youtube=http://youtu.be/5-YOpI0iOH8] Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, at a press conference during a court More
By Ted Asregado Truthout | Video Interview 02 February 2014 Truthout.org [youtube=http://youtu.be/mbOhELlpAcc] President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber of the Capitol Building to deliver the State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2014. (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times) A politician who tries to please as many factions as he or she can often ends More
Our privacy is getting hit from two sides — from corporations as well as the government. By John Feffer Foreign Policy in Focus January 29, 2014 We’ve become all too comfortable opening up our lives to the scrutiny of others. (Photo: bclinesmith / Flickr) Some years ago when I was fielding complaints from authors through the More
A society consisting of the sum of its vanity and greed is not a society at all but a state of war. — Lewis Lapham By Henry A. Giroux 13 January 2014 Truthout.org | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The Gilded Age is back, with huge profits for the ultrarich, hedge fund managers and the major players in the financial More
A society consisting of the sum of its vanity and greed is not a society at all but a state of war. — Lewis Lapham By Henry A. Giroux 13 January 2014 Truthout.org | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The Gilded Age is back, with huge profits for the ultrarich, hedge fund managers and the major players in the financial More
