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Health Care Jobs Are Where It’s At

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 The number of health care jobs will swell dramatically over the next decade as baby boomers age and Americans continue to eat poorly and spurn exercise, a report from Georgetown University says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Failure in Rio — Now What?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 The Rio+20 Earth Summit produced nothing in the way of international reforms to counteract the destruction of the planet, confirming that governments cannot be relied upon to solve the environmental crisis collectively Some people will give up Others will breathe a sigh of relief and get to work restoring their natural surroundings themselves. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Petition Demands Dimon Be Fired From Fed Board

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 On Monday, economist Simon Johnson presented officials at the Federal Reserve with a petition containing 38,000 signatures appealing for the removal of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 Yves Smith, creator and editor of the finance blog Naked Capitalism, and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone spoke with Bill Moyers about the continuing fallout of the economic crisis and the corruption, ignorance and collusion that guarantee the situation will not improve for most Americans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

John Roberts’ View From the Liberals’ End of the Bench

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 By throwing out most of the anti-Latino Arizona immigration law and neutering the rest, the Supreme Court struck a rare blow for fairness and justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health Care Ruling Looms, Arpaio on Immigration, and More

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including reaction and nonreaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Arizona immigration law; also, Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter to criticize a presidential candidate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hedges Is L.A. Press Club’s Journalist of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 In awarding him the organization's top prize for online writers, the judges offered high praise for Hedges, calling him "Champion of the 99% -- mortal enemy of the 1%. This former war correspondent turns out weekly columns packed with insightful and biting opinion." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Court Rejects Montana Challenge to Citizens United

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed its controversial 2-year-old decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money in politics when it struck down a law in Montana banning such spending. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

High Court Strikes Down Most of Arizona Immigration Law

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 Arizona's controversial immigration law is largely no more. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled mostly in favor of the U.S. government when it struck down the bulk of the state's notorious immigration law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch’s News Corp. Fails a Public Interest Test

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 “Allowing media power to be concentrated in the hands of a few multibillionaires will impoverish society,” says Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, who offers a seven-question test for whether a media organization is a potential menace to the public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Profiteering Creates Drug Scarcity in U.K.

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 23, 2012 In order to profit from high exchange rates on the international market, British pharmacists and wholesalers have limited the amount of certain drugs being sold to the National Health Service. The action has resulted in a shortage that has endangered patients with life-threatening conditions and inconvenienced many others. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Obama, Romney Woo Latino Voters

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2012 Barack Obama and Mitt Romney appeared before a conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Moody's cut the credit rating of 15 major banks, including Bank of America and Citigroup. And the White House refused to turn over certain Justice Department documents to a House committee, prompting the panel to vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )