Business & Economy

How One Company Pumped the Brakes on a Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Profit

Anna Maria Barry-Jester / ProPublica Oct 4, 2023 A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Greta Thunberg Radically Shifts the Discourse on Climate Change

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 24, 2019 In her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Swedish activist fingers the true culprits of the climate crisis. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘You Are Failing Us’: Plans, Frustration at U.N. Climate Talks

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Sep 23, 2019 After teen climate activist Greta Thunberg shames them for their inaction, leaders claim they will do more but concede it's not enough. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bill Gates Has Given $44 Million to Shape Education

SALLY HO / The Associated Press May 16, 2018 According to an Associated Press analysis, the spending paid for research aligned with his interests, led to friendly media coverage and had a role in writing Tennessee's new education plan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How About Diversifying Newsrooms for a Change?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2014 Media organizations would benefit from fresh faces from a variety of backgrounds; protesters want the Gates Foundation to stop giving money to private prisons; meanwhile, a man is serving a life sentence in prison for lending his friend a car and going to bed. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Marching in Chicago: Resisting Rahm Emanuel’s Neoliberal Savagery

By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout May 25, 2013 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s current attempt to close down 54 public schools largely inhabited by poor minorities is one more example of a savage, racist neoliberal system that uses the politics of austerity and consolidation to further disenfranchise unskilled youths in the inner city. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )