Emails Show ‘Collusion’ Between Big Banks and Obama Administration on the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams May 28, 2016 Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request show U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman discussing the controversial trade pact with Goldman Sachs lobbyists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Drone President’: Rhetoric Versus the Atrocious Facts

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Mar 16, 2016 Obama faces criticism over civilian deaths caused by the drone program, which is being denounced as having little oversight, a mounting death toll and results that can be seen as war crimes. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Journalists Should Stand Up for Whistleblowers

By Timothy Karr / OtherWords Feb 28, 2016 The media require free-flowing information—and so does our democracy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Iranian Missile Sanctions Were Deceptive and Hypocritical

By Gareth Porter Jan 29, 2016 The president's decision to impose new sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities was merely a way of justifying and continuing the US denunciation of the missile program -- a denunciation that is demanded by domestic politics and U alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Netanyahu Demands More Billions From America, Insults U.S. Envoy, Steals More Land

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 24, 2016 At the Davos World Economic Forum, the Israeli leader insisted that the U.N.-Iran nuclear deal had made his country less secure and that it must therefore get tens of billions extra in military aid from the U.S. And that wasn't all. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Doubling Down on a Failed Strategy: The Pentagon’s Dangerous ‘New’ Base Plan

By David Vine / TomDispatch Jan 15, 2016 The Obama administration's consideration of a Pentagon proposal to create a “new” and “enduring” system of military bases around the Middle East confirms that the military intends to stay in the region for decades, if not generations, to come. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

NSA Leaker Thomas Drake Praises Report Showing U.S.’ Failure Toward Whistleblowers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 23, 2015 Drake, who in 2010 became the first American charged with espionage in almost 40 years, applauds a new report by the PEN American Center accusing the government of failing to protect whistleblowers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Sham Syrian Peace Conference

By Gareth Porter / Middle East Eye Nov 9, 2015 The international conference on Syria is incapable of delivering any peace negotiations -- and the Obama administration knew this from the start. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Economy Adds Too Few Jobs in September

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 2, 2015 Employers added a mere 142,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department announced Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is losing momentum after a second month of lackluster growth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Administration Denies Snowden Petition

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jul 29, 2015 A petition titled "We The People," which sought the pardon of Edward Snowden and garnered 168,000 signatures, has been denied by the Obama administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Judge Says Migrant Children Are Being Held in ‘Widespread Deplorable Conditions,’ Orders Release

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 25, 2015 Federal Judge Dolly M. Gee has deemed that the detention of Central American migrant children and mothers at the U.S. border not only violates American law but also jeopardizes the families' health and safety. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Israel Deserves to Stay on the United Nations’ Child Rights ‘Blacklist’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 The United Nations' decision -- under pressure from the U.S. government -- to remove Israel from its list of children's rights violators should not blind us from the truth: Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinian children last summer, and its continued occupation of Palestine undermines children's basic human rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )