Why This Isn’t the Time for a Public Health Insurance Option or Medicare for Some

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2017 To begin to solve the health care crisis, we need a system based on health and the money to pay for it. House Resolution 676 is the model for that system. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Investors Opt Out of Fossil Fuels as Climate Summit Nears

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Sep 24, 2015 As momentum builds for a new deal on climate change, investors are becoming increasingly nervous about having their cash in fossil fuels. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Coal Investment Is the Most Urgent Climate Threat

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jul 5, 2015 The head of the global Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says wealthy countries should help poorer nations that cannot afford to replace coal with low-carbon alternatives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The U.S. and Israel Have the Worst Income Inequality in the Developed World

Roisin Davis / Truthdig May 22, 2015 A new report finds that the gap between rich and poor in the developed world is at its highest level in 30 years in most countries -- and that the U.S. and Israel are leading the trend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World We are Shaping Is Feeling the Strain

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jan 16, 2015 The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Financial Big Guns Aim at Fossil Fuels

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 12, 2013 The fossil fuel industry and its subsidies are targeted as world finance fires warning shots suggesting that sustainable energy and tackling climate change must be key priorities. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

There Is No Bailout for Climate Change

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 9, 2013 The head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is set to address an event co-organized by the London School of Economics, where he is expected to harshly criticize the global disregard of the impending disaster of climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

All Men Are Created Equal; Not So Much in the USA

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Aug 3, 2013 I was drawn into my pile of OECD documents and charts by a column last week by Eduardo Porter of The New York Times under the headline: "Inequality in America: The Data Is Sobering." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.K. Falls Back Into Recession

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2012 Following Ireland’s recent slide into recession territory, the OECD, a Paris-based economic think tank, reports that the U.K.’s economic doldrums have returned. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dirty Air Set to Become Biggest Environmental Killer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2012 A new report predicts urban air pollution will become the No. 1 cause of premature death in the coming decades, beating out poor sanitation and dirty drinking water to take more than 3.5 million lives per year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dismal Reports From Two U.S. Inequality Studies

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 The 1 percenters targeted by those leading the Wall Street occupation had a profitable run between 1979 and 2007. Their average after-tax income grew 275 percent in that period, while income for the 60 percent of the population in the middle of the earning scale grew by just under 40 percent. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Activist Spells Out Our Great Shame

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 Gus Speth, environmental lawyer, former Clinton adviser and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, who was arrested Sunday at the White House while protesting a proposed oil pipeline, has some bad news for American optimists. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )