All Hades Breaks Loose in Greece

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 On Sunday, after months of economic and political turmoil, Greek citizens fed up with paying for mistakes made by their country's power elite took to the streets by the tens of thousands to signal their disapproval of the austerity measures the government pushed through late that night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Quarreling EU

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Dec 12, 2011 Dig deeper

Euro Santa

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IMF Sounds Warning About Global Economy

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2011 Three years into the Great Recession, the outlook is wobbly in the eurozone, according to the IMF. France and Germany are doing well enough to offset some of the economic problems plaguing their neighbors, but in a networked world, nations' fates are intertwined. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico May 23, 2011 Dig deeper

The Real IMF Assault

Nomi Prins / Truthdig May 20, 2011 As newly resigned International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn hunkers down in his jail cell, IMF news has fallen into two categories. Both miss the devastation the IMF causes, regardless of who heads it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

216,000 Jobs Added in March

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2011 The U.S. unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a point in March to 8.8 percent -- the lowest in two years -- as 216,000 new jobs were created during the month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Moves to Shore Up Bailout Fund

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2011 European Union financial officials meeting in Brussels have agreed on the setting up of a permanent bailout fund, even as Portugal reportedly teeters on the precipice of financial collapse. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Places Blame for Sex Abuse on Catholic Church

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2010 While other officials from the Catholic Church (ahem, Bill Donohue) have hesitated, to say the least, to look within the church for the source of the clergy sex abuse scandal, Pope Benedict XVI has apparently seen the light. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What’s Euro Problem?

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2010 The once-mighty euro, a currency that humbled American tourists in its day, has sunk to a 13-month low against the dollar. Greece's impending bailout apparently isn't settling nerves in the eurozone, which includes other major economies that look a little wobbly as of late. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Greece, Frightening

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2010 Sure, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein once crowed that his firm was "doing God's work," but, as Stephen Colbert points out here, Blankfein never actually specified which God he was talking about. Perhaps it was Hades, Greek god of the underworld. Given the state of the Greek economy, that may not be too much of a stretch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Portugal Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2010 "The large print giveth and the small print taketh away" -- T. Waits (1990). So goes the news that Portugal has become the sixth European nation to pass a law allowing same-sex marriage, though parliament rejected proposals to let gay couples adopt children. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )