Carrie Rickey / TruthdigJul 17, 2015
Is the movie funny? Yes. Is it as mordant as the ruthlessly funny sketch show, “Inside Amy Schumer?” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtMay 24, 2015
The fatal derailment May 12 did not deter the House Appropriations Committee from slashing Amtrak funding the very next day. Congress could fund its massive infrastructure bill without raising taxes, but the conservative-controlled Congress seems to have other plans for the nation’s profitable public assets. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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David Sirota / TruthdigMay 22, 2015
While Amtrak officials may have been devastated, they could not have been surprised: The accident confirmed clear vulnerabilities in the safety system, shortcomings that the rail company's internal watchdog had been warning about for more than two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 1, 2013
Four people died and 63 were injured when a passenger train crashed in New York City's Bronx borough Sunday morning after it took a turn at unusually high speeds. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigAug 13, 2013
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, was disappointed with California's high-speed rail project, so he has proposed an alternative that, if it's not just smoke and mirrors, could get you from L.A. to San Francisco in 30 minutes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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