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Doing the Math: Student Loan Debt and the Adjunct Equation
Like other corporations, the university system makes a killing off part time workers and in turn, we are in debt for life.
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The House Republicans’ Dangerous New Constitutional Doctrine: Repealing Laws by De-Funding Them
The Constitution of the United States does not allow a majority of the House of Representatives to repeal the law of the land by de-funding it.
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Obama’s Justice Department: Trumpeting a New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press
Thereu2019s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists.
Risky Repair of Fukushima Could Spill 15,000 Times the Radiation of Hiroshima, Create 85 Chernobyls
If the whole site blows, ‘boom’ could mean the release of 85 times as much radioactive cesium into the air as was released at Chernobyl. Into the air. Into …
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Paraguay’s Militarized Democracy
There are grave concerns and several questions about the newly acquired presidential powers that remain unanswered.
Bragging Rights: Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American Achievements of the 21st Century
The American exceptionalism sweepstakes really do matter. Here. A lot.
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Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full
For-profit prison operators have found a new way to keep beds full and profits high. They call them
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William Rivers Pitt | Green Eggs and Derp
"It is not every day that the troll under the bridge broaches the broad daylight and sprays his derangement into the air for all to see and hear, but …
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Climate Change Movement Shifts to Convey Urgency
Leaders in the climate justice movement say it is time to start leveraging activists' commitment against the greatest crisis humanity's ever faced.
Tim DeChristopher Talks With Truthout About the Government’s Failure to Silence Him
Tim DeChristopher speaks with Truthout's Mark Karlin about the power of activism and the injustices of his trial.