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Regulators Repeat Exactly What They Did During the Last Housing Boom
James Kwak examines the shortcomings of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Getting Syria-ous About Peace Talks
Robert Parry: The only way to stop the bloodshed in Syria is to get the various sides into peace talks - and it is the US-supported rebels who won't …
The Ancestral Values We Inherited: Protecting Indigenous Water, Land and Culture in Mexico
“We won't let the government or foreign companies own or exploit our resources,” says Saul Atanasio Roque Morales, a Xoxocotla indigenous man from the state of Morelos, Mexico.
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Overeducated, Underemployed and in Debt: What Now?
Not only are there huge class disparities in Western nations today, there are also generational disparities.
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Finishing the March for Livable Wages
Fast food workers earn less in a year than fast food CEOs do in a day. Yet, workers aren't asking for much more than to earn in a year …
Counterinsurgency Has Been Calamitous Doctrine for US
Col. Gian Gentile talks with Truthout about the myths surrounding the United States' reliance on a failed counterinsurgency policy.
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To Change Greece Requires Changing the Nation’s Political Culture – and This Could Be a Tall Order, Especially for the Left
For Greece to overcome its crisis, the country's political culture must be changed, argues CJ Polychroniou, and that implies a new public philosophy, where, first and foremost, rights are …
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If It Takes Blocking a Bank Door With Your Body to Keep Your Home, Would You Do It?
In her new book, Laura Gottesdiener puts faces to the facts of the subprime mortgage crisis; specifically the faces of black Americans, who are bearing the brunt of the …
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The Gainesville Eight and a Nixonized World
A 40-year reunion is being planned for the end of this month in Gainesville, Fla., of the Gainesville 8. Sadly, Richard Nixon won't be able to join them, although …
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The Gainesville Eight and a Nixonized World
A 40-year reunion is being planned for the end of this month in Gainesville, Fla., of the Gainesville 8. Sadly, Richard Nixon won't be able to join them, although …