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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus – Campaign Cash
If you want to see how grossly money can distort democracy, just go to the state of Virginia, where there are no limits on how big a check can …
Why the Corporate Media’s Climate Change Censorship Is Only Half the Story
Of course the media needs to start talking honestly about climate change. But there's more to the issue than just gloom and doom.
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ACA’s Bungled Rollout Aside, Government Health Insurance Works
We need expanded and improved Medicare-for-All. And we need to vote any politician who won't advance us toward that goal out of office.
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Acting With Impunity: The Case of General Electric
Can the world's biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric, the answer appears to be “yes.”
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Republicans Have Done Real Damage to the Economy
Republicans still have one power: the power to destroy. And they will use that power until we take it away from them.
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Reclaiming the Roadblock, UK Uncut Takes Direct Action Against Austerity
The anti-cuts group recently mobilized a nationwide action called “Roadblocks for Justice” that focused specifically on cuts to legal aid.
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Worse Than Watergate
A new Supreme Court campaign finance case could unleash unprecedented political corruption.
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Capitalism Works (or Not) for Me
Does capitalism work? Artist Steve Lambert, found a new way to project that question so his audience might grasp how it touches our lives.
Kieron Bryan and the Arctic 30
Truthout interviews the brother of Kieron Bryan, a British journalist held in a Russian prison along with another journalist and 28 activists from the captured Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
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Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in several states over the weekend, just the latest in a …