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Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the World?
Noam Chomsky: I think talk about American decline should be taken with a grain of salt.
Henry Giroux: The Necessity of Critical Pedagogy in Dark Times
Truthout's own Henry Giroux discusses pedagogy and the status of education today.
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Solve the Real Problems – Poverty Retirement and Health Insecurity – and the Economy Will Recover
Imagine the impact on the economy of 55 million seniors receiving an additional $1,200 each month.
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Silver Linings in the 2012 Union Membership Figures?
Will Obama act? Time is running out for both the president and unions.
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Howard Zinn: Lincoln and Emancipation
Historian Howard Zinn on Abraham Lincoln and the eventual abolition of slavery in the US. Which shows that Spielberg's new film, Lincoln, is far from historically accurate.
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Drones Are a Local Issue
No city is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. I write from Charlottesville, Va., but am hopeful that …
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Humpty Dumpty Constitutionalism
A few days ago, I pointed out that the House Republicans' five-page bill to raise the debt ceiling offends two different provisions in the Constitution. I wish this were …
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Memo Cites Legal Basis for Killing US Citizens in Al Qaeda
The unsigned and undated Justice Department u201cwhite paper,u201d obtained by NBC News, is the most detailed analysis yet to come into public view.
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Immigration Reform Prevents Employer Abuse
Many companies lure undocumented workers in to the country and then abuse them with impunity.
Ed Koch was Candid, Funny, Studious, Says Former Congress Legislative Assistant Bob Weiner
It is with the utmost sadness that I comment on the passing of Ed Koch, and I wish only "All the best"—Ed's noted phrase—to his family, devoted staff, and …