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Deb Richter: A Cure for Broken Health Care
Deb Richter resolved to fix the health care system almost as soon as she began practicing medicine more than two decades ago in inner-city Buffalo. “I was very naive, …
Iran: War Drums Beating
Landing signal officers guide a jet onto the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the North Arabian Sea, January 4, 2012. Iran's military sharpened its tone toward the …
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Bain Execs Spent Nearly $5 Million on Romney’s White House Runs
Former Gov. Mitt Romney giving an interview at a supporters rally in Paradise Valley, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) Of all the investments made by the super-wealthy partners …
How the GOP Is Resegregating the South
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) North Carolina State Senator Eric Mansfield was born in 1964, a year before the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which guaranteed …
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US Embassy in Syria Halts Operations as Violence Flares
Beirut, Lebanon — The United States closed its embassy in Syria on Monday and withdrew all staff members amid escalating mayhem in what American officials called the Syrian government’s …
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Saul Alinsky, Who?
And now, a word about a good American being demonized, despite being long dead. Saul Alinsky is not around to defend himself, but that hasn’t kept Newt Gingrich from …
Dissatisfaction With Komen Foundation Goes Beyond Planned Parenthood Break
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Like a number of people I have spoken to, Kate McNeely of New York City gave money to Planned Parenthood and sent …
Debt, Toll Roads and Patents
(Photo: Zol87) It's budget time, again. This means that the deficit hawks will be out in force warning us about the devastating debt burden that we are …
Six Things You Should Know About Arizona’s Worse-Than-Wisconsin Attack on Public Workers
Not content to let Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and Ohio's John Kasich get all the fame (and recall elections, and ballot referenda) for their attempts to curtail union workers' …
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Oakland, Non-Violence and the Future of Occupy (2)
In the wake of Occupy Oakland’s violent confrontation with police, many people are writing about non-violence and Occupy but missing the point. Occupy has been very successful in awakening …