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Detroit: A Raisin in the Sun?
Council member Ken Cockrel must be trippin! On Tuesday, December 11, after he, along with Saunteel Jenkins, James Tate, Gary Brown, and Charles Pugh, voted to approve the ill-conceived …
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Dear Mr. President: Stop Compromising, Start Leading
The American people reelected President Obama on the promise that he would continue to be a champion for the American people, a task that requires more action and less …
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Going Public with the High Yella Black
Colorism, better known as the cultural value communities of color place on light or dark skin, continues to be a vital aspect of Black culture today as it was …
How to Avoid the “Fiscal Cliff” – Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
Jubilee USA Network activates 250 faith communities and national network to hold corporations accountable by demanding that they pay their fair share to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Powerful New Film Opens in New York
New film by Antonino Du2019Ambrosio chronicles social history and thought around class and economics in this country.
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The Myth of California as “Environmental Leader” Exposed: Fresno Rated as Dirtiest City in Nation
As Fresno is declared to have some of the worst air and water in the nation, the US must face that environmental policies must be improved across the …
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The Anti-Empire Report
The hurricanes, the typhoons, the heat waves ... the droughts, the heavy rains, the floods ... ever more powerful, ever new records being set. Something must be done of …
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The Mass Media Favorites Fall out of Favor
Do you support Truthout's reporting and analysis? Click here to help us continue doing this work in 2013! Let us address the declining fortunes of today's mainstream mass media. …
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Why Race Matters After Sandy
After years of enduring environmental racism in their neighborhoods, communities of color in New York must face inequality in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Lobbying for Lock-Up: How Private Prisons Profit From the Criminalization of Immigrants
The Prison Industrial Complex has taken on a new victim as studies show that prisons are benefiting from the criminalization of undocumented workers.