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Why #OccupyIsaac Makes Sense
The Occupy Movement is using the communications capabilities of InterOccupy and its national & international reach, to bring together the Common Ground Collective & Food Not Bombs, in a …
The Widespread War on Reproductive Rights
National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So whatu2019s with the trend of trying to limit them?
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George Lakoff: Low Information or High Morality?
The job of progressives is to speak morally to morally complex voters to activate the progressive moral system already there in their brains.
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Democratic Platform Supports Amending Constitution to Reverse Citizens United
The platform approved by delegates on Tuesday attacks Republicans for applauding the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision and calls for campaign finance reforms to reverse the landmark ruling.
Truthout on the Mexican Border Series: Revealing What is Behind the US War on Drugs
The true intent of United States Foreign Policy in regards to the war on drugs in Mexico and Latin America is hidden behind many pantallas (screens in Spanish). In …
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Four Ways Romney and Ryan Would Roll Back the 20th Century
As Paul Ryan's budget plan threatens to drastically reduce public services, this election will decide the future of our welfare state
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Addressing the Food Crisis: Let’s Get Our Facts Straight
While a recent Guardian article get some facts correct about the current global food crisis, its solutions are slightly off the mark.
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End of Summer News Puts Nuclear Renaissance on Permanent Vacation
“There is no nuclear renaissance,” says writer Gregg Levine. With a new decision shutting down the construction of a nuclear reactor in Maryland, America needs start thinking beyond nuclear …
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In the Shadow of the DNC, Organizers Call for a Unionized South
Organized under the banner Southern Workers Assembly, the group seeks to begin a wide-scale effort to organize labor in the South.
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It Gets Better: The Day I Ran Away From Home
There's no way you can really imagine what it's like...to look back on your period of captivity, and to exhale the breath that you held as a child.