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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.
Why is the Failed Monti a “Technocrat” and the Successful Correa a “Left-Leaning Economist”?
A New York Time's profile of national leaders like Italyu2019s Mario Monti and Ecuadoru2019s Rafael Correa reveal the right wing rhetoric of this financial views.
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The Terrible Cost of Not Fixing the Filibuster Sooner
Senate Democrats didnu2019t take on the filibuster head-on, so now obstruction is the expected norm.
Is Education a Human Right or a Privilege for the Wealthy?
How the commodification of education is creating debt slaves, and what we can do about it.