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How JP Morgan Chase Has Made the Case for Breaking Up the Big Banks and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall
Support Truthout’s work by making a tax-deductible donation: click here to contribute. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation’s largest bank, whose chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has led Wall …
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Coddling the Ten Percent
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers …
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Persecution Is Not a Right
“War is peace,” "freedom is slavery," “ignorance is strength.” Thanks to the religious right, we can update these examples from “1984's” doublespeak to include the idea in 2012 that …
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A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College
Click here to support news free of corporate influence by donating to Truthout. Ada, Ohio - Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her …
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Will Democrats Embrace “Austerity American Style”? Crash This Party and Find Out
Heard about the meeting that's being held to decide your economic future? If the answer's “no,” don't feel bad: That's because you weren't invited. But Tim Geithner was. So …
Who Is the Brick Thrower?
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. The brick-throwing man whose projectiles hit two protesters at the Occupy San Francisco takeover of …
CUNY Students Protest Tuition Increases Today for Tomorrow’s Students
They also demanded that all charges be dropped against students with charges pending from peaceable protests.
Romney the Bully
Last week, I was invited to speak to 40 high school freshman about human rights. When we discussed the right to be free from torture, I asked the students …
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Why the Occupy Movement Frightens the Corporate Elite
This is why the Occupy movement frightens the corporate elite. What fosters revolution is not misery, but the gap between what people expect from their lives and what is …
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Mission Impossible: Finding a Minivan Made in America by Union Workers
All cars, vans and trucks from GM, Ford and Chrysler are US- and union-made; not so for the minivan.