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Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History
Washington - The Barack Obama administration's new interest in the 2004 religious verdict, or “fatwa”, by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banning the possession of nuclear weapons, long …
The Bully Politics of Education Reform
America is a bully nation. America is the embodiment of might-makes-right. When another country (USSR) invades Afghanistan, America is filled with righteous indignation, but when America invades Afghanistan, well, …
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The Botox of Late-Stage Capitalism
As America’s Great Middle Class crumbles, the Rich are again grasping for every possible regulatory rollback and tax cut, all the better to fund some final bacchanal of late-stage …
Dozens Killed in Wave of Attacks Across Iraq
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Baghdad - A string of deadly explosions and other attacks shook Iraq on Thursday, with …
Recovered Economic History: “Everyone but an Idiot Knows That the Lower Classes Must Be Kept Poor, or They Will Never Be Industrious“
“…everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious.” —Arthur Young; 1771 Our popular economic wisdom says that capitalism …
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Some Relationship Counseling for Feminism and the Left
(Photo: Mike Atherton / Flickr) Marriage is the only form of deep connection our society enthusiastically endorses. People seek marriages for the same reason they are so hard to …
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part III: The Payoff
In this third installment of our series, we will go back and find out where their fellow government protagonists went after shamelessly helping KBR to the detriment of the …
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Bipartisan Political Elite Implicated in For-Profit Education Fraud
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on November 29, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times)Like subprime mortgages, for-profit colleges …
Rich Countries Seek to Block UN From Working on Global Finance Reforms
An important fight between rich countries and developing countries over the question of UN involvement in researching and advocating for a new global financial architecture has spilled into the …
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The Transformation of Ben Bernanke
I've been rereading Larry Ball's impressive and disturbing what-happened-to-Ben-Bernanke analysis — an analysis that, I happen to know, has caused much consternation in some circles. ("Surely it can't be …