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How the 1 Percent Can Camp Out With the 99 Percent
Perhaps you're part of Wall Street's richest 1 percent, yet, deep in the deepest part of your hedge-fund heart, you secretly support the “We Are the 99 Percent” people. …
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The Age of Thirst in the American West
Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records …
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Sarkozy and Merkel Push for Changes to Europe Treaty
Paris - The two primary leaders of the euro zone, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, issued their first joint call on Monday for …
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Where Were You When They Crucified My Movement?
The Occupy movement is the force that will revitalize traditional Christianity in the United States or signal its moral, social and political irrelevance. The mainstream church, battered by declining …
“I Know How to Beat Republicans”: Interview With Former GOP Staffer Mike Lofgren
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Retired Republican House and Senate staffer Mike Lofgren spoke with Truthout in Washington, DC, this fall. Lofgren's first commentary for Truthout, "Goodbye …
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Washington Post Helps Senator Corker Spread the Big Lie on Fannie and Freddie
When a newspaper abandons journalistic standards in its news pages one hardly expects to find much commitment to truth on its opinion pages. Therefore it is not surprising that …
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The Failure of Corporate School Reform: Toward a New Common School Movement
(Photo: SayHolaToTravis) In the United States, a corporate model of schooling has overtaken educational policy, practice, curriculum and nearly all aspects of educational reform.
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As Iraq and Afghan Wars End, Costs Mount on Pace to Exceed Vietnam
Washington — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be winding down, but the long-term costs of caring for those wounded in battle is on path to rival the …
Jim Crow 2.0: Disenfranchised by Design
Supporters of Troy Davis react after learning the U.S. Supreme Court declined to reconsider his execution in Jackson, Ga., Sept. 21, 2011. Davis was executed at 11:08 p.m., after …
Social Movements vs. “Social Movements”: Comparing Occupy and the Tea Party
(Image: Monthly Review) There are some very small similarities between Occupy and the Tea Party. Whereas Tea Partiers share a very general (albeit misdirected) rage against the …