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This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches Rather Than Parades
Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a …
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We Need to Get Active to Recover the Economy and Middle Class
They've got the money but we’ve got the numbers. The billionaires and the giant corporations are making a greed-grab for what's left of our standard of living, even our …
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Verizon Strike Has Big Lessons for US Economy
From Massachusetts to Virginia, Verizon employees went on a strike for two weeks, which began August 7. (Photo: Communication Workers of America) The 45,000 CWA and …
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It’s August. Do You Know Where Your Vacation Is?
(Photo: Caitlinator) Lolling on the beach or in your backyard or by a mountain brook ... many Americans can only dream of taking time off, while our …
Global Land Grab
Farmer Surinder Singh Chawla checks on the wheat in his fields in Punjab, India, in April of 2008. (Photo: Ruth Fremson / The New York Times) A …
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Martin Luther King’s Vision of Justice
Washington - As the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a stirring new memorial on the National Mall, let's not obscure one of his most important …
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Rights Commission Rebukes US on Domestic Violence
Washington - In a groundbreaking decision that affirms domestic violence as an international human rights issue, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the US should …
A Tale of Two Indias: Twenty Years of Liberalization
Simi Mehra moved to India two years ago, when her husband’s Chicago-based firm collapsed in the wake of the financial crisis. But Mehra isn’t sorry. Arun landed a well-paying …
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New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide
(Image: JR / Truthout; Adapted: Peter Blanchard, Wikileaks) Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the …
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Who – and What – Are Behind the “Official History” of the Bin Laden Raid?
The establishment media just keep getting worse. They’re further and further from good, tough investigative journalism, and more prone to be pawns in complicated games that affect the public …