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The Cure for Plutocracy: Strike!
How do you get politicians living off legalized bribery to criminalize bribery? How do you persuade the corporate media to report on the interests of flesh-and-blood, non-corporate people? How …
Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: mtsofan, FlyingSinger) The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular …
Seventy Years After General Strike, Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for Justice
A daycare worker comforts one of the children she cares for in Santa Rosa. Daycare workers are trying to form unions in many parts of the US. (Photo: David …
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Fukushima Residents Seek Answers Amid Mixed Signals From Media, TEPCO and Government
Mistrust of the media has surged among the people of Fukushima Prefecture. In part this is due to reports filed by mainstream journalists who are unwilling to visit the …
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On Civil War’s Battlefields, a Victory for Modern America
Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrenders to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.(CREDIT: Library of Congress) …
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Life in Louisiana, and on Earth, Struggles to Survive
On this anniversary of the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, attention here in south Louisiana is focused on the consequences of that traumatic event. As the Deepwater …
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Curbing Medicare Costs Without Vouchers
About 10 years ago, a new radiation treatment for prostate cancer came on line. A single course of “intensity-modulated radiation therapy” cost Medicare about $42,000. The older radiation therapy …
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Invitation to Israeli Leader Puts Obama on the Spot
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister and leader of the Likud Party, Israel, at the World Economic Forum annual meeting 2009 in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2009. (Photo: Remy …
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GOP Begins New Push to Delay EPA Rules on Toxic Power Plant Emissions
Under pressure from industry, Congressional Republicans are urging the US EPA to further delay long-overdue rules that would limit more than 80 air toxics emitted by coal-burning power plants, …
Pressure Mounts on Khimki Developers
Russian activists have held off construction of a major highway through an old growth forest outside of Moscow much longer than most would have imagined. What began as a …