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The Mad Genius of Donald Trump
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC (Photo: Gage Skidmore) I spent this past weekend visiting family and friends in the wilds of western Pennsylvania, …
Israel, Extraordinary Rendition and the Strange Case of Dirar Abu Sisi
On a cold Ukrainian winter night in mid-February 2011, a Gaza civil engineer named Dirar Abu Sisi was lying in bed in a railroad sleeper car traveling to Kiev …
How You Can Have a Billion-Dollar Income in America and Pay No Taxes
When I was growing up, people joked about how much they hated taxes, but they paid them, and we had a solid middle-class society. Real wages rose from WWII …
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Yet Another Poll Shows… Plutocracy Stupid, Democracy Smart
Yet another poll is out, showing that the public wants taxes raised on the rich and on Wall Street and the giant multi-national corporations, and does not want cuts …
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Barbara Boxer Is New Senate Champion Against Afghan War
If you've ever spent quality time trying to move an agenda through Congress, you know that moving an agenda isn't just about lobbying individual members. You need a “champion” …
‘In a Better World’ and the Lessons of Hollywood
Films that win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film range from deserving works by masters like Fellini (Amarcord), Truffaut (Day for Night), and Bergman (Fanny and Alexander) …
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S&P’s Judgment on US Debt Is Substandard and Poor
(Photo: Okko Pyykkö; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) On 18 April, Standard & Poor's (S&P), one of three “credit-rating companies” that control that sector of the financial …
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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 …