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Catching Up With the Crazy
Coming home, in retrospect, may have been an egregious tactical error on my part.
Schools and the Pedagogy of Punishment
Students are being miseducated, criminalized and arrested through a form of penal pedagogy in lockdown schools that resemble prisons
Republicans Are Irrelevant to Health Care Reform
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) voted for the weakest of the five health care bills passed by Congressional committees. Big deal. If the bill that goes to the Senate …
White House “Ordered” Lawmakers to Amend FOIA in Order to Conceal Torture Photos
The Obama administration will likely drop its Supreme Court petition challenging the release of photographs showing US soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan now that lawmakers are set …
Calderón Tries to Turn Out the Lights on Mexico’s Unions
Every Monday morning for the last 23 years, Ernesto arrived at Luz y Fuerza del Centro, Mexico City's power and light company, ready to work. This Monday, however, he …
A War of Absurdity
Every once in a while, a statistic just jumps out at you in a way that makes everything else you hear on a subject seem beside the point, if …
Truthout Interview With Ralph Nader: “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us”
Nader may be accused of being a “spoiler,” but he's also a true believer.
Youth Beyond the Politics of Hope
The conditions produced by the financial crisis have resulted in the foreclosure of not only millions of family homes, but also the future of young people.
Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes
The Obama administration has sought to conceal information in several high-profile court cases in an effort that civil libertarians say amounts to covering up crimes committed by the Bush …
Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …