Truthout
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Paul Ryan and the GOP’s New “Dog Whistle Politics“
A New York Times analysis found that Obama won 46 percent of whites without a college degree who earned between $30,000 and $75,000 a year.
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An American Journey Across Expendable Communities and People
In a journey across expendable communities and people u2013 the collateral damage created by an elite oligarchical and political class u2013 Chris Hedges, along with illustrator Joe Sacco, trenchantly …
Democracy, From the Ground Up
Is it possible to have national Democracy with a Big D if you do not have real local democracy with a small d, at the level where people live, …
A Community on Overdose
During the two years Joe Sacco and I reported from the poorest pockets of the United States, areas that have been sacrificed before the altar of unfettered and unregulated …
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How Author Malcolm Gladwell Shilled for the Health Care Lobby … and Got Away With It
Gladwell has carried water for the health insurance companies in his articles, while getting paid for numerous speaking engagements to the industry.
Changing Wealth Ownership to Reduce Inequality
New proposals to broaden the ownership of wealth are increasingly commonplace - and given the growing discontent, appear all but certain to continue to grow in number and refinement.
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“A Totally Moral Man”: The Life of Nonviolent Organizer Rev. James Lawson
Memphis segregationists feared the civil rights leader for the most interesting of reasons - a moral man can't be corrupted or hustled.
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Classified Life: Sibel Edmonds’ Story
Sibel Edmonds is a former language specialist for the FBI, where she reported serious acts of security breaches and cover-ups - for which she was retaliated against and ultimately …
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Meet Four Fictional Veterans the Whole Country Can Learn From
What if the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion were veterans lost on the yellow brick road home from war?
Drifting Away From Our Ideals
The old assumption that the United States would move inevitably in the direction of ever greater equality now appears strange, even unreal.