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Why Do Soldiers Rape?
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Why do some men assume they are entitled to sex in any way they can get it - incest, date rape, marriage …
Constitutional Amendment Not Needed: Congress Already Has a Remedy
The US Capitol Building. (Photo: ttarasiuk) Although the Constitution already includes a remedy, certain elected officials and public interest organizations are advocating for a constitutional amendment to …
Occupy the Congress: Do You Smell a Rat?
I found myself in a Potomac, Maryland, mansion, smack in the middle of an actual 1 percent get-together over drinks and nosherai, talking to a guy whose “small operation” …
Close the Guantánamo Gulag
A guard tower at Camp Delta, part of the prison facility at the US Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 23, 2008. (Photo: Fred R. Conrad / …
In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more …
Will US Lack of Imagination Lead to Nuclear Nightmare?
Titan II ICBM nuclear missile site located in Sahuarita, Arizona. (Photo: Jonathan McIntosh) In the aftermath of the cold war, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has …
The Problem With Citizens United Is Not Corporate Personhood
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Florida Rep. Ted Deutch introduced a constitutional amendment in December to overturn Citizens United, one of five …
Turning America Into Pottersville
For many years, it appeared that the Right wanted to take the United States back to the 1950s – when blacks “knew their place,” women were “in the kitchen” …
Time Is on Our Side: The Survival of Social Security
As we approach budget time we can look forward to another burst of handwringing by the Washington elites, who will once again tell us about the need to cut …
The Foreclosure Crisis: A Government in Denial
As we start the New Year, the executive branch and Congress continue to pretend the gravest risk to our economy and social stability does not exist: the ongoing foreclosure …