Truthout
Op-Ed
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No Hate, No Fear: The State of Black Music in the US
Black music sounds the way it does because musicians are not at the table trying to make 21st century music. Musicians need to stop hating and get busy creating …
The Language of Expulsion
Whether the long-term unemployed in the global North or the long-term displaced in the global South, people are being expelled from economy, society and nation in increasing numbers.
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Australia Threatens to Jail Citizens Who Embarrass Repressive Governments
There is nothing like a free press in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, so it's unlikely journalists there will report on a multimillion-dollar corruption case involving senior officials. But why …
The “Washington Post” Fails in Gaza
This is the way the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been presented - the Israelis are real people whom you can see and know, as individual stories, versus an amorphous …
Clean, Green and Hypocritical
What does it mean when clean, green and safe are nothing more than words to paint a politician as good for the people when, in reality, their actions are …
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An Inquiry Into the 9/11 Commission’s 10th Anniversary Report: How to Read a Government Commission Report
The September 11th Commission's 10th anniversary reprise is a jumble of circular argumentation, faulty reasoning and naive gullibility about the claims of senior officials.
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Is Freeing Minks Terrorism? Questions We Should Be Asking Ourselves
Tyler Lang and Kevin Olliff's terrorism indictment for allegedly releasing caged minks and foxes suggest “ag-gag” laws are not about animal rights.
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The Empire Economy Does Not Serve the Economy or People
As the lifecycle of empire wanes, rather than being a benefit to the home country, sustaining empire becomes more expensive than it is worth.
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Education on the Killing Floor
Everything today is measured in instrumental terms, in the authority of technological expertise.
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Paul Ryan Does Christmas in July
Once you get past the feel-good bipartisan hype, the truth is that this year's Paul Ryan excrescence in the form of his poverty plan is only a slight variation …