Truthout
Op-Ed
The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions
Quick! Name the state that's been ground zero for all issues ultra-conservative. It's not Texas or Arizona...
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Iraq and Detroit: Both Plundered by the Same Bandits
Very powerful people in boardrooms and government offices made decisions that devastated Detroit and now sneer at pleas for mercy.
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Deep Divisions Cloud Obama’s Legacy
If the point of being president is to do things with lasting effect, Mr. Obama has delivered. So why the bashing?
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The Boehner Lawsuit: The Caucus Room Conspiracy Continues
Any lawsuit that Speaker Boehner brings against the president will just be part of these same old dirty Republican tactics.
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An Innovation Lesson From Germany: Less Disruption, More Quality
Paul Krugman: Maybe we need to do less disruption and instead put more effort into doing whatever we do well.
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Shredding the Fourth Amendment in the Post-Constitutional US: Four Ways It No Longer Applies
In Post-Constitutional America, the government might as well have taken scissors to the original copy of the Constitution stored in the National Archives, then crumpled up the Fourth Amendment …
Bill Moyers: The Folly of Attacking Iraq
Should we really be listening to Washington's “armchair warriors” who were wrong before, during and after the Iraq war - and never admitted their wrongdoing? Bill has some ideas.
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The Next Steps for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
The new carbon-cutting standard gives every state the opportunity to chart its own energy future.
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The Compelling Conclusion About Capitalism That Piketty Resists
The excesses of capitalism are not simply a question of bad management and a political unwillingness to properly regulate it by imposing the right sort of checks and balances, …
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Hate Summer? Just Wait Until Global Warming Really Kicks In
If you think summer is unbearable now, just wait until the end of the century.