Truthout
Op-Ed
Iraqis Are Not “Abstractions“
As our policymakers plan next steps in Iraq, let us do all we can to prevent the Iraqi people from remaining “something of an abstraction.”
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White Blindness and Smiley Faces
Society has been trained to believe the surface is the entirety of life.
Sectarian Monster Reawakened: Redrawing the Map of Iraq, Again
“Labeiki ya Zaynab,” chanted Iraqi Shia fighters as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for …
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How Did “Don’t Mess with the Money” Become the NSA’s Motto?
In one corner of America, we need lots more snooping.
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Guns, Denial and Insanity
Gun violence is surely senseless, but so is our response to it.
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San Francisco’s Youth and LGBTQ Homeless Left with No Answer
What do we teach our youth when we make no effective effort to see that homeless youth are housed?
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Who is Watching the Watchers?
There needs to be a national conversation about an emerging police state, and who is watching the watchers.
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Soccer Is Democratic. The World Cup Is Oligarchy
Thousands of poor Brazilians were evicted from their homes to build multimillion-dollar World Cup stadiums that may never be used again. Now Brazilians are fighting back.
Accountability for the War in Iraq
The current level of violence in Iraq has a single root: the destabilizing act in 2003 of illegally invading and then occupying Iraq ordered by the George W. Bush …
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Dear Defense Contractor CEOs: Why Is the Pentagon Buying Weapons With Chinese Parts Instead of US Parts?
The National Rare Earth Cooperative Act would begin to address Pentagon dependence on Chinese components for US defense material: so why don't defense officials and contractors back it?