Truthout
Op-Ed
|
The Importance of Admitting Error
You will be wrong sometimes, and need to do your best to figure out why. What you should never ever do, of course, is make excuses, or pretend that …
|
Lyndon Johnson on Civil Rights – Where Are We Now?
Despite all the progress made in the past fifty years since the Civil Rights Act, we still have a very long way to go.
|
Cheney’s Campaign for Iraq War 3: Shaping the Narrative
With his latest media blitz, Dick Cheney hopes to preserve and solidify the “war on terror” as the dominant narrative presented to Americans as an explanation of US foreign …
|
Sixty Five Million Left Out of July 4 Celebration
While some of these sixty five million people may eat hot dogs and watch fireworks, they are left out of the July 4 promise of life, liberty and the …
|
Slow Rites, Fast Wrongs
A funeral in Prato Italy for Chinese immigrant workers over 200 days after their deaths in factory fire illustrates how the quest for high profits and low-cost goods drives …
|
The Emperor of Ice Cream
The neoliberal remedy: Ice cream sandwiches and circuses on steroids, located, as ever, in a billion-dollar stadium smack in the middle of a teeming slum.
|
Why Harris and Hobby Lobby Spell Disaster for Working Women
Retail sales and home healthcare work are two of the three fastest-growing jobs in this country. That's an important consideration when looking at the Supreme Court's Harris and Hobby …
|
A Climate of Extra Credit
Like the United States, Brazil has a long way to go with its response to global warming.
|
One Party Is United, the Other, Divided
The Democratic coalition isn't fragile, while the Republican coalition is.
|
Guys With Guns
The US government should be making it more difficult to sell weapons - at home as well as abroad.