Truthout
Op-Ed
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The Other Side of Paradise
Paradise and the other side of paradise rarely meet.
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Wonderfully Deceptive Superfood Marketing
Pom Wonderful made such outlandish claims that the Federal Trade Commission stepped in and told them to cut it out.
Saudi-Iran Thaw Troubles the Neocons
Neocons and other hardliners are still fanning the flames of confrontation with Iran, but the recent thawing of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia is making the hawks' work …
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Returning Equality to the Campaign Finance Debate
In the years since Citizens United, campaign finance reform efforts have either been small ball (e.g. more disclosure) or shoot for the moon.
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Radical Art Is an Act of Uncompromising Passionate Resistance
To be a radical and revolutionary artist is to be defiant of any imposition of form or content by any economic system, artistic academy or political status quo.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Another Trade Liberalization Scam
The TPP has little to do with trade and everything to do with setting loose capital on a global scale.
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Better than Redistributing Income
Distributing income more equally from the start would avoid the insecurity, social divisiveness and wasted resources of income redistribution.
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Militarized Humanitarianism in Africa
As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what …
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The Tragedy of the Soma Mine Workers
At this point, the death toll in the Soma mining accident has already reached 245, with reports of another 100 workers remaining in the mine, yet unreached.
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Eco-Branding the White House on the Eve of Climate Doom
In this grand battle of the titans, Capitalism vs. the Environment, weu2019re in the last round, with the Environment down for the count but still moving.