Truthout
Op-Ed
United We Stand and Shout and Dance and Make it Better
The Constitution was not intended to give rights to corporations or to equate bribery with the protected act of free speech.
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Hewn in Veins of Blood: Divine Law, Nationalism, and the Hierarchy of Oppression
The question of so-called “illegals,” or undocumented immigrants, is most often settled without ever questioning the purpose of those laws.
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Botched or Normal? Pathologies of Violence in the Killing State
The appearance of a cruelty-free execution has always been just that: a carefully-crafted appearance.
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Deal Book Embraces Unintentional Self-Parody
The substance of piece is reporting that Steve Jobs “was a walking antitrust violation.” Stewart focuses on the cartel Jobs formed with other giant firms to fix (and …
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War Makes Us Poorer
Over two thousand years after Sun Tzu lived, the nature of war has not changed. War still impoverishes most people today.
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The Impossible Playwright
Theatre is about space. It is also about history, in the sense of both memory and historical learning.
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Chris Hedges | Capitalism, Not Government Is the Problem
Our corporate masters have set in place laws that, when we rise up, will permit the state to herd us like sheep into military detention camps. Section 1021(b)(2) of …
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The New York Times Turns Paul Krugman Into His Opposite
By hosting columnists like Paul Krugman, the New York Times has helped to inform millions of readers on how the economy works. However its writers and editors are subject …
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The World Has Nothing to Fear From the US Losing Power
As China looks set to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, a multipolar world can only be good for democracy.
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Ecuador’s Digital Agenda: Bridging the Digital Divide and Laying the Foundations for a Knowledge Economy
Certain sectors of the Ecuadoran government would like to become less dependent on natural resource extraction and instead create a digital- and knowledge-based economy.