Truthout
Op-Ed
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Phony Justice in a Phony War
An FBI interrogation of a member of the defense team for one of the accused at Guantanamo is another blow to the integrity of a military commission.
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Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling, and the Reality of Racism
It would be easy to attack the offensive comments made by Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling over the past few days, but their comments reflect a dominant train of …
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Senate to Obama: Drone, Baby, Drone
Five years of Obama drone strikes, at least 2,500 people in their graves, and none of the transparency promised has materialized.
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Six Reasons Why Obama’s Clemency Program for Drug Offenders Doesn’t Change Mass Incarceration One Bit
The Obama administration is talking up the possibility of using presidential clemency powers to release some prisoners, but this is not the beginning of a rollback of America's prison …
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Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Channels Slave Imagery, Says Detroit Needs ‘Permanent Overseer’
Of all the things they've endured, Detroit residents can now add grotesque racial insensivity from a newspaper editor to their list.
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Fast Food Pulls a Fast One
The vast profits this industry pulls in are lining the pockets of its CEOs while many of those who work in the kitchens and behind the counters are struggling …
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Bundy’s Friends Have Become the Kochs’ Useful Idiots
Militia groups think they're protecting a humble rancher from a government land grab, but they're actually helping a few robber barons make a land grab of their own.
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The Stealthy, Ugly Growth of Corporatized Medicine
Obamacare needs to be recognized as a big step forward in a process that was already well underway, which is to convert the practice of medicine from a patient-oriented …
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The Racists Among Us
Let's not pretend that deadbeat rancher Cliven Bundy and basketball team owner Donald Sterling are the last two racists in America. They have company.
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10-10-10
Any progressive candidate for president in 2016 should be calling for a 10-10-10 plan: 10 paid sick days, 10 paid holidays and 10 paid vacation days for all workers.