Truthout
Op-Ed
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C’mon America … Let’s Keep the Lights On
Mass power outages are becoming more frequent and they're a sign of this nation's aging electrical infrastructure, which is stuck in the 19th century.
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WhatsApp? Readers and Writers in a Post-Truth World
High-speed internet response, millions of Google responses to our searches, a growing number of colorful Apps on our phones and an amazing computer memory capacity may support buying and …
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Did Texas Really Experience an Economic Miracle?
What about the more general miracle of free-market capitalism? It exists only in the eyes of the beholder.
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Wall Street Bonuses vs. the Minimum Wage
Raising the minimum wage would give our economy much more bang for the buck than we get from the financial industry's yearly windfalls.
Accounting for a Decade of Global War
The United States' compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights includes violations that must be sanctioned.
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Education in the Name of Social Transformation: Teaching Workers
Michael Yates discusses the importance of not just organizing workers, but teaching radical ideas.
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It’s Time to End All Drug Testing
As the reality of legalized marijuana inches closer and closer every day, more and more Americans are rethinking our society's attitude towards drugs.
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A Modern Mode of Punishment
Solitary confinement is torture - and it's not benefitting anyone in society. So, why does it continue to be used?
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The Culling of the American Herd
A Harvard/CUNY report that predicted as many as 17,000 Americans may die as a result of some states refusing to expand their Medicaid programs under Obamacare has received little …
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Masters of the Universe, Superstars of Wall Street
Has Harvard economist Greg Mankiw been living in a cave since 2006?