Truthout
Op-Ed
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Why the Olympics Are a Lot Like “The Hunger Games“
As a luge competitor at the 2006 Winter Games, Samantha Retrosi saw the dehumanization and corporate domination behind the Olympic ideal.
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A Declaration of the End of the Reagan Era
It's 2014, Barack Obama is president, Ronald Reagan is dead, but for 33 years we have continued to live in an era of Reaganomics.
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Richard Sherman’s GPA and “Thug” Label: The Codes That Blind
While media hype certainly plays a role in the lingering focus on Sherman after the on-field interview, the responses offer important moments to consider.
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The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’: Hollywood Shuns Asians, While New Media Embraces Them
Racist parodies of Asians somehow remain okay and acceptable in the imaginations of producers and writers.
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The Keystone XL Pipeline’s “Accidental Activists“
TransCanada drew its line in the red dirt. And Crawford has drawn hers. Win or lose, a powerful force has awoken in Texas.
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The Five Things We Want to Hear in President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
President Barack Obama will give his annual State of the Union address to the American people next week. But what is the state of our union?
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Should Syria’s Future Be Decided by Men With Guns?
The estimated 100,000 killed so far includes not just men, but thousands of women and children.
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President Obama’s Inequality Story
Dean Baker: An increase in the minimum wage is an important goal with substantial benefits but it should not be confused with an inequality agenda.
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Obama’s NSA Speech Makes Orwellian Surveillance Patriotic
Michael Ratner: President Obama's assertion that our nation was formed as a result of a heroic history of surveillance is a misleading scare tactic.
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SOTU 2014: The Cognitive Power of the President
President Obama could right a slew of wrongs using his cognitive and executive powers, says George Lakoff, and he has a list in mind he hopes to hear about …