Truthout
Op-Ed
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Internet for the Public Interest Needs Protection
Unless the FCC takes a stand, American consumers stand to lose their open access to the Internet, while providers will rake in even greater profits.
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Heads of Killing, Lying and Spying Under Fire at Senate Intelligence Hearing
In the midst of bipartisan bashing of Edward Snowden in a Senate intelligence hearing on January 29, some stood up for truth in the face of repeated lies and …
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Big Media Pumps Again for Mideast Wars
Forever pushing what they view as Israel's strategic needs, the neocons now are stoking fires of war against Iran and Syria by piling on old and new arguments.
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Sharing the Struggle: Three Ways Environmental and Economic Activism Overlap
The pursuit of economic justice IS the pursuit of environmental justice, says Kevin Mathews.
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Tipping the Scales of Inequality
Stagnating wages for tipped workers is part of a bigger story of rising inequality in America.
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Beyond Keystone XL: Eight Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change
Recent signs that Barack Obama may approve the Keystone XL pipeline have some environmentalists feeling down about the future of the climate. But huge and positive changes are quietly …
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SAC Billionaire Steven Cohen Can’t Make His Mommy’s Monkey Jump
Is SAC Capital Advisors' mega-billionaire boss Steven A. Cohen a financial genius or a crook? You be the judge.
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A Renewed Discourse on Inequality
Corporate personhood and the civil and criminal protections it affords exacerbate inequality and destroy principles.
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The Beatles on Sullivan: You Say You Want a Revolution?
In the sixties, the Beatles' lives and careers paralleled what was happening to baby boomers like me across the country.
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Afghanistan Is Coming Out of the Closet
My coming out launched a hurricane upon my landlocked country of origin.