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Waging War on Valentine’s Day
How can we rescue radical love from cardboard expression and use it to “restore the humanity” of our oppressors?
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Paul Krugman | Redefining the Middle Class
One of the odd things about the United States has long been the immense range of people who consider themselves to be middle class - and are deluding themselves.
John Pilger | “Good” and “Bad” War – and the Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
By 2020, China will be ringed by US missiles and nuclear weapons-armed aircraft, increasing tension. Will this history be forgotten, as was the US empire's expansion into Korea after …
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Stop Burning Out the Activists
The old funding model for nonprofits burns out the people, drives out the ideas and leads to vested-interest control, says longtime activist Bill Shireman.
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Why Are GOP Politicians and Anti-Union Groups Interfering With the VW Vote?
Why are Republican politicians in Tennessee and a host of outside interests interfering in union voting by Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga?
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Dahr Jamail Joins Truthout as Staff Reporter
Dahr has remained a vital independent voice amid an overwhelmingly corporatized journalistic landscape.
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Break Out of the Illusion: Pushing for Genuine Democratic Reform in Thailand (Part I)
If you want to break through the Matrix, this illusion of democracy, then we need a fair and transparent electoral system devoid of interference and violence.
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The Gravitational Pull of Planet Carbon: Three Signs of Retreat in the Global War on Climate Change
A series of recent developments highlight the way we are losing ground in the epic struggle to slow global warming.
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Paul Krugman | Troubles in Turkey
Who was paying attention to Turkey? Some people were, of course, because that was their job.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Poisoner’s Reckoning
Patriot Coal...Freedom Industries...I am sensing a pattern here. Are you?