Truthout
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Obama’s Aversion to Income Inequality Doesn’t Extend to TPP
President Obama touted his fight against income inequality, but his administration is fast-tracking a trade agreement predicted to cut pay for 90 percent of American workers.
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The Crime of the Century
How much does humanity have to suffer before it learns that having healthy children in a healthy environment is the greatest of all riches, asks Peter G. Cohen
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Elizabeth Warren: “It Hurts… It Just Makes Me Madder Than Hell“
"Sen. Warren gave an incredibly powerful and passionate speech, focused on the progressive movement and helping middle and low income Americans who are getting squeezed economically by the powers …
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Advice to Plutocrat Perkins: Time to Shut Up!
Venture capitalist Tom Perkins went on Bloomberg TV to apologize for using the word “Kristallnacht.”
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Scarlett Johansson, There’s a Line Between Israel and Palestine, and SodaStream Is Over the Line
Oxfam dumped actor Scarlett Johansson as its
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Time for Big Oil to Pay for Its Pollution
The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't pay to clean up its own waste.
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For Pete Seeger and His Family
Pete Seeger's voice will remain in the hearts of the millions who have heard him.
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11 Million Americans Can Save the Climate
A vigorous US citizen movement can force Congress to pass strong climate laws. Then, the rest of the world will fall in line.
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My Homage to Martin Luther King Jr.
“It took me a while to discover that Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the wisest humans that lived among us in the modern world.”
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Corporate Chemical Spills
This is what the “free market” gets you: water that smells like licorice, but you can't drink, cook or wash your hands with it.