Truthout
Op-Ed
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The Weak Economy and Deficit Reduction: Deniers and Terrorists
Dean Baker: Almost all the people in either political party who are taken seriously in the current budget debate can put into either the denier or terrorist camp.
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Millions Against Monsanto: Five Lessons From the Battle Against GMOs
Here are five strategic lessons from the ongoing battle against GMOs in the US - lessons that may be applicable to a broad range of political issues.
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Detroit Will be Democracy’s Decisive Battle
Detroit is the battleground chosen by Wall Street to crush the last vestiges of American democracy by creating u201cthe template for direct corporate rule.u201d
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Egypt’s Dark Tunnel
Events since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi have been ominous for democracy and for Egypt.
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Climate Deniers’ Strategy of Confusion
The fossil-fuel industry has invested billions of dollars in propaganda - funding phony ‘scientists’ and bankrolling politicians - to confuse the public about the threat from global warming.
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Richard Nixon Knew Family Planning Saves Taxpayer Dollars, but Today’s GOP Doesn’t Care
As the Affordable Care Act helps more Americans get health insurance, it's time to increase funding for Title X, because the need for family planning services is only going …
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Good Riddance to Good Government and Good Jobs?
Employers who pay low wages and provide low quality or no health insurance shift costs to the taxpayers in the forms of welfare, food supplements, health care and wage …
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Hubris Versus Wisdom
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President David Krieger warns, 'We can follow wisdom and live together as humans ... or we can ... perish together stuck in our apathy, our …
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Inside the Psyche of the 1%
The unsuccessful psychopath might go to jail for swindling dozens of people with home improvement scams while successful psychopaths might swindle millions with bank deals, get bailed out by …
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Are Those Companies’ Charitable Proceeds Actually Going to Charity?
While initially their goals might have been to prepare statements for annual reports about where all the company's charitable donations were going, marketing departments recognized that they also had, …