Truthout
Op-Ed
The Truth About Climate Change
In what will come as a surprise to almost no one, 2012 was another record year for the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the World …
Veterans’ Day, 2013: To My Comrades in Arms, Past and Present
I was decorated enough times to have made a difference in an Air Force career should I have stayed active. But unfortunately, my u201cwaru201d experiences only gave me a …
French Students Protest to Support Undocumented Families
We marched for an hour and a half, taking up all lanes of a huge boulevard while hundreds of cops in riot gear followed behind, receiving occasional middle finger …
The Age of Agency: Seventeen Years…..Starting Now
A looming problem becomes urgent before it becomes inevitable. That line, not so thin after all, is where we still stand now.
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The Super Rich Reinvent US Capitalism
Democrats and Republicans alike insist that the U.S. is broke, all the while conveniently ignoring the mountains of tax-free wealth piling up in the pockets of the super rich.
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Student Debt Is Crushing the Economic Future of the Young
If a bad job market wasnu2019t damaging enough, the cost of paying off student loans does much more harm to the long-term prospects of young people than is commonly …
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Veterans Day 95 Years On: The Enduring Folly of the Battle of the Somme
In a country that uses every possible occasion to celebrate its u201cwarriors,u201d many have forgotten that todayu2019s holiday originally marked a peace agreement.
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Are You on Middle Class Standard Time?
Middle Class Standard Time (MST) often results in rushed, over-packed workshops, conferences and meetings that leave participants little breathing room to digest concepts, to say nothing of social time.
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Ten Things Traditional Christians Got Terribly Wrong
Although progressive Christians have been at the forefront of social justice, conservative Christians are often on the wrong side of history.
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Jim Hightower: Five Million Missing American Workers
We need a national ‘milk carton’ campaign to spread awareness of these lost workers.