Truthout
Op-Ed
It’s Not War, So Stop Saying That
William Rivers Pitt examines the doublespeak coming out of Washington on Syria.
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Work Is Undervalued in Society’s Obsession With “Stuff“
While the media is packed with material about consumer rights, there is seldom mention of workers' rights.
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Should Hurricane James Inhofe Hit the East Coast?
We should start naming hurricanes and tropical storms after the politicians that deny climate science, and the millionaires and billionaires that are funding all of the climate-change denying non-sense.
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Recognizing ALL Our Laborers
September 2 was Labor Day. And clearly, there is no better way to celebrate workers is to require them to endure long, stressful shifts while the rest of us …
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National Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Open Up Scholarship Monies to DREAM Students
As peoples who take the education of our communities seriously, and who have been past recipients and/or seen the NHSF support many students, we are hereby petitioning you to …
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The Four Catastrophes
The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington has seen reflections and conversations about the nation's progress toward achieving Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of the …
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Obama’s Failed Hope and Change: “Forget the Politicians. They are Irrelevant”
The American Dream, it seems to me, is not even slightly ill. It's escaped, soared away into the sky like an eagle, so not even a great puffy Bicentennial …
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Cruise Missile Law Enforcement
Obama's actions in regard to Syria reflects the same lawlessness with which he directs his drone program.
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Fresh Hell When Congress Returns
Dave Johnson takes a look at the latest excuses for why Congress remains in a hopeless deadlock.
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Obama’s Political Capital and the Slippery Slope of Syria
“Time and again we have seen domestic agendas succumb to military adventures abroad — both because the military-industrial-congressional complex drains money that might otherwise be used for domestic goals,” …