Truthout
Op-Ed
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Unjust Justice
Lewis Gordon looks at how race is an undeniable factor in George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
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President Carter Says America Has No Functioning Democracy
The US is often accused of nation-building and exporting democracy, yet how can that be if we have no real democracy to export?
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Electronic Medical Records: Friend or Foe?
‘Since our hospital adopted a new computerized record system, we nurses have been struggling to keep our focus on what was once considered nursing.’
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The End of Obamacare? Think Again
Despite its serious flaws, Obamacare has benefits, some intended and others not.
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ALEC and the NRA Have Blood on Their Hands
Trayvon Martin's isn't the only blood on the ALEC's or the NRA's hands.
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Grasping for Dignity in the Era of the American Police State
Strip searches have become routine operating procedures in which everyone is rendered a suspect and, as such, is subjected to treatment once reserved for only the most serious of …
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How the System Worked: The US v. Trayvon Martin
The point is that justice was always going to elude Trayvon Martin, not because the system failed, but because it worked.
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The Crisis of Finance Capitalism and the Exhaustion of Neoliberalism
In the five years since the Global Financial Crisis, no policies have been developed to effectively ensure against another systemic failure of banking and insurance systems.
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McDonald’s Accidentally Served Up a Minimum Wage “McManifesto“
Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald’s new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with “let them eat cake” insouciance. “Every …