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Jim Hightower | Watch Out for Those Helpful Bankers
Big-time bankers are turning members of Congress into obedient stenographers.
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Does the NRA Want African-American Men to Stand Their Ground?
The NRA needs to announce a new program immediately, complete with a website that takes donations of both money and guns to give to young African-Americans.
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On the Cover of the Rolling Stone
William Rivers Pitt: There are far larger and more dangerous fish to fry right now than getting all worked up over who is on a magazine cover.
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Torturing Citizens Who Won’t Turn Snitch: A Letter from Pelican Bay
In a letter that illuminates the present hunger strike at Pelican Bay prison, an anonymous correspondent wrote Truthout contributor Victoria Law in 2011 about how California's Department of Corrections …
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Why Were Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman Held to Two Different Standards of Justice?
Even more interesting than this is that both in the actual Zimmerman trial and in the trial conducted in the American media, both Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman were …
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Rep. Holt to Introduce Bill to Repeal Patriot Act & 2008 FISA Act
While the rest of the country was celebrating our independence, House Dem. Rush Holt (NJ-12) was doing something about it — drafting legislation to repeal both the Patriot Act …
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Abortions, Guns and Your Safety
The North Carolina House has approved a proposal to regulate the operations of abortion clinics in the state. The bill, which the Republican-controlled House tacked onto a motorcycle safety …
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The Economist’s Question on Obama’s Promise of Open Government, “Is it naive to think Mr Obama really believed this stuff?” YES.
Houston, The Economist “Secret government: America against democracy,” is a compelling and scary analysis of secret government in America - a nation that has become a caricature of ithe …
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Beyond Case Justice: Reimagining Remedies for the 21st Century in the Wake of the Zimmerman Verdict
No matter how many times I live through moments like these, it never gets any easier. Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, John T. Williams, Henry Glover, Juan Herera, Amadou Diallo, …
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Why Do Americans Live Lives So Short?
While we look at the vital signs of our individual bodies, we fail to check society's and ignore how inequality is literally killing us.