Truthout
Op-Ed
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Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq
The Obama administration thinks it has already invested too much military, financial, and diplomatic capital into the Syrian conflict to turn back, and each step forward brings the US …
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Are the Armed Forces a Rape Culture?
The problem of unreported and unprosecuted sexual assaults in the military is notorious.
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Whistleblowing 2.0: From the Pentagon Papers to Bradley Manning to PRISM
Being a whistleblower often comes with harsh consequences, yet what is even more dangerous is a society whose citizens are afraid to speak truth to power.
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Time to Update the Union Handbook on “Just Cause“
Unions should update their training materials to present a more accurate description of the accepted elements of just cause.
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Close to Combustion: Syrian Conflict Inflames Regional Refugee Crisis
Syria's neighboring countries are increasingly running out of resources to care for the masses of refugees.
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Canadians Pay Taxes for Universal Health Care, and Now They’re Richer Than Us
Canada's tax-financed health care system covers everybody, gets better results, costs about two-thirds of what ours does and is far more popular than ours with both their public and …
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Iran’s “Paradox” of a Fair Election
Four years ago, the US news media pronounced Iran's elections a fraud despite no hard evidence, and predicted a similar outcome again this year.
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Where Uncle Sam Ought to Be Snooping
Sam Pizzigati: Let's place private corporations with government contracts under surveillance - to make sure no one is getting rich off our tax dollars.
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With Little Fanfare, US Prepared to Execute First Woman in Three Years
Kimberly McCarthy's impending execution suggests that women are not anomalies in American capital punishment, and new research shows they're not anomalies in committing violent crime either. In Lancaster, Texas, …
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Sister of 9/11 Victim Goes to Yemen to Oppose the Creation of More Victims
“You don't solve mistakes, with more mistakes! As a government, the U.S. must follow the law. Be legal!” pleads the brother-in-law of Hayeel Aziz Al-Mithali. Hayeel went from Yemen …