Truthout
Op-Ed
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Finding your activist voice
I was a really shy kid. In middle school, I tried to get through class without saying anything. But by high school it got so bad that at a …
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The Marriage of Libertarians and Racists
The Right Wing's dancing with the racist devil is not new. It's as old as the Founding, writes Robert Parry.
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Mass Protest, Not a Speech, Is Needed to Address Climate Change
Mass protest can affect immediate change in a matter of days, while backroom operating took years to accomplish far less.
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Absentee Ownership of Corporations Is Big Problem, but Solution Is Evident
Like military drones, corporations have enormous power, insulate operators from risk, and create vast external costs for society.u00a0Large institutional shareholders should call for better accountability.
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A Raw Deal From TransCanada and the Texas Railroad Commission
Texans like Julia Trigg Crawford are rebelling against a toxic combo of ignorance and arrogance.
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Thirteen Facts About America’s Tax-Dodging Corporations
Richard Eskow: There are many more astonishing facts to be found in the world of corporate taxation.
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Guns Lost, Stolen or Strayed
Michael Winship: Reporting lost or stolen guns is not mandatory for private citizens, and so many missing firearms go unreported.
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The Modern Movement for Civil Rights
Congress must act to correct the Supreme Court's many wrongs.
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Food for Thought on Paula Deen
Eugene Robinson looks at the Paula Deens scandal and the slippery slope of that nostalgic longing for the good old days of the antebellum south.
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David Gregory, Glenn Greenwald and the First Amendment
Attempts by big media journalists like David Gregory to establish who is worthy of the constitutional protection afforded to the press lie on the edge of a slippery slope.