Truthout
Op-Ed
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The Cloudy Skies Corporations Want to Sell You
While many think the cloud is a beacon of internet freedom, there is another more radical future.
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China Benefits From Bush’s Folly
As America's hunger to dominate foreign policy puts the country at financial risk, other countries benefit from our arrogance.
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Student Loans on the Cheap
Given the way Washington works, you take what you get, which means Senator Warren's plan deserves support.
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When Truth Becomes an Enemy of the State: Bradley Manning on Trial
Center for Constitutional Rights president emeritus Michael Ratner - an observer at the first day of legal proceedings against Bradley Manning - writes about secret testimony, the lack of …
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When It Comes to Business Profits, It’s the Plutonomy versus the Realonomy — and the Plutonomy is Winning
As average citizens suffer, big corporations around the world watch their sales go continue to rise.
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No Time for Pipeline
“Future generations call us to say no to the Keystone XL pipeline,” writes Nathaniel Batchelder.
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It’s Time to Invest in a 21st Century Power System
America's power system is too vulnerable to meet modern challenges – a harsh reality underscored by Hurricane Sandy, which left 8.1 million people in the dark for extended periods. …
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Policy in a Garbage Can and Other Treasures of Our Republic
We as a society must divest ourselves of the illusion that policymaking is a rational endeavor. As we move to create a better world, as we seek social justice …
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Human Evolution Is Right on Schedule
Modern capitalism, the current and penultimate stage of class society under which we all live, is not an evolutionary aberration, failed experiment, or disastrous blunder. Humanity is not derailed …
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Ten Commandments School Display Controversy Evokes Longstanding Battle
A public high school in Muldrow, Oklahoma, recently decided to remove plaques of the Ten Commandments from its classrooms [1] after an atheist student urged the Freedom From Religion …