Truthout
Op-Ed
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Shooting It All in Las Vegas
Michael Winship: Reports are that a background check bill may return to the Senate floor this summer.
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The Pursuit of Edward Snowden: Washington in a Rage, Striving to Run the World
As the US government continues to pursue whistleblower Edward Snowden, many Americans are pouring out support for asylum.
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Sweatshops Don’t Just Happen – They’re a Policy
It's neoliberal policies, not consumers, which make the sweatshop economy possible.
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Understanding Leaks is Understanding the Rise of a New Fascism
Edward Bernays warned that an enduring threat to the invisible government was the truth teller.
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Oil Industry Must Pay for Its Waste
If President Obama really wants to do what's necessary to save our planet, he needs to propose a carbon tax in his climate change speech at Georgetown tomorrow.
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As Whistleblowers Hunted Worldwide, Celebrating Another Rebel, From Apartheid Era
Rebels at the inception of struggle are vilified, and few in number - but they don't always stay that way.
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National Security Journalism on Trial
Freedom of the press in the United States is on trial behind a curtain. In the court martial of WikiLeaks whistleblower Private First Class Bradley Manning, government prosecutors are …
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Rewilding the West, One Step at a Time
Trek West, a ‘landscape connectivity’ project, will cover 6,000 miles of North America on foot, bike boat, and horseback.
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Why the GOP Can’t Learn
The GOP's resistance to immigration reform once again alienates them from America's growing diverse population of voters.
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US House Votes Pro-Hemp! (Kinda)
New legislation might finally move the drug biased block of hemp based products.