Truthout
Op-Ed
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Tales in a Kabul Restaurant
We who live in countries that support NATO, that tolerate this occupation, bear responsibility to hear the tales told by Afghans who are trapped by our war of choice.
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Los Angeles Citizens Vote to Regulate Medical Marijuana: State Oversight Would Help Clarify New Regulations
Yesterday, the citizens of Los Angeles voted to regulate medical marijuana by voting to pass Proposition D, one of three medical marijuana regulation measures on the ballot. The Proposition …
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The Path to Illegalization and the Invisibility of the State
Mariame's post (linked here) on anti-blackness prompted some further reflection on militarization and also on merit-based immigration, extending the question of who and what is rendered invisible. One of …
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When Black News Disappears: White Holds on Black Intellectuals’ Minds and Misinforming the Black Public
As the Black media dwindles down to a few slightly progressive voices in the liberal media, critical voices against racism are lost in the exchange.
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Japan Gets Tough
To almost everyoneu2019s surprise, Japan u2014 Japan! u2014 has emerged as the advanced country most willing to break with austerian orthodoxy and try a combination of aggressive monetary and …
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How Electric Cars Save Human Lives
Since cars are a major burner of fossil fuels, one of the actions that we should take right now is to invest more in cleaner and greener automobile technology.
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The GOP’s Black Friends Need More Black Friends
The Republican Party knows it cannot continue to compete nationally if it remains the party of old white men.
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Climate Policies Must Break Free from Big Oil
It seems an odd time for environment policy wonks to throw a party. The level of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been in …
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Blood Ties, Nepotism and Democracy
From the Murdochs to the monarchy, blood ties remain important in our supposedly meritocratic society. Is this the natural order of things - essential for a cohesive culture? Or …
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Big Oil’s War on the Sun
Remember “Peak Oil?” Neither does anyone else. That’s because the operational theory of why, at the turn of the century, Big Oil tightened its grip on the political system and used …