Truthout
Op-Ed
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To Jimmy (and Jose), with Love: I Walk Freely Among Racism
When Jose Vilson posts a blog, I read carefully, and I don't multitask. Why? I am a privileged, white male who has lived his entire 52 years in the …
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The Consensus Behind Militarism
Anyone in the mainstream who goes out on a limb to loudly question this oversized creature in the middle of the room known as militarism or interventionism is likely …
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The Sinking American Electorate: African-Americans Still in Depression
Among African-American voters there is a significant segment that has complained for years that their votes are taken for granted by the Democratic party.
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You Can’t Sequester Cancer
Cancer affects all, and so does the hampering of research. It's time for Congress to end the sequestration.
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Lil Wayne’s Lyrical Fascism
Lil Wayne fashioned lyrics that sound as if they were written by the racists who killed Emmitt Till.
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Dr. King’s “Two Americas” Truer Now than Ever
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words are as prescient as ever as American society's chasm between the super-rich and poor is wider and deeper than ever.
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Sports, Politics and the Three-Card-Shuffle: Hello Baseball, Goodbye Brain
The opening day of the major league baseball season is when I start to live again until October when pro basketball and NFL football take over and the fan …
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Time to Bell the Obama Cat
Norman Solomon responds to President's Obama new plan to cut social security.
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A Simple Fix: Should New York Compel Judges to Report Problem Prosecutors?
As new cases of crooked prosecutors emerge, ProPublica editor Stephen Engelberg wants to know if the answer is with the judges.
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Poland’s Risky Euro Gamble
Paul Krugman: Poland is not yet lost. But its leaders remain determined to give disaster a chance.