Truthout
Op-Ed
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Obama, Civil Rights is About Legislation, Not Alliteration
Seneca Falls, Stonewall, Selma? Barack Obama's rhetoric rodeo won't sucker us in the LGBT community again.
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Ordinary Evil: Vietnam’s History Reveals the Banality of Systemic Violence
My Lai was not unusual. But I am glad I came here, because it helps me understand and remember the wider phenomenon.
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To Follow in MLK’s Footsteps, Join the Fight Against Foreclosure
Lester Spence argues that foreclosures are the issue and the church may just be the solution.
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Vietnam: Resistance, Regret and Redemption
The scars of the Vietnam War span two continents and three generations.
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Obama to America: Work Harder
Obama's speech was a far cry from the message of the modern Republican Party. But much of it would fit snugly in a handbook from Human Resources: Work harder.
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West Point Think Tank Buries the Dynamite
To paraphrase, more irreparable harm has been done with the point of a pen than at the point of a gun.
Dam Shame: Rivers and Resistance
Massive dams are being built and considered all over the world, despite mounting concern over their economic, environmental and human impacts.
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The March for Death
Every year, the March for Life makes a very odd decision. By bringing Republicans into their rally year-after-year, they've turned their annual so-called march for life into a march …
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US Alternative Media Journalists Face Government Surveillance
After being shunned by mainstream media, alternative journalists must work doubly hard to get their message out to the world and avoid being intimidated by the law.
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Free from Harm? – Reflections on the White House’s Proposed “Now is the Time” Gun Control Plan from a Survivor of the Mental Health System
Laura Delano reflects on her own issues with mental health as the country places her and people like her in the crossfires of the gun reform debate.