Truthout
Op-Ed
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It’s Wages, Stupid! Progressive Tax Reform Alone Will Do Little to Close the Gap Between Haves and Productive Have-Nots
Stagnating real wages for low- and middle-income earners is the ultimate source of the widening US income gap.
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Republicans Are the Ruling Party of Billionaire-istan
If the Democratic Party doesn't hold Billionaire-istan accountable with new wealth taxes and protections for workers, then they will accomplish their all-out looting of America.
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The Price of Revolutionary Illusions
Robert Parry: The cost of a number of American's violent illusions is the brutal murder of children.
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A Year in Review: Democracy & Detroit, 2012
Detroit is the largest of the internal colonies of Michigan. It is followed by Benton Harbor, Flint, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac and Highland Park. The aforementioned cities have been occupied …
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How to Effectively Rewrite the Second Amendment
The increase in murder-suicide, in multiple gun ownership, and the rise of right-wing evangelical civilian militias has caused Second Amendment arguments relating guns and regulated militias to pervade the …
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Newtown: How We Can Heed The Warnings
The wisest man I had the privilege of knowing in my life once said, “There is no nation, no matter how powerful, that cannot be destroyed by hate.” The …
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There Is No American Left
Babones argues American politics has swung violently to the right.
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Republicans “No Longer a Normal Governing Party,” “Unfit for Government“
Outrage is growing over Republican sabotage of u2026 well, everything.
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From MLK to Occupy, the FBI Resides on the Wrong Side of History
To the FBI, Occupy was a breeding ground for violence and domestic terrorism.
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Labor Becomes Part of the National Conversation: The Best and Worst of 2012
From the grassroots uprisings last winter to the low-wage workersu2019 strikes at yearu2019s end, 2012 saw many people coming together for the first time and finding their voices.