Truthout
Op-Ed
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We Can Stop the Slaughter of Children
All Americans, not just the president, weep at the image of 20 little children gunned down as they hid in their classrooms in Newtown, Conn. What can be …
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Former MLPA Chair Says Hydrofracking is ‘Safe for California’
Catherine Reheis-Boyd, who served as the chair of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative Blue Ribbon Task Force for the South Coast, proclaims the “glories” of hydrofracking …
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What the Soldiers Did on Christmas 98 Years Ago
Frank Richards recalled: "On Christmas morning we stuck up a board with ‘A Merry Christmas’ on it. The enemy had stuck up a similar one. Platoons would sometimes go …
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What If All the World’s Debt Just Went Away
While it might seem impossible, if we could imagine a world without the burden of debt, we might be able to begin the journey to set ourselves free.
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Do You Feel Safe Here? A Teacher Reacts to Sandy Hook
If we're going to talk about school violence, we must talk about all schools, including the ones where violence has become the norm.
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Heroes, Cowards, Loons And Solutions
In face of the heroism showed by the teachers and administrators who gave their lives to protect the students at Sandy Hook Elementary, the actions of the NRA and …
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The Wait-Just-a-Goddam-Second Amendment
Taking a closer look at the Constitution, even the founding fathers did not endorse complete deregulation of firearms.
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Shooting Is Business, and Business Is Good
William Rivers Pitt: It is the way we exist as a nation that has been at permanent war for more than 70 years, the way violence is our calling …
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Back to the trenches
I spent the day at the Capitol today with about 20,000 of my nearest and dearest friends. Labor came out in force to protest the new Right to Work …
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Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts
President Obama has given in to Republicans over and over again during his first four years in office. We need to remind him that he's the President.