Truthout
Op-Ed
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Truth and Trauma in Gaza
Dr. T., a medical doctor, is a Palestinian living in Gaza City. He is still reeling from days of aerial bombardment.
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Why It’s Hard to Replace the “Fiscal Cliff” Metaphor
The brain's neural circuitry makes the conceptual metaphor of the so-called fiscal cliff endure.
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Henry A. Giroux | Hurricane Sandy in the Age of Disposability and Neoliberal Terror
Democracy can only approach its promise when it protects all members of society.
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Savita Had a Heartbeat, Too
For days now, Iu2019ve been putting myself in Savita Halappanavaru2019s shoes. Iu2019m expecting.
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Loss and Damage From Climate Change Must Not Become the “New Normal“
As United Nations climate talks get underway this week in Doha, Qatar, they show a subtle, unsettling shift in the global climate change debate.
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Strengthening the Ties That Bind in an Era of Alienation
It is the interdependence of our existence that defines us, the sense of mutual destiny and common humanity that will allow us to move from dominators to liberators.
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In the US, an Insecure Economy Needs a Stronger Safety Net
Staff at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, working on the company’s new 787 Dreamliner jets earlier this year. (Photo: Stuart Isett / The New York Times)Looking at The …
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Inequality and the Election
When it comes to income inequality, the 2012 Presidential Election was not a choice in any real sense. Voters had the option between President Obama, who presided over the …
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Genocidal Yearnings
By the middle of the 19th century the multi-ethnic empire was on its way out as the dominant political paradigm in Europe. Replacing it was the nation-state, a political …
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Precise Weapons Kill Civilians Too
As a general rule, it'd be better if media accounts of war did not stress thesurgical precision of the weapons being used. It's a fixture of U.S. reporting on …