Truthout
Op-Ed
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The Obama Election: Lessons for a Political Movement
The election of 2012 was a mandate against US fascism and a window for the creation of a new movement.
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Trigger Mechanisms To Avoid the Fiscal Cliff? You’re Kidding, Right?
Last time I looked, comparatively few of the bond market investors were actual American voters. So, why should they have any influence over what we choose to do anyway?
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Hostess Failure Not Union’s Fault
If Hostess can get away with driving down wages and cutting benefits, what will happen to your wages and benefits?
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The Missing Living Wage Agenda
There is a 30-year backlog of policies to fix the extreme maldistribution of wages and opportunity in the labor market.
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Party of Entitled Rich Threatens Economy
Eighty CEOs have ponied up $37 million to make sure the so-called fiscal cliff problem is resolved their way.
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Reflecting on My Visits to Families in Exhausted Iraq
‘We are helpless and hopeless, but we are adapting,’ a doctor told a volunteer traveling in Baghdad this month.
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Will President Obama Restore the Rule of Law During His Second Term?
The contrast between Obama's campaign promises and his performance in office during his first term is stark.
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Giving Back to the Future
Coming to terms with personal and collective responsibility as the destruction our unfettered consumption has wrought becomes clearer every day.
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Americans Want Leadership Now on Real Cliffs: Jobs and Human Survival
We need to drop the ‘fiscal cliff’ politicking and tell the truth about our poor economy and climate change.
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Want to Help Small Businesses? Bring on Taxmageddon
Small Business Majority sees silver lining in letting tax cuts expire.