Truthout
Op-Ed
You Will Be Assimilated
Barry Eisler illustrates the warning signs of a journalist's demise, the things that let readers know when those we look to for the truth have been compromised.
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Dumb and Dumber: Obama’s “Smart Power” Foreign Policy Not Smart at All
Despite his intelligence, John Feffer explains why President Obama's foreign policy seems to go from bad to worse.
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Can the Black Middle Class Survive: Obama Is in the Oval Office but the Black Bourgeoisie is Foundering
In 2008 Obama was elected president on the promise of hope and change. Four years later, the black middle class is still struggling in this economy looking for a …
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The Emancipation of the Unemployed
In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation ended the depraved institution of American slavery. Centuries later there is a new form of slavery that affects the entire country.
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Selling the Soul of Public Education
Maya Schenwar: When it comes to teachers, Rahm Emanuel needs to sit down, shut up and listen to their more-than-reasonable demands.
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Beyond November: Thoughts on Politics, Social Movements and the 2012 Elections
Marx wrote in The Civil War in France that every few years workers got to decide which members of the ruling class were to misrepresent them. How right he …
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Corriendo Educando or Teaching/Learning While Running
Dr. Rodriguez examine running, specifically Indigenous ceremonial running, as a means of learning and acquiring knowledge and as a method of teaching and raising consciousness.
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George Lakoff: Low Information or High Morality?
The job of progressives is to speak morally to morally complex voters to activate the progressive moral system already there in their brains.
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Four Ways Romney and Ryan Would Roll Back the 20th Century
As Paul Ryan's budget plan threatens to drastically reduce public services, this election will decide the future of our welfare state
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Addressing the Food Crisis: Let’s Get Our Facts Straight
While a recent Guardian article get some facts correct about the current global food crisis, its solutions are slightly off the mark.