Truthout
Op-Ed
Word Games: Removing “War” From the History Books?
As any good teacher should do on weekends, I have been preparing for my New York State Regents-based course in United States History. In light of last week’s revelations that the …
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UN Calls for Immediate Halt of Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh
Despite glossy PR materials touting its ability to deliver on sustainable development and energy access goals, the coal industry routinely threatens human rights around the world, particularly in South …
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US Hedge Fund Managers Can Buy Anything, Except Respect
Traders on the floor of the stock exchange on Wall Street continue their work as President Obama gives a speech about banking reforms at Cooper Union in Manhattan Thursday, …
The “Suicidal State” and the War on Youth
For over thirty years, the North American public has been reared on a neoliberal dystopian vision.
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How Occupy Wall Street Plans to Take Down Bank of America, and How You Can Help
Bank of America: the very name is meant to conjure up comforting, red-white-and-blue fantasies of a bank of the people, by the people, and for the people. But as Matt …
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Philadelphia Freedom: Birthplace of the Constitution Takes Center Stage
‘Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedomFrom the day that I was born I’ve waved the flagPhiladelphia freedom took me knee-high to a manYeah, gave me peace of …
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When Liberals Stop Being Wimps
Elon, NC - Conservatives are not accustomed to being on the defensive. They have long experience with attacking the evils of the left and the abuses of activist judges. …
Left Behind: What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012
People ask the question in various ways, sometimes hesitantly, often via a long digression, but my answer is always the same: no regrets. In some 24 years of government …
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Why the Kochs Matter
Charles and David Koch became national news about two years ago when a Jane Mayer exposé in the New Yorker revealed the billionaire brothers were funding "stealth attacks on …
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Remembering Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace at his office in New York, Feb. 14, 2002. Wallace, the CBS reporter who became one of the nation's best-known broadcast journalists as an interrogator of the …