Truthout
Op-Ed
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Problem of His Own Making
Mitt Romney has every right to cloak his personal and professional finances in secrecy — and voters have every right to assume he has something embarrassing to hide. If …
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Presto! The DISCLOSE Act Disappears
The DISCLOSE Act is meant to reveal who's donating $10,000 or more to super PACs and trade groups.
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Four Spending Myths That Could Wreck Our World: How Not to Solve an American Crisis
If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …
Homophobic Chaplain Alliance’s Feeble, Failed Attempt to Rape Servicemembers’ Civil Rights
Under the approving gaze of successive generations of complicit military leaders, ever more powerful sections of the chaplaincy became strongholds for those who sought to turn the Armed Forces …
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Economic Rapture Might Be Around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end.
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The Selling of American Democracy: The Perfect Storm
The greatest concentration of wealth in more than a century u2014 courtesy u201ctrickle-downu201d economics, Reagan and Bush tax cuts, and the demise of organized labor. Combined with unlimited …
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Opening Historic Trails: Accidental Heroes Stomp Sports Inequity
In the midst of a workout, I was not thinking about Title IX or the people who worked to secure my rights. But I knew about Title IX and …
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An Argument for Human Life and Values in Greece and Everywhere
Greece needs to embrace a new political thinking that de-fetishizes the rule of money.
Economic Update: What Are the Social Costs of Capitalist Mega-Corporations?
This episode provides an update on the widening LIBOR scandal and the fine Wells Fargo received for overcharging African-American and Hispanic families on their mortgages. The segment ends with …
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The Voting Dilemma
Soon it will be presidential voting time again in the U.S.. That four year cycle comes to us with the regularity of a returning comet, accompanied by a shroud …