Truthout
Op-Ed
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Freedom, Openness and Creativity in the Digital Economy
Every aspect of culture and economy is transforming through a process of digitization that creates new systems of archives, representations and reproduction technologies that portend a Web 3.0 and …
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Does Lindsey Graham Think Before He Opens His Mouth?
Lindsey Graham, as a conservative Republican, he is also wedded to the notion that the United States is u201cbroke.
A Mitt Romney Presidency Could Mean a Hostile Takeover of the Federal Courts
Romney's later judicial selections show an embrace of rigid conservatism and the benefits of political payback.
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U.S. Jobs, GDP, and the Eurozone
What was touted for months over the past winter as a rebound taking hold in the US economy and the assertions that the US economy was u2018exceptionalu2019 and would …
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The Maple Spring and the Mafiocracy: Struggling Students Versus “Entitled Elites”
First, we were told for years that we were u201clazyu201d and u201capatheticu201d: Generation MTV, Generation iPod, a techno-savvy but reality-detached deluge of pseudo-humanoids. We were set up to be …
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On Climate Change, Money Trumps Common Sense
In the Arctic, levels of the heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, a key factor in global warming, have hit 400 parts per million, a level scientists believe has not been …
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The World Watches Wisconsin: Tom Morello Gathers Messages of Solidarity
Tom Morello played a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday in solidarity with the effort to recall Governor Walker. In advance of the concert, he solicited messages of solidarity …
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Activists Call for Firing of Federal Housing Finance Agency Head Over Role in Foreclosure Crisis
During the week of May 20, 1,000 families facing foreclosure, clergy and community leaders [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RaPUXSKt0M&feature=youtu.be) from across the country did what President Obama should have done months ago: deliver …
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The Transparently Secretive Chamber of Commerce
Well, the Big Business guys are transparent about one thing: They can't stand the idea of the public holding them to account for their attempts to buy elections and …
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In Fight With Monsanto, Mother Nature Doesn’t Quit
So much of Monsanto's poison was spread in the past decade that weeds naturally developed a resistance to it.