Truthout
Op-Ed
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The Budgies Are Listless
On Thursday, January 5, I was waiting for the elevator in the lobby of my building when I was joined by a woman who lives up the hall from …
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Letter to New York State Senator Thomas Libous
Dear Senator Libous: I am writing today, and sending a copy of this letter to both the Albany and Binghamton offices, because I have called and left messages …
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Letter to Friends and Neighbors
“With hydrofracking, a well can produce over a million gallons of wastewater that is often laced with highly corrosive salts, carcinogens like benzene, and radioactive elements like radium, all …
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Obama, Sarkozy and Taxing Wall Street
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, March 30, 2010. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New …
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Is This Land Made for You and Me – or for the Super-Rich?
Bill Moyers is returning to public television this month with “Moyers & Company.” (Photo: Chad Batka / The New York Times) On Democracy: Is This Land Made …
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Deliberate Deception in the US: Blaming Fannie and Freddie for Crisis
The Freddie Mac building in McLean, Virginia. The federal government took over the corporation, along with Fannie Mae, in 2008. (Photo: Andrew Councill For The New York Times). …
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There’s Hope for Republicans Yet
There is a full-blown debate going on in, of all places, the Republican Party about the failings of the governing, corporate-sponsored kleptocracy. Not so on the Democratic side. Spared …
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Why Now? What’s Next? Naomi Klein and Yotam Marom in Conversation About Occupy Wall Street
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park in New York, November 15, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) Naomi Klein: One …
In the Clearing Stands a Boxer: One Man’s Fight Against Fracking
What can an individual do to stand up against systemic injustice?
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Bill Moyers: Back With a New Series
Bill Moyers. (Photo courtesy of Moyers & Co) Dear Friends, You already may have heard that I'd be coming back in January with a new series on …