Truthout
Op-Ed
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Washington Post Helps Senator Corker Spread the Big Lie on Fannie and Freddie
When a newspaper abandons journalistic standards in its news pages one hardly expects to find much commitment to truth on its opinion pages. Therefore it is not surprising that …
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The Failure of Corporate School Reform: Toward a New Common School Movement
(Photo: SayHolaToTravis) In the United States, a corporate model of schooling has overtaken educational policy, practice, curriculum and nearly all aspects of educational reform.
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Fundraising Addiction and the Private-Money Corruption Machine
(Photo: espensorvik / Flickr) A lot of the cynical hopelessness in progressive media and cyberspace these days is about the private money corruption machine that dominates American …
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What Is Truth? In 400 Words
Note from the author: Philosophy Now magazine runs an occasional contest: Write an answer to a philosophical question in 400 words or fewer. The winning essays are printed in …
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Jobless In Wonderland
Finding a job is hard enough for the many millions of unemployed American workers. But, believe it or not, the fact that they are jobless keeps many employers from …
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Romney’s Billionaire Threatens BBC Investigative Reporter
Paul Singer. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) Last Monday, a call came in to BBC Television Centre, London, from the office of Mitt Romney's billionaire backer …
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It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas
Javier Del Bosque waits with his family at the Toys “R” Us in Times Square, in time for its 9 p.m. opening, in New York, November 24, 2011. (Photos: …
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Occupy the American Historical Association: Demand a WPA Federal Writers’ Project
(Photo: Ravages / Flickr)
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Occupy Production: A Vision for Democracy at Work
(Photo: Bill Ruhsam / Flickr) As the Occupy movement keeps developing, it seeks solutions for the economic and political dysfunctions it exposes and opposes. For many, the …
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The Two Faces of China
In China, Eyes Wide Open Beijing - Even the briefest acquaintance with this smoggy, sprawling capital is basis enough to conclude that much of the campaign rhetoric …