Truthout
Op-Ed
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Jobs, and Clean Air Too
What’s good for job growth, good for the environment, and good for public health? No, it’s not a trick question, but it is a reassessment of what passes for …
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The “Worst of the Worst”? 9/11, Guantanamo and the Failures of US Corporate Media
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, George W. Bush deliberately discarded domestic and international laws, creating an experimental facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. There prisoners would be …
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Who’s Building the Do-It-Ourselves Economy?
Corbyn Hightower was doing everything right. She worked long hours selling natural skin care products, flying between cities to meet customers, staying in posh hotels. She pulled down a …
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A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe
A US soldier on night patrol in Khadamiya, Iraq, on April 21, 2007. Following 9/11, Chris Hedges says that, “we became what we abhorred.” Hedges continues: "The deaths were …
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DuPont’s Herbicide Goes Rogue
Leaves of a Norway spruce wither one month after a worker applied the herbicide Imprelis to a yard in Columbus, Ohio, July 14, 2011. The recently approved herbicide is …
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Improving Schools With “the Project“
A few days ago I got an email from Phil Cullen. Before he retired, Phil was director of Primary Education for the state of Queensland, Australia. He now lives …
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Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You
Not long ago, the city council of Ventura, California, passed an ordinance making it legal for the unemployed and homeless to sleep in their cars. At the height …
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How Much Has Obama Learned?
Washington - Our political system is not accustomed to the kind of battle that is going on now. President Obama has been slow to adjust to it. The voters …
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The Children of Aftermath
A few paintings from the Art for Heart exhibition, an exhibit featuring art created by nearly 200 children who lost loved ones in the attacks on New York City's …
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A Pie for Peace: Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Chance to Reflect, Bake, Resist
September 11, 2001 was my friend Diana’s 30th birthday. I planned on meeting her at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station after work. Instead I walked across the …