Truthout
Op-Ed
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Food Fears Return
Rome - Lack of food is rarely the reason that people go hungry. The world today produces enough food to feed everyone. The problem is that more and more …
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Torture Is Never Legal and Didn’t Lead Us to Bin Laden
Senator John McCain at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Feb. 25, 2009. McCain declared in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday, “It was not torture, or cruel, …
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Why We Must Sail to Gaza
Israeli soldiers stand next to a ship docked in the port of Ashdod which was part of a flotilla heading to Gaza, in the port of Ashdod, Tuesday, June …
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Actually, “the Rich” Don’t “Create Jobs,” We Do
(Photo: tom.arthur) You hear it again and again, variation after variation on a core message: if you tax rich people it kills jobs. You hear about "job-killing …
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Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
People crowd surf at ground zero in New York City in the hours after President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was killed, on May 2, 2011. …
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The New Sputnik
In 1957, a United States shocked by the Soviet launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite bounced into action to compete on the world stage. More than 50 years later, …
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Suffering at Work: Break the Taboo
Unions continue to raise the alarm over incidents of extreme suffering at work and to point to the prevailing management model as responsible. In Renault factories, workers and executives, …
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Beyond the Surface of Egypt’s Sectarian Clashes
I am confident that Islam prohibits attacking churches and harming innocent civilians, and hence Egyptian Muslims should not be put forced to defend themselves or their religion. …
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The Crash and Burn of Old Regimes
The killing of Osama bin Laden, “a testament to the greatness of our country” according to President Obama, should not be allowed to obscure a central reality of our …
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Single-Payer Health Care Rises Again
(Photo: Ernie|Bert) Ever so slowly, our national dialogue is turning away from dead terrorists and Pakistani collusion to the issues facing the American people right here at …