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World in Revolt: The Global Backlash Against Budget Cuts
Americans should take a page from activists throughout the rest of the world if they're seriously interested in resisting the massive budget cuts afflicting this country. Effective social change …

Guitars Not Wars
What happens when music fails to inspire, but instead entertains only?

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Education Reconsidered: Beyond the Death of Critical Education
After years of neglect by politicians and the media, education is now a public issue. The reasons are straightforward: in this depressed economy, credentials seem to have lost their …

From Churchill to Petraeus
“I have not become her Majesty's first minister to preside over the dissolution of the British Empire.” It was hard not to remember this proud declaration of Winston Churchill, …

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Truthout’s Union: New Media and the Labor Movement
(Photo: Alvaro Canivell / Flickr; Edited: Lance Page / Truthout)Editor's Note: From the beginning of our original organizing effort, Truthout's union representative, Shannon Duffy, has supported Truthout staff throughout …

The End of (Military) History?
What’s the point of constantly using our superb military if doing so doesn’t actually work?

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
The state has already understood a fact that the Left has struggled to accept: misogynists make great informants.

Ann Coulter and Blowhard Politics
The reduction of politics today to the simple matter of ensuring that blowhards can utter stupid things is truly pervasive.

Why the US Needs a Holistic Approach to Yemen
Americans must appreciate the underlying crises that shape the current situation in Yemen.

Motivation
George W. Bush made his debut as a motivational speaker to a packed house of adoring fans in Fort Worth, Texas.