Truthout
Op-Ed
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Targets on Our Backs: From Charleston to Orlando
On the anniversary of Charleston, we must ask: When will we say enough to the bigotry that leads to these slaughters?
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It’s Not Just Climate Change Anymore: Meet the Right-Wing Poverty Deniers
Instead of putting our heads in the sand, policymakers on both sides of the aisle must acknowledge the very real experience of poverty in the US.
The Emancipation of the Minority Academic
There was a Black woman on my computer screen, not slinking into the back of a college classroom, but with her shoulders squared for millions of viewers.
Milo Yiannopoulos Doesn’t Care About Free Speech, and He Doesn’t Care About Your Ideas
Yiannopoulos is an “alternative right” provocateur who hates feminism and the Black Lives Matter movement, who embarked on his “Dangerous F*ggot Tour”.
Is This New Reform a Toxic Waste?
It may take over three decades to regulate consumer chemicals that we already know are deadly.
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The “Truth” According to Trump
In Trump's world, everything's a conspiracy and reality's turned upside down.
Mourning on Ramadan: Breaking My Fast With Queer Muslims After the Orlando Shooting
Safe spaces are needed now more than ever given the oppressive systems that are bearing down on Muslims and queers.
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What Will Bernie Do?
Commentators are lathered up about whether he will endorse Clinton, and whether he'll “fold his followers” behind Clinton.
Thanks for Your Service, but Don’t Tell the Kids About It (We Need Them to Enlist)
The benefits of military service are never free. We pay the price for the rest of our lives.
Wall Street’s Veto Power: Why Warren Is Unlikely to Be Clinton’s Running Mate
Democrats depend on Wall Street money as much as they depend on votes.