Truthout
Op-Ed
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My Mom Fled War, Too: Finding Compassion for Syrian Refugees
Yessenia Funes: Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life - and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it.
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The Power of Choice: Chicago’s Black Organizers Refuse a Meeting With Mayor Emanuel
The power of the Black community has been asserted, and the legitimacy of a politician has been denied.
Home, Sweet Kleptocracy: Kabul in the US
Let's hope that we don't end up under the rule of our own American Taliban or some billionaire reality TV star.
Caricatures and Labor Force Distortions
People should know that their image of France, and Europe in general, is really, really wrong.
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Calling Out the Republican Party as a Hate Group
Republican politicians' racist rhetoric should make us question and criticize anyone's affiliation with the Republican Party.
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Big Insurance’s Health-Care Scam for the Holidays
UnitedHealthcare may be claiming that it is losing money and threatening to leave the exchanges in the hope of getting more favorable regulation.
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Cutting Through the Helplessness of the Refugee Crisis
All those seeking refuge are now suspect and subject to fear, hatred and another layer of vulnerability, but there is still hope.
Why Are Democrats Running as Republicans?
It's time for the Democratic Party to stop promoting Democrats who act like Republicans.
The Thinking Behind Mental Health Workers’ Pledge for Palestine
We must commit ourselves not only to work as clinicians for the liberation of the individual but for the liberation of the community.
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Anti-Syrian Bigotry Sweeps Across the US
It's not the first time that such a wave of intolerance has swept over our nation.