Truthout
Op-Ed
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Our History and Our Dreams: Building Black and Native Solidarity
Black and Native activists must reconcile our differences, as we build forward at the intersections of our movements.
New Goals at the UN Reflect Failure of Imagination for International Development
By ignoring history, the Sustainable Development Goals' creators have shown their inability to envision an alternative economic paradigm.
Pope Francis and a Catholic’s Tale
If you believe in women's rights, gay rights, and the basic concept of justice, Pope Francis is not on your side.
Guaranteed Basic Income Is Not a Panacea
Many praise a basic income guarantee as a radical solution to poverty. But global inequalities must be taken into account.
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Hitler at Home: How the Nazi PR Machine Duped the World
Through architecture, design and media depictions of his homes, a myth of the private Hitler as peaceable homebody emerged.
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Brazil Needs New Economic Program to Jump-Start Growth and Employment
Austerity is not working in Brazil any more than it has been working in Europe.
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The Slow-Motion Crisis in the Urban US
Millions of residents in poor city neighborhoods live in environments that assault their health on a daily basis.
Dean Baker | Will President Obama Stand Up to the Drug Thugs?
It takes a lot of courage to defy the folks who make tens of billions a year selling drugs.
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How to Censor Yourself Before the Government Even Has a Chance
When so many of us become frightened enough of our own government to do its censoring for it, I'd say that we've all lost.
The Republican Insurgency Against the Judicial Branch
Our country is in the midst of a full-blown “politically-motivated” judicial crisis.