Truthout
Op-Ed
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For AP, Being Shot by a Cop Makes You a Suspect
The presumption by law enforcement that any Black person involved in an altercation with police must be a criminal suspect is part of the outrage driving public protest.
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Tightening Whose Belt?
As a millennial, I take the push to ditch the estate tax personally.
G7 False Commitments Won’t Help Us Tackle 7-Million Air Pollution Deaths
If the planet is to avoid large increases in global warming, massive actions never before accomplished by humankind will be necessary.
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It’s Not Just the Police
Until white America renounces police brutality, the violence will continue unabated.
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What This World Needs Is Some Really Honest Journalists
I cannot remember another time in recent history we needed journalists to challenge conventional wisdom.
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Changing Captains on the Left
The big question, full of suspense, was: would Gysi, now 67, wish to remain head of the Left caucus u2013 or quit this limelight post?
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Black Americans and the Military: This Country Is Not to Die for
Black soldiers returning home feel vulnerable to being killed by police.
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The Supreme Court’s 5-4 Decisions Can Be Reversed With Even One New Justice
One nomination, one vote, could make the dissent the majority.
Dark Saudi-Israeli Plot to Tip the Scales in Syria
The Saudis and the Turks are scaling up their support for Syrian jihadists while the Israelis contemplate a new war with Hezbollah.
Barack Obama: No Jack Kennedy
52 years ago, President Kennedy gave a landmark speech, appealing for cooperation instead of confrontation with the Soviet Union.