Truthout
Op-Ed
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Prosecuting Cops Does Not Equal Justice
Celebrating charges is like celebrating crumbs.
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The US From Abroad: Still Seen as a Strange Liberator
How can a racialized “democracy” teach the world lessons about respect for the law when it violates the law within its borders?
Fast Track: A Gut-Kick to the Progressive Movement
It's time to put people and the planet above giant corporations and Wall Street.
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Jails Are a Cash Cow for the Rich
Thanks to kickbacks from phone companies, state and local governments have every reason to keep their prison cells filled, no matter what the cost to the rest of society.
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Liars, Drones and May Day
Who knew what? And when? Who told whom what? And how soon?
State of Emergency in Baltimore Should Continue
Indeed, a state of emergency with a domestic Marshall Plan like design should be declared in many other urban and rural communities in our nation.
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Qatari Promises of Labour Reform Ring Hollow Amid Revived Corruption Allegations
Perceived regional threats harden popular Qatari resistance to any change that could fundamentally alter the nature of Qatari society.
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Toronto’s 1992 Yonge Street Uprising: Afrikan Resistance to State/Police Violence
“By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?”
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Big Wine Fails to Dry Farm During California’s Relentless Drought
It's hypocritical for Gov. Brown to mandate that the rest of us reduce water use by 25%, except for his friends in Big Ag and Big Wine.
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Arresting the Wrong Suspects
At about 11AM Apr. 28, I was handcuffed with 21 other nuclear realists after blocking an entrance to the US Mission.