Truthout
Op-Ed
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Putting People Ahead of Defense Contractor Profits
The US is exceptional ... when it comes to war profiteering.
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An Ugly Week in Washington
Sordid, shameful, embarrassing, demeaning, and damaging - all in all, a pretty ugly week.
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“We the People” Need to Take Back the First-in-the-Nation Primary
I don't know what's going to happen this year. Unless you are a billionaire like Sheldon Adelson or George Soros, it's nearly impossible to gain access to a candid …
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Combating the Inflation Cult
Academic economics, which still has pretenses of being an arena of open intellectual inquiry, appears to be deeply infected with politicization.
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Do Corporations Really Need More Rights? Why Fast Track for the TPP Is a Bad Idea
We can have democracy. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.
Uncle Pentagon: Growing Up in the Shadow of the US War State
“In many ways, I grew up at the Pentagon.”
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Lessons From Norway in Getting Women Onto Corporate Boards
Norway has one of the best records with women holding 35.5% of the seats on Norwegian stock index companies.
Citizen Journalist Operating Frack Tours Bullied Yet Undaunted
A Pennsylvania judge with an apparent conflict of interest rules against a citizen journalist in favor of a Texas-based fracking company.
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Albert Maysles, RIP
A word about documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, who died last week.
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General Patreaus: Too Big to Jail
Retired Gen. David Petraeus gets a misdemeanor wrist-slap for exposing covert officers and lying about it, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.