Truthout
Op-Ed
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Fifty Years Ago Oppression Was Obvious: The Selma Diaries
It's been said that the devil's greatest trick is convincing the world that he doesn't exist.
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Iran and the Memory Hole
The US needs to acknowledge that the overthrow of the Iranian government in 1953.
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The Important Things Standardized Tests Don’t Measure
Responsibility for evaluating learner performance should be returned to those best positioned to do it: Classroom teachers.
New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez Should Withdraw From Leadership If He Faces Charges
The top Democrat in the Senate on foreign policy should not be someone scheduled to face criminal charges for political corruption.
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Yes, Black America Fears the Police – Here’s Why
Shots were fired in Long Island, but there was no rush to call 911. It made perfect sense to ProPublica's Nikole Hannah-Jones.
William Rivers Pitt | How to Die of Dumb
The equation we are busily erasing from the blackboard - for profit while encased in a suffocating bag of ignorance - is ourselves.
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The Cost of Compassion: Why Churches Turn Their Backs on Torture Victims
When compassion becomes politically inconvenient, churches turn their backs.
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Rewriting the Future
The only way we know we can challenge the divine right of kings is by being able to imagine a world where kings no longer rule us - or …
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Ideologically Dictated Worldview
It would appear that while Netanyahu certainly does not speak for all the Jews, or even all Israeli Jews, he might, perversely, speak for most of the US Congress.
Servant Leaders vs. Empty Suits
An alternative vision of global security is taking shape, based in initiatives that slowly build trust on the basis of overlapping environmental crises and other challenges that simply cannot …