Truthout
Op-Ed
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Another Legislative Year, Another Round of Awful Bills
We are seeing exactly how far to the ideological right some states have shifted after another Republican wave of victories during the midterms.
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A Tax Cut for Tax Cheats
Spending a dollar on the IRS adds $255 to the federal budget.
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Three Minutes to Midnight: Can We Turn the Clock Back in Time?
If we continue with business as usual, letting the giant carbon corporations dictate policy, the clock will continue to advance.
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Why We Keep Schools Open When It Snows
When schools close for the day, poor families are thrown into chaos.
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President Obama’s 2016 Budget Is Relatively Good on Social Security
But, over the long term, the president's budget proposal leaves some cause for concern.
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William Rivers Pitt | Suffer the Children: The Vaccination “Debate” Gets the Measles
This is quite probably the most brightly-lit example of cognitive dissonance we have seen in years.
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Oil Crash Powers Fossil Fuel Holdings Divestment Push
The oil market's crash a golden opportunity for campaigners to push for institutions to immediately cut their losses and divest from fossil fuel.
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Five Reasons Congress Should Oppose the TPP
The TPP, being negotiated secretly, would likely harm, not benefit, US workers.
The Boehner-Netanyahu Cabal
The fact that a man like John Boehner is in a position of power reflects the fact that the United States is a deeply divided land where, at least …
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Horror and Compromises From PEGIDA to Poe
Are we again facing the horror of Edgar Allen Poe, destruction by the sharp, bloody pendulum of expanding war or another fatal fall into a dark, abysmal pit?