Truthout
Op-Ed
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Selective Outrage and Public Health: There Are Greater Dangers Than Anti-Vaxxers
Outrage at the public health threat posed by anti-vaxxers is necessary, but we also need to scrutinize Big Pharma.
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Jewish Activists Plant Trees in Palestine, Uprooting Zionist Narratives
Jewish anti-occupation activists are repurposing the Zionist tradition of tree planting to show solidarity with Palestinians.
Citizens Mobilize to Resist Undemocratic Corporate Water Grabs
We must continue to organize in the United States around similar, pro-active democratic solutions, to prepare for a future increasingly defined by resource scarcity, and fundamentally threatened by the …
The Shift
Our society barely recognizes the futility of imprisoning people for onerously long sentences.
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Get Young People Involved to Reduce Chronic Disease
A youth advisory committee for the Department of Health and Human Services has the potential to reduce the costs of chronic disease for generations to come.
The Obama Budget: Weak on Reproductive Health
Family planning is both vital for econoimc stability and a solid investment with strong returns, so why wasn't it better funded in the President's budget?
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Eleven Black Caucus Members Opt Out of Netanyahu’s Speech
“To the people who could still cancel Netanyahu's speech, I want to say: really?”
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We Need a New Marshall Plan for the Middle East
We need a new strategy to fight terrorism, because the one we're using right now just isn't working.
Middle Eastern Immolation and American Moral Values
Citizens of a free society (surely no longer our own) have a duty to consider, analyze, understand, and criticize opposing points of view, including most especially those of their …
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Robert Samuelson Is Unhappy That Seniors Get Social Security and Medicare
Robert Samuelson wants to raise the retirement age and cut Social Security and Medicare benefits.