Truthout
Op-Ed
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Public Pension Reform Is Without Legal and Moral Justification
Public employees are promised certain retirement compensation. It is earned; it is not a gratuity.
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“We Couldn’t Possibly Be Poor”: How a Doctor Fell Into Poverty
As we found ourselves choosing between rice, oatmeal, or potatoes for every meal, it occurred to us that being in poverty isn't about how hard you work; it's about …
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Gated Communities Lock Cities Into Cycles of Inequality
Keeping this common space of encounter is essential for survival, for as much as one group attempts to isolate itself from another, our lives are inescapably bound together.
An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans
This is not a “left” or “right” problem, but a threat which all of us face.
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Common Core Betrays the Civil Rights Movement
Common Core's promise does not correspond to its reality.
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For Moment, the World Embraces the Cuba Model – and Slaps the Empire
This week the nations of the world rebuked the United States' 54-year embargo against Cuba.
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The Pressure to Escalate
ISIS and Ebola - Think of them as the two horsemen of the present American apocalypse.
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FBI Infringes the Associated Press Trademark, and AP Yawns
The press really doesn't care about the FBI's infringement of the AP trademark to run a fake news story used to ensnare a young suspect.
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A Moderate, Hidden in Plain Sight
“The constant calls for a moderate, sensible path that supposedly lies between the extremes of the two parties, but is in fact exactly what Mr. Obama has been proposing.”
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Meanwhile, Down at the Nuclear Power Plant, Something’s Going Wrong
The chances of radiation disasters will increase further if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows US reactors to run for 80 years.