Truthout
Op-Ed
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Yellow Journalism, Purple Prose
The Bush style and the Obama style are different. But the all-important substance is the same.
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Former Prisoner: “Orange Is The New Black” Is Not Funny
I know what “real” prison is like.
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Safety Board Final Report on Lac Megantic Disaster Is Sharply Critical of Railway Regulation, but Federal Government Unmoved
The explosive rise of oil train traffic across North America is stirring a rising movement of citizen opposition.
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When Four Jobs Aren’t Enough: Why We Need a Living Wage
No person should die because they were too exhausted to leave the car after working multiple shifts just to make ends meet.
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It’s Harder to Reach the American Dream If You’re Reaching All Alone
“We won't be able to revive widely shared prosperity without strengthening the voice of workers at the workplace and in our politics.”
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The GOP War on Workers Has Killed Again
It's time to end the 34-year-old war on working people in the United States, and give all Americans an equal shot at success.
Labor Day Reality for Humanity on the Gallows – or Shall We Imagine Differently?
The US holiday Labor Day is a joke. Again there will be no visible strikes and no muscle-flexing by the labor movement.
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A Lesson to Learn
We are faced by difficult choices we are challenged to confront over a range of foreign and domestic policy concerns. We must decide whether to stand firm on principle …
Disposable Life: Max Silverman
"We have become less and less aware of the changed environment in which disposing of lives takes place and the forms that disposability takes, so that we no longer …
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Labor Day Victories to Celebrate
It would be easy to go on about how bad things are for labor rights, but it is worth highlighting a couple of good news items against the current …