Truthout
Op-Ed
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Market Basket Strike Looks Like a Strike Should
This is one of the most sweeping and captivating labor struggles in the private sector in years.
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Ferguson: Living Through the Replay
We seem repeatedly surprised by the anger generated by educational inequity, vanished jobs, income disparities, lost affordable housing, and racial and ethnic profiling.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Iraq War Was a Smashing Success
Make no mistake about it: by any vaguely human measure, the situation in Iraq is a US-made disaster of historic proportions.
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A Rising Tide Only Lifts All Boats When Everyone Has a Boat
A rising tide lifts only lifts all boats when everyone has a boat.
Surplus Military
Weapons makers don't just do war work of course.
How Often Do Wrongful Convictions Involve Black Defendants?
How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?
A Teacher in Kabul
Zekerullah yearns for knowledge as well as justice, and he's willing to sacrifice for both.
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The Lash May Change, But the Pain Remains the Same: the Enduring Legacy of Slavery in Mississippi
I don't give a damn how much Southern pride people have; the only way anybody's going to find ambiguity in that chunk of history is if they manufacture it …
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Auto Mileage Reports Should Reflect Reality
With accurate and complete information, buyers can easily choose the cleaner cars that the Obama administration's mileage-and-emissions standards force automakers to build.
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Undercover in White America: Why Black Rage Is Conscious, Justified and Long Overdue
"I am still ‘undercover in White America.’ Citizens in Ferguson, Missouri are not. And their rage is not ‘senseless’ or ‘visceral’; it is the product of a life full …