Truthout
Op-Ed
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With Obama Torture Admission, John Yoo Should Be Investigated
Obama's admission that the United States tortured people provides another reason to investigate John Yoo, the author of the main memo providing the supposed legal basis for the CIA's …
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Overcoming Continuing Nuclear Dangers and Japan Prime Minister Abe’s Unconstitutional Coup
Despite the dangers of a great power nuclear war on display in Ukraine and the political coup in Japan that has shredded its Constitution, progress on abolishing nuclear weapons …
Israel and Palestine Can Never Be Secure Until Both Are Secure
When Israelis and Palestinians understand that their own security depends on the security of the other, there will be no more room for violence. Awareness needs to be built …
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The Inside Baseball of the Northwestern Football Players’ Right to Union Representation
Big Ten football is a big moneymaker, and its football players have organized a union to give them a fair share of the money the players' work brings in.
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Inflation Hawks: The Job Killers at the Fed
Many in the financial industry couldn't care less about unemployment. They don't want to risk any inflation that could erode the value of their wealth.
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The United States’ Farm-Grown Terrorism
No animals on factory farms should ever be given antibiotics, unless diagnosed as sick by a veterinarian.
Why the US and Britain Lost Russia in 2014
Angry white men resentful at their loss of power and unable to change domestic policies drive United States and British foreign policy with respect to Russia, argues historian John …
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Guns in the Mental Health Clinic: Not Therapeutic
The tragic case of a psychiatrist firing a gun to protect himself and others from a patient who had just shot a caseworker to death illuminates the unrealistic expectation …
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Noam Chomsky | Nightmare in Gaza
Amid all the horrors unfolding in the latest Israeli offensive in Gaza, Israel's goal is simple: quiet-for-quiet, a return to the norm.
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Hiroshima, 69 years later
From the time the atomic bombs fell on Japan, the world has been held hostage to the threat and potential annihilation by these weapons.