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An “Un-Organization” Thrives to “De-Bug” the System
The process may be longer, but efficiency is not the goal of democracy.
Japanese Wartime Medical Orderly on Army’s Role in Maintaining “Comfort Women” System
Matsumoto Masayoshi, a former medical orderly with the Japanese army, has spoken out this year about what he saw.
Truthout Interviews William Rivers Pitt on Chemical Weapons in Iraq
US soldiers did find chemical weapons in Iraq, but they weren't the weapons we were told about.
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Super PACs Exploit Disclosure Loophole
Last-minute registration means groups may hide donors until after Election Day.
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The Stealth Campaign to Buy US Courts
With ideological groups increasingly eager to buy seats on state-level benches, judges are forced to act more like politicians.
Brutal Crimes Don’t Justify Bad Laws
A true tragedy, driven by a media frenzy, often provokes a misguided need to do something as quickly as possible and leads to bad public policy - like California's …
Want the Truth About New York’s Human Trafficking Courts? Ask a Sex Worker
Sex workers and even trafficking victims are far more likely to end up in handcuffs than the sex traffickers allegedly lurking in the shadows.
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Greek Politics in the Age of the Euro Crisis and the Urgent Task for Left Unity
In an underdeveloped Balkan country in which corruption and cronyism largely constitute the driving forces of “development” and “social progress,” Greece's only hope of revival from its moral and …
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The Second American Revolution Is Brewing in Oregon
In Oregon, the capture of local government by the timber industry results in the destruction of the natural world and the poisoning of the populace, but a Josephine County …
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On Taking Risks and Eating Crow
Will it be possible, in 2015, to avoid ending in a political year which “froze to death”?