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Ladydrawers: Thin Line Between Garment and Sex “Trades“
Anne Elizabeth Moore visits an NGO in Cambodia that aims to offer women in the sex industry “fair trade” employment opportunities.
Corporate Clout Chips Away at Organic Standards
Without any input from the public, the USDA changed the way the National Organic Standards Board decides which non-organic materials are allowed in certified organic.
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Rocky Mountain High or Reefer Madness? Legal Pot in Colorado Comes With Risks
A reporter returns to his hometown and confronts the new reality of legalized marijuana.
A Vote for Change: Costa Rica Votes in a New President
Costa Rica's 2014 elections were essentially a litmus test for public opinion on the neoliberal policies promoted by CAFTA, the IMF and World Bank, with public opinion overwhelmingly opposed …
Thom Hartmann: There Has Not Been a Legitimately Elected Republican President Since Dwight Eisenhower
Thom Hartmann spoke with Truthout about his latest book, “The Crash of 2016,” a discussion that included Hartmann's wide-ranging counterpoints to a corporate media of conventional wisdom.
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Make the Bankers Squeal
A financial transaction tax would help prevent investment banks from continuing to make the kind of risky bets that cause a financial crisis.
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In the US, Capital Is Still King
Paul Krugman: “One thing that strikes me is the remarkable extent to which American conservatism in 2014 seems to be about defending and promoting patrimonial capitalism.”
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Henry A. Giroux | Neoliberalism and the Machinery of Disposability
It is crucial that all Americans think critically and ethically about the coercive forces shaping US culture - and focus our energy on what can be done to change …
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Let’s Repudiate Reaganomics
The income gap in America has widened exponentially since Reagan took office and implemented the so-called “Reagan Tax Cuts.”