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University of California Takes Aim at Human Rights Activists
University campuses have been an important venue for concerned scholars and activists to raise issues regarding human rights, international law and US foreign policy. However, in an effort to …
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez Arizona’s Curriculum Battles: a 500-Year Civilizational WarMonday, 26 March 2012 10:49 by: Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-Ed
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In the Euro Zone, False Narrative Dominates Debate
So, the euro crisis is risk on again. And this time it’s centered on Spain — which in a way is a good thing, because now the essential craziness …
The Crushing Burden of Student Debt
One of my favorite moments of Occupy Wall Street was the second or third night.... There’s this guy, he’s playing a carnival barker, and he says, “Step right up! …
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The Department of Homeland Security Was Out of Bounds – for Two and a Half Hours
The latest installment in Truthout's FOIA of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) involvement in law enforcement's response to Occupy Wall Street (OWS) shows considerable coordination between various agencies …
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Why Fukushima Is a Greater Disaster Than Chernobyl and a Warning Sign for the US
The radioactive inventory of all the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools at Fukushima is far greater and even more problematic than the molten cores. In the …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Big Corporate Money Is Heating Up in Wisconsin, and More
In today's On the News segment: Battle between grassroots organizing and big corporate funding heats up in Wisconsin, new study from the Commonwealth Fund shows why the nation needs comprehensive …
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CUNY Brooklyn College Students Roughed Up by Police for Demanding Fairer Treatment
Every gate at the City University of New York's Brooklyn College had doubled security—no one was getting in without a student ID. That and the rain might have dampened …
Bored With Occupy – and Inequality: Class Issues Fade Along With Protest Coverage
Occupy Wall Street is rightly credited with helping to shift the economic debate in America from a fixation on deficits to issues of income inequality, corporate greed and the …
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The Rise of Orwellian Economics
(Image: CLEMENT, Canada / CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate)These past few years have been lean times in many respects — but they’ve been boom years for …