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Best-Selling Author Thomas Frank Reads From His New Book, “Pity the Billionaire”
Thomas Frank, formerly an opinion writer for The Washington Post as well as a current monthly columnist for Harper's, is the founder of the journal The Baffler and the …
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Buffett on Why Romney Should Pay Higher Taxes: He’s Just “Shoving Around Money,” Not “Straining His Back“
Last week, Mitt Romney finally admitted that he pays a tax rate of 15 percent, lower than that of many middle-class families. Romney is taxed at such a low …
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Inside ALEC: Naked Contempt for the Press and Public in Scottsdale
Evicting the Press, Part 1: Meet Mr. Black Scottsdale, Arizona—A suburb awash in money and golf courses, set against the backdrop of the jagged mountains surrounding Phoenix. …
CIA Officer Charged With Leaking Classified Information to Journalists Gave Exclusive Interview to Truthout Two Years Ago
(Photo: Troy Page / Truthout)
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Righteous Abortion: How Conservative Christianity Promotes What It Claims to Hate
One of the great ironies of American society is that most abortions in the U.S. are caused by conservative Christians. Read the statistics: Forty nine percent of pregnancies in this …
Our Dangerous Devotion to Eyewitness Testimony
(Photo: Mario De Carli) “We see what we want to see,” my grandmother used to say. This insight visited me recently after I ran across the mall …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: USDA Moves Forward With Plans to Privatize Poultry Inspection, and More
In today's On the News segment: Newt Gingrich scapegoated the poor and minorities on his way to a crushing victory over Mitt Romney in South Carolina Saturday, Republicans signal …
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Blacks Face Bias in Bankruptcy, Study Suggests (2)
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their …
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Quietly Radical Mission at Sundance: Supporting Native Filmmakers
It’s days before the Sundance Film Festival and Aurora Guerrero is busy. The 40-year-old filmmaker is set to debut her first feature-length project “Mosquita y Mari” at the festival …
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The Corporate State Will Be Broken
A protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement waves to Auubi, a 17-month-old boy whose father was also demonstrating, on the grounds of the Capitol in Washington, on January …