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How Media and Pollsters Pundify the Public and Marginalize Actual Ideas
As so many follow “the opinion polls” in New Hampshire, keep this in mind: They don't measure opinion. The tracking question being continuously asked is some minor varient of …
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In 2012, the Real Conversation Will Be in the Occupations, While Corporate Candidates Have a False Conversation
The Occupy Movement that developed in 2011 profoundly shook the foundation of the 1%. Almost instantly a new form of political power was created, all truly grown from …
The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The distinction between military support and combat roles vanished in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars of occupation. With this blurring of boundaries, …
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Push to Reform Prison System Brings Unlikely Allies Together
Arriving inmates have their shackles removed at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, July 6, 2007. (Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times) Over …
Romney Looks Like the Nominee, but His Flaws Could Hurt Come Fall
Merrimack, New Hampshire - Mitt Romney heads out of New Hampshire on Wednesday on a probable march to the Republican presidential nomination — but with scars and weaknesses that …
GOP Candidates’ Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Up to 270 Times Larger Than Their Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
The 2012 Republican candidates are largely in lockstep when it comes to economic policy, wanting to give huge tax cuts to the rich and corporations while doing next to …
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Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire Primary
Manchester, N.H. - Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his …
Women in the Battlefield and the Barracks: A Five-Part Series on Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The first decade of the 21st century was a record one for women serving in the US military: Women constituted 14 percent …
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Deciphering Japan’s “Safe Haven” Status
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times) In the Dec. 30 issue of The Financial Times, the journalist Alice Ross notes the strength of the …