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Hold Cheaters, Fraudsters and Exploiters Accountable to Get Our Economy Back
The spiral-to-the-bottom and inequality we are suffering is not an inevitable result of globalization, it is what happens when we don't hold cheaters and exploiters accountable and stop them. …
US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes
Has Iran decided to build a nuclear bomb? That would seem to be the central question in the current bellicose debate over whether the world should simply cripple Iran’s …
State of the Union Remarks
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State of the Union: “The Defining Issue of Our Time” and the Definition We Needed
We were hoping to get from President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night a bold, galvanizing vision of how the economy could be made to work once …
Sickened and Still Waiting for Justice: 9/11 First Responders and Cold War Nuclear Weapons Workers Battle for Fair Compensation
The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (Zadroga Act) and the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) represent two federal reparatory and remedial compensation …
Blowing the Whistle on Big Pharma
(Photo: Cape Town Craig) Kathleen Sharp: It was a combination of mistakes and toothless power. This blood booster was approved during the biotech rush of the 1980s, …
Breast Cancer Behind Bars: How a Prison Sentence Can Become a Death Sentence
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Imagine finding a lump in your breast. Imagine that your efforts to schedule a medical check-up are stymied and you have to …
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Part II: Increasing Reliance on Guest Worker Programs
(Photos: David Bacon) Over the last 25 years, guest worker programs have increasingly become a vehicle for channeling the migration that has stemmed from free market reforms. …
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State of the Union Remarks (Transcript and Video)
TRANSCRIPT: THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force …
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In State of the Union, Obama Calls for Minimum 30 Percent Tax on Millionaires
During tonight’s State of the Union, President Obama — noting that one quarter of millionaires are able to pay less in taxes than millions of middle class families — …