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The Education of Jose Pedraza: Why Fixing Schools Isn’t Simple Math
(Photo: boutmuet) Last year in East LA, Jose Pedraza was struggling mightily in his classes and drifting listlessly through his days. It was worrying enough to his …
GRITtv: Sen. Bernie Sanders: We’re All In This Together on Health Care
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Helping the Neediest Among Us
Yachts docked at Corpus Christi, Texas. (Photo: Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits) To be fair to lawmakers, it's not easy making the tough spending choices in these …
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Obama Touts Border Successes, Mocks GOP Immigration Policy
Washington - President Barack Obama traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to court Hispanic voters and renew his call for Congress to overhaul immigration policy. He …
Fixing the Revolving Door (Audio)
“This kind of thing used to be shameful...” Dina Rasor, who writes the Solutions: Making Government Work column on Truth-Out.org, describes the conflict of interest that can arise when …
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Britain Still Awaits Good Results From Bad Ideas
Protesters gathered in central London in March to demonstrate against government spending cuts. (Photo: Andrew Testa / The New York Times) The bad gross domestic product …
Gary Johnson: “I Would Get Out of Afghanistan Tomorrow“
Last month, I wrote a piece suggesting that Americans who want to end the war in Afghanistan ought to consider supporting former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson in the …
Inflation Fears: Real or Hysteria?
Debate continues to rage between the inflationists who say the money supply is increasing, dangerously devaluing the currency, and the deflationists who say we need more money in the …
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The Targeted Assassination of Osama bin Laden
When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said, “Justice has been done.” Mr. Obama misused the …