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Why the Right-Wing Bullies Will Hold The Nation Hostage Again and Again
When I was a small boy I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than than everyone else. They demanded the cupcake my mother …

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Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System
(Photo: fling93) A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless …

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The GOP Plan for Medicare Is Not Nice
The House Republican plan for balancing budgets includes deep cuts in federal health care spending. It is honest but not nice. It's not nice at all. …

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The End of Shutdowns
Washington - One image perfectly captured the absurd, irrational and wholly unnecessary confrontation over whether to shut down the federal government on the basis of differences over a small …

Sex Workers File Civil Rights Suit Against Louisiana’s “Crime Against Nature” Law (2)
(Photo: alistercoyne; Edited: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) The third week of February, attorneys from New Orleans-based and national organizations brought a federal civil rights complaint against Louisiana's …

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And if We Were to Change … Everything
(Photo: random clichĂ©) Month after month, Alternatives Economiques describes and analyzes the economic news. That does not prevent us from reflecting on what could, on what must, …

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The Link Between War and Big Finance
Veterans For Peace has joined in endorsing “Sounds of Resistance,” a concert and protest against Wall Street banks that draws the connections between militarism, Wall Street, the wealth divide …

Radio and TV Marti Should be Prime Targets for Budget Cutters
TV MartĂ building. (Photo: Allen Pinkley) Editor's Note: This article was originally published prior to the passage of the federal budget deal. • Not much …

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Migrant Workers Caught in Whirlwind of “Arab Spring“
A young Nigerian woman at an UNHCR constructed refugee camp in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia on March 9, 2011. For many migrants, particularly from sub-Sarahan Africa, life in Libya, despite …

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Kaiser and SEIU Flouted the NLRB Rules: An Appeal to Overturn the Kaiser Election
Throughout the United States, pro-labor activists are beginning to realize that the right to collective bargaining — currently under assault — is intertwined with the right of employees to …