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The New Libya: Exclusive Video on Challenges Facing a Nation Emerging from Gaddafi’s 42-Year Rule
Fight corporate influence by keeping independent media strong! Click here to make a tax-deductible contribution to Truthout. Amy Goodman: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is …
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Why Women? Why Now? Looking at Gender and Immigration
One need only consider the story of Roxana Santos mentioned in Break the Chain’s previous blog post to understand the very real implications of strict immigration enforcement laws in this …
Democrats and the Death of Keynesian Economics
President Barack Obama is seen through a window backstage at the General Motors Lake Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan, October 14, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White …
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Occupy Chicago Grows, Looks for a Permanent Home
Occupy Chicago, Grant Park. (Photos: Ryan Nanni) Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase all have their own slice of downtown Chicago, but the grassroots …
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The Ungreening of Obama
Barack Obama was green when he entered the Oval Office. He was a relative newcomer to politics. He was also the most successful fundraiser in presidential history, hauling in …
Unequal Influence: There Are Politicians Who Work on Behalf of Corporations and Those Who Work on Behalf of Humans
(Image: JR / Truthout) The people have got to know if their president is a crook,” U.S. President Richard Nixon told a national television audience on November …
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Enviros Make Keystone XL a Litmus Test for Obama’s Re-Election: Will It Work?
Washington - To hard-core environmentalists, the Obama administration's upcoming decision on the fiercely debated Keystone XL oil sands pipeline is black and white. Say no to the Canada-to-Gulf Coast …
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Resistance Is Patriotic
Tulsa – On Saturday, about 11 a.m., a lone man, appearing to be on the sliding side of middle age old enough to be some child’s grandfather, walked slowly …
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Sounds of Outrage Heard on Wall Street
Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement marched in Lower Manhattan on September 30, 2011. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) Harvard’s Nieman Watchdog …
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US Troop Deaths in Afghan War Under Obama Now Twice That Under Bush
This weekend marked a new milestone for the war in Afghanistan: the total number of US troops killed in the war has doubled since President Obama took office, according …