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Ideology Posing as Reality: Conservative Politics vs. Economics 101
A Tea Party favorite, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a town hall meeting in Hillsborough, New Jersey, on March 2, 2011. After more than a year in office, …
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Top “US” Corporations Outsourced More Than 2.4 Million American Jobs Over the Last Decade
A Washington Post/ABC News poll released this morning finds that 44 percent, a plurality, of Americans think the economy is getting worse, rather than staying the same or getting better. …
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The Stubborn Myth of Expansionary Contraction
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Mike Konczal, a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, has been writing lately in his economics blog, Rortybomb, about …
Reflections on Islamophobia (Video)
The Institute for Policy Studies takes you inside Congressman Peter King's first hearing on the “extent of radicalization in the American Muslim community” held on March 10, 2011 and …
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If Cairo Came to Kabul
Before Tahrir Square happened almost nobody predicted that President Hosni Mubarak would be forced out of office by a movement that didn't pick up a gun. Had President Barack …
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In the Dark Over Murder of Peace Activists
Ramallah - Palestinians are reeling from the double-murder of two pro-Palestinian peace activists over the last few weeks, one in the West Bank and one in Gaza, with many …
A Note on ProPublica’s Second Pulitzer Prize
ProPublica reporters Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein have been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their stories on how some Wall Street bankers, seeking to enrich themselves …
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Meet the Nuclear Gypsies
If you read our other piece about Japanese nuclear workers, and even if you didn't, you will find this of interest. It's from the Los Angeles Times, and was …
Jason Leopold: “I’m Sorry My Government Tortured You …" (Radio Interview)
Editor's Note: We are happy to bring you our first Truthout collaboration with the Chicago-based radio station, Vocalo. In this segment of “The Story Behind the Story,” Vocalo's Sarah …
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Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision “Doesn’t Save Any” Money for the State of Wisconsin
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) and Peter Shumlin (D-VT) to testify in a hearing titled "State and Municipal Debt: Tough …