Truthout
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The Increasing Concentration of Capital Precludes Democracy
The US and most European governments now exist to serve the needs of an oligarchy.
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Fitness Devices Make It Harder to Lie to Ourselves
You might say that the truth will show up on the scale and your waistline eventually.
Biden’s Solution to Central American Migration Overlooks CAFTA Damage
Many of the region's policy analysts are not enthused about the plan, with one calling it “more of the same.”
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Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA’s National Fracking Study
In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an ambitious and highly consequential study of the risks that hydraulic fracturing.
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Why the Walmart Pay Raise Matters
Was Walmart's decision an act of kindness? Possibly. But Aiha Nguyen says employees, fast-food workers, the labor movement and families fueled the change for higher wages.
As UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment, Bill McKibben on Vanuatu, Oxford Vote, California Water Crisis
McKibben links the storm to global warming.
The Affordable Care Act at Age Five: Quality of Care
Confusion and controversy have plagued the ACA since its enactment.
In the Age of Inequality, We Must Rethink the Education Status Quo
Resolution lies in a fairer distribution of material and cultural resources among the less well-off in society.
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Black Death: The Rashomon Effect and Our Symbols of Justice
Where is the justice in the US justice system?
Is Venezuela Really an “Extraordinary Threat”? US Sanctions Top Officials as Tensions Grow
Tensions between the US and Venezuela are increasing.