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Acting With Impunity: The Case of General Electric
Can the world's biggest corporations act with impunity? When it comes to General Electric, the answer appears to be “yes.”
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Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in several states over the weekend, just the latest in a …
Empire Under Obama: Barack Obama’s Global Terror Campaign
America is waging a global terror campaign through the use of drones, killing thousands of people, committing endless war crimes, creating fear and terror in a program expected to …
The Mainstream Corporate Media and the US Government Shill for Toxic Monsanto
Truthout talks with author Belen Fernandez about Monsanto, the corporate mainstream media under-reporting stories such as the suicide epidemic in India and buffoonish commentary on GMOs by the likes …
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Here Lies the Tea Party, 2009 – 2013
Tea Party members have marked their own grave with this government shut down, creating historically low ratings for the already floundering GOP.
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Should Rich Kids Get Most of the Scholarships?
The schools bump up their average GPA, get more money to give to rich students, and the poor are left out of the loop.
The Ten Hardline Conservatives Pulling the Strings of the GOP Shutdown
Just looking at the rank-and-file members of the “suicide caucus” isn't enough - it's like focusing on the marionette rather than the puppet-master.
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The Answer to the Great Question of Education Reform? The Number 42
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The Economic Consequences of a US Debt Default
The economic ignorance of the Teapublican faction of the Republican party in the US House and Senate is perhaps exceeded only by the similar ignorance of its economic advisers.
Salmonella and Hepatitis Outbreaks Start Up as Government Shuts Down
Dual outbreaks of salmonella and non-viral hepatitis have sickened hundreds and left one person dead.