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Incoming GOP House Chairs Plan to Investigate Climate Scientists, Probe Muslim “Radicalization,” Repeal Healthcare Reform
When the 112th Congress is sworn in Wednesday, Republicans will hold a newfound edge in the House after four years in the minority.
Solutions: Making Government Work
Truthout's "Solutions: Making Government Work" editor and long-time researcher, author and government watchdog Dina Rasor. Click to visit the "Solutions: Making Government Work" archive. The Solutions …
Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia: The Eclipse of Democratic Formative Culture
We live in an age in which punitive justice and a theater of cruelty have become the defining elements of a mainstream cultural apparatus that trades in historical and …
Eleven Ways to Rebuild Our Country
Alexander Hamilton’s strategic proposals for American manufacturing built the greatest industrial powerhouse the world had ever seen -- before they were abandoned.
Farewell Mon Amour: Prospects on Democracy’s Electoral Defeat
We have become a country in which democracy is no longer a viable dream; rather, it is a living nightmare haunting those who now control the reins of financial …
The Perfect Storm
A few Americans are buying our democracy as never before. And they're doing it completely in secret.
Revenge of the Zombies: Palin, Beck, Limbaugh and the Return of Dark Times
The new zombies have an increasing presence in the death chambers of high finance, the highest reaches of government and in the forefront of mainstream media.
Remembering Fascism: Learning From the Past
"The world is too complex for history to repeat, but there are nevertheless lessons to keep in mind."
Interregnum
Sovereignty nowadays is, so to speak, underdefined and contentious, porous and poorly defensible, unanchored and free-floating.
On Languages of Power and Powerlessness
The disciplining force of society is at its most effective when its human origins are denied or covered up.