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Dr. Cornel West: Greetings From a 21st-Century Prophet
"To be human, you must bear witness to justice," West writes.
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Zombie Politics: Dangerous Authoritarianism or Shrinking Democracy – Part II
The zombie metaphor points dramatically to a kind of “mad agency that is power in a new form, death-in-life.”
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Zombie Politics, Democracy, and the Threat of Authoritarianism – Part I
The growing numbers of zombies in the mainstream media have huge financial backing from the corporate elite.
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Taking Credit Versus Taking Action
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
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Is the World Too Big to Fail? The Contours of Global Order
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout; Adapted: mtsofan, FlyingSinger) The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular …
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A Festival of Dumb
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), the chief architect of the GOP's budget demands. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Every time I think I've seen everything, …
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Public Support for Israel
What does the public really think about aiding Israel?
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A Bet on Japan
Would this catastrophe really unleash the transformation Japan has sought for so long?
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Newt Fakes It
Gingrich has posed as a candidate for a decade now to promote his books, speeches, lobbying business, and other hustles.
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From “Morning in America” to the Nightmare on Main Street
Increasingly, the unthinkable emerges in American life as austerity measures are transformed into a specifically deadly way of exercising modes of sovereignty and government power.