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How Dede Adnahom Didn’t Get Deported
Giday “Dede” Adnahom was granted permanent US residency after forming a group called Who You Callin' Illegal, which analyzed the intersections between incarceration and immigration.
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Israel Lobby Takes Aim at Iran Deal
Here's a New Year's resolution that participants in policy debate in Washington, and especially those in Congress, should make: be honest about your position on Iran.
“Our Leaders Do Not Mean Well“
Foreign policy critic William Blum discusses Barack Obama, the media, the United States allying itself with terrorists, and more.
2013 in Review: Congress Bickers, People Take Action
A “do-nothing” Congress? Whatever. That made 2013 a year for people in neighborhoods to shine.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: More Than 1.3 Million People Have Lost Their Unemployment Benefits, and More
One point three million people have lost their unemployment benefits, and more.
Duck Dynasty: A Final Word
Truthout readers have been provided a few comments on the suspension of the “Duck Dynasty” patriarch for extremely bigoted comments regarding gay and black people.
Obama’s Not-So-Terrible Year
Though conventional wisdom says that President Barack Obama has suffered a terrible year in 2013, much of this analysis simply marches in lockstep with the neocon view of Obamau2019s …
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Antidotes to Avarice: A 2013 Top Ten
Nurses, philosophers, and trade unions have over the past 12 months all shared some fascinating ideas on how we can make our societies more equal —and much better — …
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GOP Refuses to Extend Jobless Benefits
Dale Sexton is one of the more than four million faces of the new American economy: the long-term unemployed, people who have been seeking work for six months or …
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The Workplace Needs to Adapt to People’s Needs
The conventional way we do business crushes workers' lives and community vitality. The democratic workplace provides an alternative, argues Nyala.