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Money and the Corporate Media Are Gagging Democracy
"This the truth of [election] 2012: money beat money," write John Nichols and Robert McChesney.
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Detroit Residents on Bankruptcy – We Have No Democracy!
More than half of Michigan's 1.4 million black residents now live under rule by unelected emergency managers.
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A Frenzy Over the “Female Dollar“
Paul Krugman: The prospect that Janet Yellen might become the next head of the Fed has driven the right into a frenzy.
John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule
Truthout speaks with John Nichols and Robert McChesney about their new book, "Dollarocracy."
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Economist Richard Wolff talks about battling rampant capitalism and fighting for economic justice.
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Is $15 an Hour a Fair Wage for Serving Fast Food?
Fast food workers in other countries earn the equivalent of $15 an hour and enjoy benefits, yet hamburgers cost no more.
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We’re All Being Poisoned by Deregulated Capitalism
Capitalism is unraveling the physical and mental well being of this country.
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Life at Louisiana’s Toxic Sinkhole: An Eco-Disaster Continues With No End in Sight
A year after a toxic sinkhole caused by one of Texas Brine's salt caverns either drove neighborhood homeowners in Louisiana out of their houses or left them with ongoing …
Noam Chomsky: “Bradley Manning Should Be Regarded as a Hero”
Laura Flanders interviews Noam Chomsky about Manning, the TransPacific Partnership and the wisdom of the indigenous.
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Economic Policy Debates: Theater of Distraction
Richard Wolff: The debates proceed as if official policies were key to ending crises.