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Closing Words from COP20: Time to Take Power from the Polluters
If COP20 is supposed laying the road to Paris, then here in Lima dirty energy industry has taken control of the steering wheel and is driving us off a …
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Amid Climate Change, What’s More Important?
Adapting to climate change will carry a high price tag.
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California: Waking Up Is Hard to Do
California remains emblematic of the American dream - and of how that has become a nightmare.
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Our Hopes for 2015
As we make our way into 2015, some of the Truthout team share personal hopes for the coming year with you, our readers.
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Zombie Apocalypse and the Politics of Artificial Scarcity
The widespread deployment of apocalyptic fear ultimately keeps us in our place, and out of the business of those who own our worlds.
The Afghan War Is Not Over: US Ends 13-Year Combat Mission, but More Than 10,000 Troops Continue the Fight
The US-led NATO occupation has formally ended its 13-year combat mission in Afghanistan.
The Worst Narco-State in History? After 13-Year War, Afghanistan’s Opium Trade Floods the Globe
In the 13 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the country's opium production has doubled.
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We Need Moral Certainty on Torture
We need to reestablish that foundational, incontrovertible moral certainty we once had about torture.
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“Selma” Portrays the True Martin Luther King Jr: A Radical Despised by the Political Establishment
This is not your sanitized Hollywood version of Dr. King.
“Employee Engagement” Is No Substitute for a Union at Volkswagen
What should we make of the latest twist at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant?