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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?
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A New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Call the Police
Resolving not to call the police is the beginning of a dream that challenges us to build a free world.
Economic Update: Signs of Deepening Inequality
This week's episode provides updates on the successful Oregon teaching assistants' strike, evicting the homeless and more.
How the Pentagon Papers Came to Be Published by the Beacon Press, as Told by Daniel Ellsberg and Others
In 1972 Beacon Press lost a Supreme Court case brought against it by the US government for publishing the first full edition of the Pentagon Papers.