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In “Open Government Data,” What’s Really Open?
(Photo: John Carleton) In the fall, the United States joined seven other countries — with hopefully more to come — in forming the Open Government Partnership, an …
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“I’m Getting Arrested” App Aims to Help Drivers
(Photo: steefafa) Phoenix - A group of pro-immigrant rights activists in Arizona aim to develop a smartphone application that would help immigrants notify friends, family and their …
The Border Wall: The Last Stand at Making the US a White Gated Community
(Photos by Mark Karlin) This is the first in an occasional Truthout series on viewing the US “immigration” and Mexican border policies through a social justice lens, …
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The Problem With the Environment Is Not Too Many People
Los Angeles smog. (Photo: Harshil.Shah / Flickr) We've all heard the claim repeatedly: humans pollute, so if we just reduce the number of people - both the …
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The Kazakhstan Massacre: Killing Hope to Benefit US Geopolitical Interests
Railroad tanker cars wait on a siding in the Tengiz oil field in western Kazakhstan. (Photo: Viktor Korotayev / The New York Times) December 16, 2011, should …
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Financial Markets Are Not Faceless, Their Face Is That of the Oligarchy
L’Humanité interviews the author of la Finance imaginaire, anatomie du capitalisme: des “marchés financiers” à l’oligarchie, Arden publishers (Fantasizing about Finance - an Anatomy of Capitalism: “Financial Markets” or …
“Public Media” Joins “Gang Greens” in Colluding With Frackers
NPR's serenades to the "natural"(1) gas industry are getting more and more blatant. Let's pick apart some of these egregious transgressions from journalistic integrity. National Petroleum, er, National Public …
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Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power
“Corporations are people, my friend.” Mitt Romney at Iowa State Fair(1) Corporations are obviously not people. But Romney is correct in the sense that corporations have hijacked most of …
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Koch, Cato Institute Battle Could Test Non-Profit Law Limits
Billionaires Charles and David Koch are suing in Johnson County court, trying to enforce decades-old contracts related to control of the Cato Institute, a famous libertarian think-tank based in …
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The Peace Movement Needs Kucinich, With or Without Congress
(Photo: Andy Carvin / Flickr) If Congressman Dennis Kucinich becomes simply Dennis Kucinich sans the “Congressman” his value to the peace movement need not diminish. …