Truthout
Environment
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Debt of Gratitude: Less Earning, More Learning
I’d like to share a story, a personal story, a common story, an American story. For nearly two decades, I have carried the burden of a crushing student loan …
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Flagellant
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Santorum Is a Social Conservative on Steroids, and That Troubles Some Voters
Even amid increased scrutiny, former Sen. Rick Santorum unapologetically wears his faith-fueled social conservatism on the heart of his trademark sweater vest. But the same steely resolve …
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Political Science
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Seven Female Missouri House Members Say They Were Kept Out of Contraception Debate
President Barack Obama, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Feb. 10, 2012. (Photo: Stephen …
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On the President as Alien
Washington - They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn't, he's a secularist who is waging war on religion. On some days he's a Nazi, …
Immigrant Steel Workers March Against Unjust Firings
Pacific Steel workers march through Berkeley. (Photo: David Bacon) Berkeley, California - Two hundred immigrant workers, their wives, husbands, children and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown …
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The Emperor’s Messenger Has No Clothes: Belén Fernández Dresses Down Thomas Friedman
(Image: Verso) What's scary about Thomas Friedman is not his journalism, with its underinflated insights and twisted metaphors. Annoying as his second-rate thinking and third-rate writing may …
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Blaming Decline in Family Values for Soaring Inequality
Sonya Robison, who is facing a foreclosure suit, holds her son Sean-Charles, 1, while daughters Christina Kay, 3, right, and Sophia, 2, play in their bedroom, in Yoder, Colo., …
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Karzai Demand on Night Raids Snags US-Afghan Pact
Washington/Kabul - Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, …