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Fighting Poverty Crucial to Tackling Child Health Crisis, Experts Say
Awareness and activism about the threat poverty poses to childhood health is growing.
US Attack on Syria Violates International Law
Michael Ratner: Without UN approval, US attack on Syria violates international law.
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SNAP Treason: House Republicans Take Aim at Food Stamps
House Republicans' stated goal of cutting $40 billion from the SNAP program must be stopped.
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Work Is Undervalued in Society’s Obsession With “Stuff“
While the media is packed with material about consumer rights, there is seldom mention of workers' rights.
Understanding the Right’s “Obamacare” Obsession
The hard-right is taking a scorched-earth approach, obstructing the law's implementation by any means necessary.
Scot Nakagawa: Civil Rights Are for Everyone
Scot Nakagawa talks with Truthout about the impediments to American people getting real about rights.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A New Report Reveals Little to No Wage Growth for American Workers, and More
In today's On the News segment: Tens of thousands of people marched on Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” …
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Manning Did Not Hurt the United States
The disturbing truths about our own nation's manipulations and abuses around the world may have been uncomfortable, sobering and embarrassing. But many times it's important for Americans to see …
A Co-op Story: Milk Not Jails
Milk Not Jails was founded in 2010 and seeks to throw a wrench in the wheels of the prison economy. How? By investing in New York state's agricultural industry.
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Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard
Laura Flanders: A lot of us will march for jobs again, given the current climate. But can I admit something? I wish we were marching for less work, not …