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Hundreds Dead as Egyptian Forces Commit 3rd Mass Killing of Pro-Morsi Demonstrators
Dozens of people have been reportedly killed in raids on two pro-Morsi encampments in Cairo.
John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule
Truthout speaks with John Nichols and Robert McChesney about their new book, “Dollarocracy.”
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When a Political Party Goes Off the Deep End
Paul Krugman: The madness of the GOP is the central issue of our time.
Has the British Government Understood Radicalization?
The seventh of July 2013 was the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attack in London.
Science as Social Control: Political Paralysis and the Genetics Agenda
Only a tiny proportion of research in biology gets done outside of straightjackets imposed by funding agencies.
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The Business of Mass Incarceration
Incarceration has become a very lucrative business for an array of private contractors, most of whom send lobbyists to Washington to make sure the laws and legislation continue to …
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A Pox on Optimists!
Yves Smith declares how America's brand of optimism has
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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
On the Poor Definition and Measurement of Corruption
Sadly, we’ve entered into a world where the word “corruption” has become inadequate to describe the many and varied practices of profitable abuse by the powerful and connected of …
Political Violence and Privilege: Why Violent Right-wing Extremism Doesn’t Scare Americans
Matt Harwood makes clear in his inaugural article for TomDispatch, American Muslims have been disproportionately targeted compared to right-wing Christian groups.