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Pity the Billionaire
(Image: Metropolitan Books) From the Introduction “Signs and Wonders” This book is a chronicle of a confused time, a period when Americans rose up against imaginary threats …
Truthout Contributor David Bacon on His New Book, “Illegal People“
Writer and photographer David Bacon has released the new book, “Illegal People - How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants.” (Courstesy: David Bacon) David Bacon: There's certainly …
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Corporations Are Not People
(Image: Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Most Americans don't realize that the idea that “corporations are people” and “money is speech” are concepts that were never, ever considered or promoted …
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Best-Selling Author Thomas Frank Reads From His New Book, “Pity the Billionaire”
Thomas Frank, formerly an opinion writer for The Washington Post as well as a current monthly columnist for Harper's, is the founder of the journal The Baffler and the …
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Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
(Image: Dutton Adult) Prologue In the moments before she became a widow, veiled in blood, Sharon Lenox was happier than she’d been in ages. Her fifty-four-year-old husband, …