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The Right to Vote Should Be Available to Everyone - Truthout
WEBOct 24, 2021 · Joseph R. Dole is an award-winning author and artist with a BA in critical legal studies from NEIU/UWW. He is one of the co-founders and policy director of Parole Illinois, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization working to abolish death-by-incarceration in Illinois, and has been published in the Northwestern’s Journal of Law and Social Policy; Journal of Ethical Urban Living; Justice, Power and ...
Chomsky: Peace Talks in Ukraine “Will Get Nowhere” If US
WEBMar 14, 2022 · As Russia steps up its assault on Ukraine and its forces advance on Kyiv, peace talks between the two sides were scheduled to resume today for the fourth time, but have now been postponed until tomorrow. Unfortunately, some opportunities for a peace agreement have already been squandered, so it’s hard to …
Biden’s Racism Is More Veiled Than Trump’s — But No Less Real
WEBMar 15, 2020 · When it comes to race, Joe Biden’s record and rhetoric reflect the broader hypocrisy of U.S. politics. While Biden rightly criticizes Donald Trump’s racism, he then praises himself for his own ability to work with overt white supremacist Dixiecrat Democrats in the 1970s. It’s important to recognize the problematic nature of Biden’s ...
What to Do When You Have Been Abusive - Truthout
WEBJan 26, 2020 · The following is a nine-step guide to confronting the abuser in you, in me, in us all. 1. Listen to the Survivor. “Listen to the survivor” may seem to imply that there can only be one survivor in a given situation, or that the first person who calls out the other has to be the survivor of an abuse dynamic.
Participatory Democracy: A Tool for Social Change | Truthout
WEBJul 31, 2018 · Participatory democracy has been a hallmark of social movements since the days of the New Left.It has been a feature of anarchist praxis since the 19th century, and a component of numerous Indigenous polities, such as the Iroquois Confederacy.In recent years, the mantle of participatory democracy has been taken up by a variety of political actors and grassroots organizers.
6 Years After Standing Rock, Native Tribes Still Fight ... - Truthout
WEBOct 9, 2023 · The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Army Corps to prepare an EIS for the Standing Rock portion of the pipeline on March 25, 2020, because the pipeline’s “ effects on the quality of the human environment are likely to be highly controversial.”. It has taken the Army Corps more than three years to produce the ...
Corporate Media Harms Not Only Through Omission, But Also by …
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Corporate news media are guilty of both “sins of omission” (neglecting significant facts about important issues, failing to follow up on stories that challenge the status quo) and “sins of distortion” (framing news that contradicts conventional wisdom as “opinion,” failing to interpret clearly interrelated events, such as the recent ...
An Interview With Mike Lofgren, Author of “The Party Is Over“
WEBAug 3, 2012 · His “coming out” article as a citizen, “ Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult ,” garnered over a million views on Truthout. Lofgren has expanded on the insights of that article in his just-issued book, “The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got ...