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18 May ' 04:47
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17 May ' 23:05
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17 May ' 16:31
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17 May ' 09:00
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Surveillance After Boston
The Boston attacks may just be the catalyst that transforms the US into George Orwell's Oceania.
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Unfolding Repression in the Shadows of the Guatemalan Genocide Trial
Observers fear current human rights abuses are being eclipsed by the genocide trial.
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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
By P.L. Thomas,
Officer Craig Davis, a former municipal policeman now with the Houston school district force, monitors a hallway at E.L. Furr High School in Houston, March 20, 2013. (Photo: Michael Stravato / The New York Times)Just as the education reform movement was spurred by a "manufactured crisis," as exposed by Gerald Bracey and Holton, the War on Drugs grew out of a racially divisive political agenda, a drug crisis that did not yet exist, but created "mass incarceration in the United States . . . as a stunningly comprehensive and well-designed system of racialized social control that functions in a manner strikingly similar to Jim Crow," as Alexander details.Since market-oriented education reform is producing evidence highlighting the ineffectiveness and even negative outcomes associated with those policies, that the agendas remain robust suggests, again like mass incarceration, education reform fulfills many of the dynamics found in the New Jim Crow.
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The Casualties of Justice
By Max Eternity,International terrorism always gets headlines. Getting much less attention is the ongoing government-sanctioned terror against blacks in America.This is not hyperbole. The problem is real, and systemic, and a new report out this month confirms it. Terror is terror, and it often ends in incarcerating the innocent - or worse. Domestic terror against blacks includes a death count at the hands of "police, security guards and vigilantes," resulting in the fatality of an African-American every 28 hours.
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84 Percent of NYC Fast Food Workers Report Wage Theft in a New Survey
By Josh Eidelson, The Nation | ReportAt an 11 am press conference yesterday outside a Brooklyn KFC restaurant, fast food workers and activists will release a new report alleging rampant wage theft in their industry, one of the fastest-growing in the United States. The report includes results from an Anzalone Liszt Grove research survey of 500 of the city’s fast food workers, in which 84 percent reported that their employer had committed some form of wage theft over the previous year.
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Ambiguity in Tax Rules and Disintegration of Election Law May Have Led to IRS Tea Party Mess
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A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan About Afghanistan
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Another CIA Debacle: The Real Benghazi Scandal
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
By Mark Engler, Dissent Magazine
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"The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption
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Taxing Corporate Profits Will Force Investment
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AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?
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Inside the Cooper Union Occupation's First Hours
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A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan About Afghanistan
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Ambiguity in Tax Rules and Disintegration of Election Law May Have Led to IRS Tea Party Mess
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84 Percent of NYC Fast Food Workers Report Wage Theft in a New Survey
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Surveillance After Boston
By Ali Winston,
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
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Another CIA Debacle: The Real Benghazi Scandal
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The Casualties of Justice
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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
By P.L. Thomas,
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AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?
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Taxing Corporate Profits Will Force Investment
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"The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption
By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! | Video Report
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17 May ' 01:46
Friday, 17 May 2013 / TRUTH-OUT.ORG- Hits: 1906891
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16 May ' 18:47
Andy Kroll: Today, politics is a rich man's game.
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Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
Chris Hedges: "Talk to any investigative journalist ... and they will tell you that there is a deep freeze."
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Why Can't EPA Tighten Safety Regulations at Chemical Facilities Like West Fertilizer?
By Mike Ludwig, TruthoutInvestigators say a fire at the West Fertilizer facility detonated stores of ammonium nitrate, causing the deadly explosion. A criminal probe into the incident was opened last week. Investigators have identified three possible sources of ignition: a secondary electrical system, a golf cart that apparently had been subject to a recall, or a criminal act, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Under the original EPA proposal, unveiled by top agency officials to address terrorism concerns following 9/11 but never adopted, chemical plants would be made less vulnerable to accidents and terrorist attacks.
Guatemala Genocide Conviction and a More Just Vision for American Continent
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Retailers Are Refusing to Help Stop Slave Labor, and More
By Jim Javinsky, The Thom Hartmann Program | News Report - By Jeff Bryant, Campaign for America's Future
- By Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism | Op-Ed
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When Basic Economic Theory Is Ignored, Disaster Will Follow
By Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co. | Op-Ed
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: US Retailers Are Refusing to Help Stop Slave Labor, and More
By Jim Javinsky, The Thom Hartmann Program | News Report -
Why Can't EPA Tighten Safety Regulations at Chemical Facilities Like West Fertilizer?
By Mike Ludwig,
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When Basic Economic Theory Is Ignored, Disaster Will Follow
By Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co. | Op-Ed Guatemala Genocide Conviction and a More Just Vision for American Continent
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Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
By Nermeen Shaikh and Amy Goodman,
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16 May ' 10:53
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Coming Corporate Control of Medicine Will Throw Patients Under the Bus
Corporate control over health care will make the horrors falsely attributed to socialized medicine look pale.
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America's Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Against "Reform" Mandates
Resistance to top-down education is propelled by grievances of inequity, unfairness, and public disempowerment.
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At an Impasse: Collective Bargaining Under the Judicial Amendments
By Ellen Dannin and Ann C Hodges, | News Analysis
Rally at Chicago NLRB: 300 union members and allies rallied outside the Region 13 office of the National Labor Relations Board to say pending “Kentucky River” decisions from Bush NLRB could strip them of freedom to have a union. (Photo: Carlos Fernandez / flickrCongress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to create equality of bargaining power between employers and employees, because decades of experience showed that employers used their greater power to impose worse and worse working conditions for employees. The result was depressed wages and working conditions that reduced workers' purchasing power, which caused recessions and depressions and led to strikes and industrial strife. Congress observed that employers had more power than employees because employers had the legal right to organize as corporations and partnerships, while employees had no such protected right.Congress' solution was to protect employees' rights to form, join or assist unions; to bargain collectively through representatives that the employees chose by majority vote; and to give mutual aid or protection to other employees - whether or not they worked for the same employer.
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Guatemala Genocide Conviction Should Prompt More Just Vision for American Continent
By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout | Op-EdThroughout the duration of the Ríos Montt dictatorship, his regime was the bloodiest on the American continent. Why did the world permit his brutality, and why did it take more than 30 years to successfully prosecute him? His genocidal campaigns, in full view to the world, were committed in real time. The simple answer is the actions - and inactions - of US President Ronald Reagan, the man who provided cover for every tin-pot dictator on the continent. A better answer is the preeminence of "America," with its mythological foundation and narrative.
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Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?
By Valerie Tarico, Truthout | News AnalysisAccording to MergerWatch, Catholic control of health dollars and hospital facilities is on the rise across the United States. In Washington State, for example, if all currently proposed mergers go through, almost half of hospital beds will lie in the hands of religious institutions by the end of 2013. Across the US, as Catholic systems such as Peace Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) quietly absorb secular hospitals, the bishops are fighting in court for the religious equivalent of corporate personhood, claiming that the constitution gives them institutional conscience rights that trump patient choice.
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At Universities, Too, the Rich Grow Richer
By Lawrence S Wittner, Huntington News -
Same-Sex Marriage and the Celebration of False Heroes
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On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by Debt
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If the Fed Knows Banks Are Too Big, Why Doesn’t It Make Them Smaller?
By James Kwak, The Baseline Scenario | News Analysis Systemic Malfunctioning of the Labor and Financial Markets
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Allan Nairn: After Rios Montt Verdict, Time for US to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide
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Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
By Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!
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Billionaires Unchained: The New Pay-As-You-Go Landscape of American "Democracy"
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Will the Catholic Bishops Decide How You Die or Whether You Live?
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On Victory Drive, Soldiers Defeated by Debt
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If the Fed Knows Banks Are Too Big, Why Doesn’t It Make Them Smaller?
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At an Impasse: Collective Bargaining Under the Judicial Amendments
By Ellen Dannin and Ann C Hodges, | News Analysis
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At Universities, Too, the Rich Grow Richer
By Lawrence S Wittner, Huntington News -
Same-Sex Marriage and the Celebration of False Heroes
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America's Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Against "Reform" Mandates
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Coming Corporate Control of Medicine Will Throw Patients Under the Bus
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Guatemala Genocide Conviction Should Prompt More Just Vision for American Continent
By Roberto Cintli Rodriguez,
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Systemic Malfunctioning of the Labor and Financial Markets
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Allan Nairn: After Rios Montt Verdict, Time for US to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide
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Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom
By Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!
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16 May ' 03:42
Thursday, 16 May 2013 / TRUTH-OUT.ORG- Hits: 1906826
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15 May ' 20:47
In recent weeks, Congress has been looking into last year's outbreak of meningitis, which killed 53 people and injured more than 700 Americans in 20 states. The cause was a tainted steroid distributed by the New England Compounding Center (NECC), which is part of an obscure $2 billion-a-year niche of the pharmaceutical industry called "compounding pharmacies." Recent reports document that this rogue industry is out of control, operating dangerously in the shadows and putting the lives of millions of Americans at risk. Democrats have been trying to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate this shadowy niche of the drug industry, but the companies and their Republican allies have pushed back, arguing that states can do a better job and that stronger federal regulations aren't needed.
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Memo to Bush Administration Leftovers on Fox: Shut Up
By The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program | Op-Ed 
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15 May ' 13:29
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The Fate of the Middle East in the Balance: Syria Endgame Approaching Fast
Shamus Cooke: Obama has plenty of reasons to pursue more war in Syria.
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Food, Farms, Forests and Fracking: Connecting the Dots
Fossil fuel and agribusiness corporations have brought us to the brink of a global calamity.
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If Frances Kelsey Could Protect America from the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1962, Congress Can Today
By Peter Dreier, Truthout
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey receiving the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F. Kennedy, in 1962. (Photo: WikipediaIn recent weeks, Congress has been looking into last year's outbreak of meningitis, which killed 53 people and injured more than 700 Americans in 20 states. The cause was a tainted steroid distributed by the New England Compounding Center (NECC), which is part of an obscure $2 billion-a-year niche of the pharmaceutical industry called "compounding pharmacies. Recent reports document that this rogue industry is out of control, operating dangerously in the shadows and putting the lives of millions of Americans at risk. Democrats have been trying to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate this shadowy niche of the drug industry, but the companies and their Republican allies have pushed back, arguing that states can do a better job and that stronger federal regulations aren't needed.
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Racism and Classism Are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create Environmental Injustice
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout | News AnalysisDespite claims that we live in a post-racial era, racism and classism continue to permeate US society, including in the governmental and advocacy organizations that are supposed to prevent discrimination and abuse. Racism is well documented in the criminal (in)justice system, and since the Occupy movement arose, inequality in incomes and wealth are more frequently discussed. But little attention has been given to racism and classism in the environmental movement and in agricultural policy, where their effects create intolerable injustices.
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Cutting Social Security and Not Taxing Wall Street
By Dean Baker, Truthout | Op-EdAs we move towards the fifth anniversary of the great financial crisis of 2008, people should be outraged that cutting Social Security is now on the national agenda, while taxing Wall Street is not. After all, if we take at face value the claims made back in 2008 by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretaries Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner, Wall Street excesses brought the economy to the brink of collapse.
But now the Wall Street behemoths are bigger than ever and President Obama is looking to cut the Social Security benefits of retirees. That will teach the Wall Street boys to be more responsible in the future.
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Lift The Millstone of Student Debt That's Slowing The Economy
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Tomas de Torquemada in the US Armed Forces
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Let's Talk About this "Reform" Business – Militarization
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Two Weeks, Three States: Minnesota Becomes the 12th State to Legalize Marriage Equality
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Revolutionary Culture in Cairo
By Jihan Hafiz, The Real News Network | Video -
From Capital Punishment to Guns, Old Fears Weigh Like a Nightmare on Today's Debate
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Finance: "Aprés Moi, Le Deluge - Make Money Now To Hell With Tomorrow
By Paul Jay, The Real News Network | Video
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Committee Agrees to Cut Over $4 Billion of Food Aid from the Farm Bill, and More
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Racism and Classism Are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create Environmental Injustice
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New Shell Oil Laboratory at Oxford Meets Organized Resistance
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If Frances Kelsey Could Protect America from the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1962, Congress Can Today
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Two Weeks, Three States: Minnesota Becomes the 12th State to Legalize Marriage Equality
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The Fate of the Middle East in the Balance: Syria Endgame Approaching Fast
By Shamus Cooke, CounterPunch
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Lift The Millstone of Student Debt That's Slowing The Economy
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Tomas de Torquemada in the US Armed Forces
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Let's Talk About this "Reform" Business – Militarization
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Food, Farms, Forests and Fracking: Connecting the Dots
By Ronnie Cummins and Zack Kaldveer, Organic Consumers Information -
Cutting Social Security and Not Taxing Wall Street
By Dean Baker,
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