[174202] in Zephyr_Bugs
Iraq: War's Legacy of Cancer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Mon Mar 18 16:25:41 2013
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:25:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: t r u t h o u t <messenger@truthout.org>
Reply-To: messenger@truthout.org
To: zephyr-bugs@mit.edu
Message-ID: <1462943163.31777073@org2.org2DB.mail.democracyinaction.org>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_2646177_1479626594.1363638339949"
Envelope-From: <1462943163-1240993-org2-org2DB@bounces.salsalabs.net>
------=_Part_2646177_1479626594.1363638339949
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
t r u t h o u t | 03.18
Iraq: War's Legacy of Cancer
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15166-iraq-wars-legacy-of-cancer
Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera: Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions.
Chris Hedges | Prison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15170-prison-profiteers-are-the-new-southern-slaveholders
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: An interview with two longtime prisoner advocates reveals much about the shame of America's gulags.
Worms, Pond Scum and Economists
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15167-worms-pond-scum-and-economists
Dean Baker, Truthout: High youth unemployment is a grave problem, but don't let austerity hawks blame it on Social Security and Medicare.
American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15189-american-employment-winter-beware-reports-of-spring
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: The figures suggest that more people are simply holding multiple jobs.
Failed "Welfare" Programs and the Web of Poverty
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15095-failed-welfare-programs-and-the-web-of-poverty
Max Eternity, Truthout: The policies that create paradigms of poverty are often remote and administered with a hidden hand.
GOP Uses Science to Find White Bigots ... How About Using Science for Climate Change?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15190-gop-uses-science-to-find-white-bigots-how-about-using-science-for-climate-change
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: "It was science that determined that global warming and climate change were real, and now it's science that's determined that the Republican Party is full of 'stuffy old men.'"
Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, Sunnis Who Backed Saddam Chafe Under Shiite Rule
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15169-ten-years-after-iraq-invasion-sunnis-who-backed-saddam-chafe-under-shiite-rule
Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers: And ethnic Kurds are angry at the prime minister's refusal to resolve the issues of revenue-sharing and oil sales by their autonomous government.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Maryland to Become 18th State to Ban Death Penalty, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15192-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-maryland-to-become-18th-state-to-ban-death-penalty-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The Senate Budget Committee approved a deficit reduction plan that would include a minimum wage increase, and more.
The True Cost of Food: Immigration and Agriculture Workers
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15188-the-true-cost-of-food-immigration-and-agriculture-workers
Brad Wong, Equal Voice News: Meaningful reform could improve working conditions, but not in time for Modesto Hernandez, whose boss' indifference cost him his feet.
Two Years After Invasion to Crush Uprising in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Helps Fuel Conflict in Syria
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15172-two-years-after-invasion-to-crush-uprising-in-bahrain-saudi-arabia-helps-fuel-conflict-in-syria
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy NOW!: Saudi Arabia is playing an increasing role in Syria, allowing the supply of arms and even the infiltration of militants to help the rebels' fight.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
In Bank Tax Cut for Job Scheme, Another Bank Gets Immunity by DOJ
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17866-in-bank-tax-cut-for-job-scheme-another-bank-gets-immunity-by-doj
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: An IRS examiner is going to jail for cutting a big bank's taxes by millions in return for a job. That makes sense. But neither the bank nor any staff member is being held criminally accountable. We guess the guy hired himself.
March Madness: The Fifth Straight Year of Extreme Corporate Tax Avoidance
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17865-march-madness-the-fifth-straight-year-of-extreme-corporate-tax-avoidance
Why Was the Press Not Held Accountable for Going Along With Iraq War Deceptions?
Read the Article at Consortium News
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/03/18/what-happened-to-the-us-press-corps/
Fresh Evidence Shows MI6 and CIA Were Told Before Invasion That Iraq Had No Active WMD
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/18/panorama-iraq-fresh-wmd-claims
Meet the Hedge Fund Managers Turning a Profit on the Sandy Hook Massacre
Read the Article at The Sparrow Project
http://www.sparrowmedia.net/2013/03/owl-creek-asset-management-sandy-hook-massacre/
Hillary Clinton Announces Her Support for Gay Marriage
Read the Article at Politico
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/hillary-clinton-gay-marriage-support-88988.html#ixzz2NuTI4mWo
University of Tennessee Wins Approval for Hydraulic Fracturing Plan
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/16/science/earth/university-of-tennessees-fracking-plan-wins-approval-and-stirs-protests.html?_r=0
The Lyndon Johnson Tapes: Richard Nixon's "Treason"
Read the Article at BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21768668
-----------
Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation by clicking here: https://members.truth-out.org/donate
To ensure you receive our messages please add the following address to your email address book: messenger@truthout.org
If you are having trouble with this, read our guide: http://www.truthout.org/whitelisting
Thank you!
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Click to UNSUBSCRIBE -> https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6694/unsubscribe.jsp?Email=zephyr-bugs@mit.edu&email_blast_KEY=1240993&organization_KEY=6694
Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org
Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://www.truthout.org/content/subscribe
Our Privacy Policy -> http://www.truthout.org/privacy
------=_Part_2646177_1479626594.1363638339949
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" --><table width="600" cellspacing="15" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #000000">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="64">
<table width="64" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><img width="64" height="100" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_t_100.gif" alt="t" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width="40"> </td>
<td width="300">
<table width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.2em 0;font-size: small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Monday, 18 March 2013
<p></p>
<img width="236" height="40" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_logo_40.png" alt="t r u t h o u t" /></h2>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td width="165" align="right">
<table width="165" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 style="text-align:right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t7FFalTinN03WyHPmlPwZ4Lfe9Jjh0dB" style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none">View Recent Newsletters</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
<h2 style="text-align:right; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0;font-size: x-small;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FLcsn8ddD2R7Iw0awgogeoLfe9Jjh0dB" style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none">Tell a friend about Truthout!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#910000" align="center">
<h2 style="margin: .5em .5em; text-align:center; font-size: large;!important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sy550sUFu8xplgmgcy2roYLfe9Jjh0dB" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; text-align:center">Donate Today!</a>
<p></p>
</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: xx-small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1"> </p>
<p style="text-align:right; margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 7px;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1">Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="180" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="15"> </td>
<td width="165" bgcolor="#e4e2d7">
<table width="165" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="15" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<h1 style="font-size: x-large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">BuzzFlash</h1>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>In Bank Tax Cut for Job Scheme, Another Bank Gets Immunity by DOJ </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>An IRS examiner is going to jail for cutting a big bank's taxes by millions in return for a job. That makes sense. But neither the bank nor any staff member is being held criminally accountable. We guess the guy hired himself.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FnkHdRyf%2F8pPm%2BAsyZhTPoLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>March Madness: The Fifth Straight Year of Extreme Corporate Tax Avoidance</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=k%2BRn5OUOggq7XE0oQZb7X4Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Why Was the Press Not Held Accountable for Going Along With Iraq War Deceptions?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Nj1jf1AX4SDkegLYwFool4Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article at Consortium News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fresh Evidence Shows MI6 and CIA Were Told Before Invasion That Iraq Had No Active WMD</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KkzoAL0LcuAgSwrh0fphUlNaHdUu7pF5"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Meet the Hedge Fund Managers Turning a Profit on the Sandy Hook Massacre</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hPGZio1WISYeGt0MVzDQSlNaHdUu7pF5"><strong>Read the Article at The Sparrow Project</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Hillary Clinton Announces Her Support for Gay Marriage</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mpJjfVjUWBQGloqdJJzECYLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article at Politico</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>University of Tennessee Wins Approval for Hydraulic Fracturing Plan</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vwOxtyVNZxuieWTLg%2BgsjYLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Lyndon Johnson Tapes: Richard Nixon's "Treason"</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aOlySljt3ysirWcLExpdqYLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article at BBC</strong></a></p>
   </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q8DXjW0aosYDSjlNfNJQgILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Iraq: War's Legacy of Cancer</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera:</strong> Two US-led wars in Iraq have left behind hundreds of tons of depleted uranium munitions.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W4RTHlcI1M54W8rrFSIaTILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eQdtWyY%2F1hCaaTm7vx7p14Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Chris Hedges | Prison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Chris Hedges, Truthdig:</strong> An interview with two longtime prisoner advocates reveals much about the shame of America's gulags.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=t7M%2FVfFMlHYSlOJEwjN9TILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tb4%2Bu61IK9wZwyy658yUoILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Worms, Pond Scum and Economists</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dean Baker, Truthout:</strong> High youth unemployment is a grave problem, but don't let austerity hawks blame it on Social Security and Medicare.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KyjbCGy%2BZ%2FwBOImb3DKF3ILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BLvVe6ydW9R7okaJXMDwbILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>American Employment Winter: Beware Reports of Spring</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Laura Flanders, GRITtv:</strong> The figures suggest that more people are simply holding multiple jobs.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wPQ6ceEZFeAHqSJPv%2BX814Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ArfNi6V997EV0QeUOkEGtoLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Failed "Welfare" Programs and the Web of Poverty</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Max Eternity, Truthout:</strong> The policies that create paradigms of poverty are often remote and administered with a hidden hand.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G9dpXwAtJqhuck5ar8ThkYLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4wBz9%2FDJBtm3P4qgDNM%2Bs4Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>GOP Uses Science to Find White Bigots ... How About Using Science for Climate Change?</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> "It was science that determined that global warming and climate change were real, and now it's science that's determined that the Republican Party is full of 'stuffy old men.'"</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1bwvKG8Bq2dlewU8QnihooLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yk8dl86pDFxvhmDxWnpPTILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Ten Years After Iraq Invasion, Sunnis Who Backed Saddam Chafe Under Shiite Rule</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> And ethnic Kurds are angry at the prime minister's refusal to resolve the issues of revenue-sharing and oil sales by their autonomous government.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iyTpAKXVlAo4GDqTbji5aoLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4H8itYe4zlgpSx3VAYB27oLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Maryland to Become 18th State to Ban Death Penalty, and More</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>In today's On the News segment:</strong> The Senate Budget Committee approved a deficit reduction plan that would include a minimum wage increase, and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MVj%2B6yN7xxnJvki3yxf7QYLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=l6G7xl1LLeads%2Bwh7CkH94Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>The True Cost of Food: Immigration and Agriculture Workers</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Brad Wong, Equal Voice News:</strong> Meaningful reform could improve working conditions, but not in time for Modesto Hernandez, whose boss' indifference cost him his feet.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eFBUkMEJrSgX4IJFubwYyILfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pJEMtZaNhbppatRwh7Wzq4Lfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Two Years After Invasion to Crush Uprising in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia Helps Fuel Conflict in Syria</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy NOW!:</strong> Saudi Arabia is playing an increasing role in Syria, allowing the supply of arms and even the infiltration of militants to help the rebels' fight.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xWFN49reieqaO%2BckCalwxoLfe9Jjh0dB"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table width="570" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="400">
<h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.8em 0;font-size: large;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MVj%2B6yN7xxmQTXQgo2RltYLfe9Jjh0dB">Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation </a>
<p></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: x-small;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.6">Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages<br />
Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 <br />
<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fxrmCNvfQpFzFwCx6mtiboLfe9Jjh0dB">Subscribe</a> | <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8es9404%2Fgb4DVRsLW8azalNaHdUu7pF5">Unsubscribe</a><br />
<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5ULnMhW7kJNT5%2FoI9IbfJILfe9Jjh0dB">Privacy Policy</a><br />
 </p>
</h2>
</td>
<td width="110"><img width="110" height="111" style="display: block" alt="The Newspaper Guild" src="http://truth-out.org/images/newspaper_guild.jpg" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><!-- TemplateEndEditable --><img width=1 height=1 src="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/TrackImage?key=1462943163"><diaEmailID='1462943163' thread=2852 />
------=_Part_2646177_1479626594.1363638339949--
