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$15 and Change: How Seattle Led the Country's Wage Revolution

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t r u t h o u t | 08.31

$15 and Change: How Seattle Led the Country's Wage Revolution
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25911-$15-and-change-how-seattle-led-the=
-countrys-wage-revolution
David "Goldy" Goldstein, YES! Magazine: Seattle's path to a $15 minimum wag=
e is a winding tale of effective organizing, smart messaging and luck. It i=
s also a roadmap for bypassing partisan gridlock one city at a time.

Students Should Be Creative Innovators, Not Force-Fed Consumers of Status-Q=
uo Knowledge
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/25874-students-should-be-cre=
ative-innovators-not-force-fed-consumers-of-status-quo-knowledge
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Unless students are empowered to help shape their ow=
n educations, and use their skills and energy to fight for justice and make=
 their neighborhoods better places , there will be little progress in solvi=
ng the nation's most pressing problems, Mark Naison, author of "Bad Ass Tea=
chers Unite," tells Truthout.

"Badhoneywell" Makes Its Nationwide Debut
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25879-badhoneywell-makes-its-nationwide-=
debut
Mathias Quackenbush, Truthout: The US government's complicity in the Israel=
i siege of Gaza is no secret, but what remains in the shadows, however, is =
the alarming extent to which United States corporations like Honeywell prof=
it from the Israeli war machine.

The Plague
http://truth-out.org/news/item/25912-the-plague
John Feffer, Foreign Police In Focus: Ebola is bad news, but it hasn't gene=
rated the same kind of fury as that other fast-spreading scourge, namely th=
e Islamic State. The recent beheading of US journalist James Foley has ratc=
heted up the outrage of American observers.

Artesia, New Mexico: Locking up Children From Cold War to War on Immigrants
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25897-artesia-new-mexico-locking-up-chil=
dren-from-cold-war-to-war-on-immigrants
Betsy Hartmann, Truthout: It is perhaps not surprising that Homeland Securi=
ty set up its immigrant detention center for children and families crossing=
 the border in Artesia, New Mexico, where children went to school in an und=
erground shelter in the '60s, amid the bleak nuclear landscape.

Truthout Interviews Featuring Adam Bessie and Dan Carino on Bill Gates, Gra=
phic Journalism, and the Education Reform Hype Machine
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25918-truthout-interviews-featuring-adam=
-bessie-and-dan-carino-on-bill-gates-graphic-journalism-and-the-education-r=
eform-hype-machine
Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Ted Asregadoo speaks to English Professor Adam Bes=
sie and Graphic Journalist Dan Carino about Bill Gates' free-market educati=
on reform movement that emphasizes a more technocratic and quantitatively r=
igid curriculum.

Nine Extraordinary Ways to Use the Tools of Your Trade in Protest
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/25913-nine-extraordinary-ways-to-use-the-=
tools-of-your-trade-in-protest
Nadine Bloch, Waging Nonviolence: Farmers, janitors, musicians and fire fig=
hters have found ways to wield their ordinary tools in extraordinary protes=
ts. Here are examples of some of the most iconic forms of activism.

Van Jones and Charles Blow Absolve White America
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/25914-van-jones-and-charles-blow-absolve-=
white-america
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report: The people of Ferguson had no powe=
r brokers dissuading protest, claiming to speak for them or cutting deals b=
ehind their backs. So they took to the streets day after day and worldwide =
media attention soon followed.

Trans Women of Color Speaking Truth to Power
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25915-trans-women-of-color-speaking-t=
ruth-to-power
Tanisha C. Ford, The Feminist Wire: Trans women of color are fighting to ga=
in greater visibility for trans issues while also creating safe spaces for =
themselves. Far too often the voices of women at the vanguard of the moveme=
nt who do not have a global platform are pushed to the margins of our socia=
l and political consciousness.

This week in Speakout: Anis Shivani raises doubts about the utopian promise=
s laid out by technology enthusiasts and scientists; Joe Uehlein draws para=
llels between the Great Depression and conditions in the current recession =
and suggests a revitalized green Labor movement; The Nuclear Age Peace Foun=
dation says the tiny Marshall Islands nation will continue in its quest to =
force the US to comply with its commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferat=
ion Treaty; Fran Shor discusses the racism that remains embedded in America=
n football; the Rev. Samuel Weddington notes apartheid roots of the crackdo=
wn in Ferguson; Laura Finley asks us to reconsider shelters  for housing do=
mestic violence victims; Dean Baker points out the New York Times missed th=
e mark in its criticism of French economic policy and excoriates public fun=
ding for inflated university president pay; Ben Ptashnik and Victoria Colli=
er report on the activism surrounding the resumption of water shut-offs in =
Detroit; Reprieve criticizes Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for refusing =
to release video tapes of Guantanamo detainees being force fed; Emily Homro=
k raises concerns over the racial composition of  wrongful convictions; Gab=
riel San Roman interviews Tomas Moniz of Rad Dad Magazine on discussing rad=
ical politics with children; Kathy Kelly illustrates the hardship of gainin=
g even a basic education in Afghanistan; Roger Annis points to fascist part=
icipation in fundraising by Ukrainian activists in Canada and details misco=
nceptions about the roots of conflict in Ukraine; Guerry Hoddersen reviews =
"Ms. Anna and the Tears from the Healing Tree," a book about racial pain an=
d healing in the United States; and more.
http://truth-out.org/speakout


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Ferguson Isn't About Black Rage Against Cops, It's White Rage Against Progr=
ess
Read the Article at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ferguson-wasnt-black-rage-against-co=
psit-was-white-rage-against-progress/2014/08/29/3055e3f4-2d75-11e4-bb9b-997=
ae96fad33_story.html?hpid=3Dz3

Charles Koch Personally Founded a Group Protecting Oil Industry Handouts
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/181421/charles-koch-personally-founded-group-=
protecting-oil-industry-handouts#

This 11-Year-Old Was Locked Up Trying to Cross the Border. Read the Heartfe=
lt Letter She Sent Obama
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/read-letter-11-year-old-migrant=
-detention-wrote-president-obama

Impending Casino Closures Foreground Atlantic City's Great Divide
Read the Article on MSNBC
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Six Other Excessive Force Complaints Filed Against Ferguson PD
Read the Article at Crooks and Liars
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/six-other-excessive-force-complaints-file=
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Beijing Rules Out Open Elections in Hong Kong
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/world/asia/hong-kong-elections.html

Colorado Town to Ask Higher Court to Uphold Its Fracking Ban
Read the Article at Inside Climate News
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140829/colorado-town-ask-higher-court-u=
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