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Myths About Illicit Drugs Perpetuate Destructive Policy
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t r u t h o u t | Monday, 5 August 2013
Myths About Illicit Drugs Perpetuate Destructive Policy
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/17955-myths-about-illicit-drugs-perpetuate-destructive-policy
Dr. Carl Hart, Harper Collins: Dr. Carl Hart discusses stereotypes about drugs, drug addicts and how the War on Drugs more negatively affected drug users than any illicit substances.
Winning Our Hearts and Minds? Monsanto and Big Food Pull Out the Big Guns
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17976-winning-our-hearts-and-minds-monsanto-and-big-food-pull-out-the-big-guns
Katherine Paul and Zack Kaldveer, Organic Consumer's Association: With new legislation in Washington that would demand labels for GMO foods, Monsanto is running a spin campaign to position their company in the fight against hunger. The American people, however, are not convinced.
Why ALEC Fabricated Public School Failures (and Why We're Not Surprised)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17975-why-alec-fabricated-public-school-failures-and-why-were-not-surprised
Judy Molland, Care2: Conservative interest group ALEC is once again invading the education system as members manipulate a state-by-state report card to create sales opportunities for their corporate membership.
Criminalization, Race and Food Access in a Time of Hyper-Afrophobia
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17992-criminalization-race-and-food-access-in-a-time-of-hyper-afrophobia
Dara Cooper, Truthout: The Farm Bill recently passed by the US Senate, which dismantles food programs for low-income families, proves the importance of access of quality food as a fundamental right that many communities of color are not afforded.
Automated Teaching Machine: A Graphic Introduction to the End of Human Teachers
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17980-automated-teaching-machine-a-graphic-introduction-to-the-end-of-human-teachers
Arthur King and Adam Bessie, Truthout: The Global Education Reform Movement, which is backed by billionaires and the Wall Street Elite, aims to privatize education. The movement in chronicled by Arthur King and Adam Bessie in their new graphic analysis.
The Economy Is Awful, and Larry Summers Should Not Be Fed Chair
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17978-the-economy-is-awful-and-larry-summers-should-not-be-fed-chair
Dean Baker, Truthout: Despite the fact that Larry Summers played a major part in the creation of the policies that pushed the US into an economic downturn, President Obama wants him as chairman of the Federal Reserve, one of the most powerful economic positions in the country.
Eric Holder: DoJ Will Challenge Voter Suppression Laws Using "Every Tool" at Its Disposal
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17977-eric-holder-doj-will-challenge-voter-suppression-laws-using-every-tool-at-its-disposal
Ernest A Canning, The BRAD BLOG: Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice is working to "bail-in" the state of Texas underneath preclearance legislation previously gutted by the dismantling of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Concerns over a redistricting scheme that would disenfranchise voters have prompted the first of many investigations by the DoJ.
Are You Prepared to Shoot the Hostage?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17993-are-you-prepared-to-shoot-the-hostage
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The Republican party has pledged to shut down the government before it lets Obamacare pass. This is just one of many offenses that Republicans have committed in the war against the Obama administration, offenses that only place American lives in danger.
The Payday Playbook: How Lenders of High-Cost Loans Fight to Stay Legal
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17989-the-payday-playbook-how-high-cost-lenders-fight-to-stay-legal
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: Outrage over payday loans, which charge outrageously high interest rates and are marketed to low-income families, has prompted new campaigns like that in Missouri where activists want to cap the interest rate at 36 percent.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reuters Report Reveals DEA's Involvement in NSA Surveillance Coverup, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17994-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-reuters-report-reveals-deas-involvement-in-nsa-surveillance-coverup
In today's On the News segment: A new report reveals that the DEA is sharing information, secretly-obtained by the NSA, to authorities around our nation to initiate criminal investigations of American citizens; President Obama overruled the Federal Emergency Management Agency and declared the city of West, Texas, a "major disaster"; Sen. John Kerry announced that the nation will no longer discriminate against same-sex couples in the immigration process at the federal level; and more.
Police Violence Did Not Cause Turkey's Uprising
http://truth-out.org/speakout/item/17914-police-violence-did-not-cause-turkeys-uprising
Arkan Akin argues that rather than police brutality, the uprising in Turkey was caused by a "long accumulation of oppression, injustice, concentration of wealth and power as well as neoliberal policies."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Illinois Black Suburb Can't Even Afford a Library as America Is Privatized and Foreclosed
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18129-illinois-black-suburb-can-t-even-afford-a-library-as-america-is-privatized-and-foreclosed
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: If knowledge from books is power, then the predominantly white status quo doesn't have to worry about young people in Ford Heights, Illinois, empowering themselves at the library anytime soon.
DEA Special Operations Division Covers Up Surveillance Used to Investigate Americans: Report
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805
Dream Defenders Florida Take Over Enters Week Four
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18127-dream-defenders-florida-take-over-enters-week-four
Eight Ways Privatization Has Failed America
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18126-eight-ways-privatization-has-failed-america
Paul Krugman: Republicans Against Reality
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/opinion/krugman-republicans-against-reality.html?_r=0
With One Prisoner Dead, Will California Listen to the Hunger Strikers?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/175565/one-prisoner-dead-will-california-listen-hunger-strikers#axzz2b6IkRtEL
In Afghanistan, a Second Guantanamo
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-afghanistan-a-second-guantanamo/2013/08/04/e33e8658-f53e-11e2-81fa-8e83b3864c36_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
Judges Extend High Court Same-Sex Ruling
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323971204578630261068093272.html?mod=rss_US_News&wpisrc=nl_wonk_b
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Dr. Carl Hart, Harper Collins:</strong> Dr. Carl Hart discusses stereotypes about drugs, drug addicts and how the War on Drugs more negatively affected drug users than any illicit substances.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wgCJSo%2BqrxgCh7gvKgHYI3KR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Katherine Paul and Zack Kaldveer, Organic Consumer's Association:</strong> With new legislation in Washington that would demand labels for GMO foods, Monsanto is running a spin campaign to position their company in the fight against hunger. The American people, however, are not convinced.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Mdtag0S%2B4yCuzSDS7qMP5aiYYgQpjMO3" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LjiWuhxCAzU5SWBXrYzn1aiYYgQpjMO3" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5tMyThzpC7akuLuoqAkZ4XKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g8MdTWHwtxViN3w6yk0wp3KR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Eric Holder: DoJ Will Challenge Voter Suppression Laws Using "Every Tool" at Its Disposal</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>Ernest A. Canning, The BRAD BLOG: </strong> Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice is working to "bail-in" the state of Texas underneath preclearance legislation previously gutted by the dismantling of the 1964 Voting Rights Act. Concerns over a redistricting scheme that would disenfranchise voters have prompted the first of many investigations by the DoJ.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zF0TOXxhuZfPJX37OIjjdXKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uQ2KvhKzot6BVHP1nhYJdnKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Are You Prepared to Shoot the Hostage?</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> The Republican party has pledged to shut down the government before it lets Obamacare pass. This is just one of many offenses that Republicans have committed in the war against the Obama administration, offenses that only place American lives in danger.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HO7M%2F8d%2F2ekuUvPLwgvX9nKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BOGLZlMAVfv%2Fcl7xSpzqSXKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Payday Playbook: How High Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal</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>Paul Kiel, ProPublica: </strong> Outrage over payday loans, which charge outrageously high interest rates and are marketed to low-income families, has prompted new campaigns like that in Missouri where activists want to cap the interest rate at 36 percent.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=93ynIz8xNtoqh1gntsKG2nKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VURLGJKg5pU2SgIIF5W3QqiYYgQpjMO3" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reuters Report Reveals DEA's Involvement in NSA Surveillance Coverup, 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> A new report reveals that the DEA is sharing information, secretly-obtained by the NSA, to authorities around our nation to initiate criminal investigations of American citizens; President Obama overruled the Federal Emergency Management Agency and declared the city of West, Texas, a "major disaster"; Sen. John Kerry announced that the nation will no longer discriminate against same-sex couples in the immigration process at the federal level; and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=F6JWIjqObwhOWZVGqkJClnKR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rsvL4UBeyaB1d5lm1zLqo3KR1KsGa5cr" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Police Violence Did Not Cause Turkey's Uprising</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>Arkan Akin, SpeakOut:</strong> Arkan Akin argues that rather than police brutality, the uprising in Turkey was caused by a "long accumulation of oppression, injustice, concentration of wealth and power as well as neoliberal policies."</p>
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