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Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?
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t r u t h o u t | 10.09
Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19314-is-homeland-security-preparing-for-the=
-next-wall-street-collapse
Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog: Reports are that the Department of Homeland =
Security is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup. An article by Th=
e Associated Press in February confirmed an open purchase order by DHS for =
1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. Evidently somebody in government is expec=
ting some serious civil unrest. Why?
Prosecution, Police Injustice Unraveled in Riveting "West of Memphis" Docum=
entary
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19302-prosecution-police-injustice-unraveled=
-in-riveting-west-of-memphis-documentary
Mark Karlin, Truthout: Director Amy Berg's West of Memphis is a searing ind=
ictment of prosecution misconduct in the conviction of three poor white tee=
nagers for the barbarous 1993 murders of three young boys. Three young men,=
vulnerable to prosecution because they were - according to one person inte=
rviewed in the film - "white trash," spent 18 years in prison.
Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won't More Pentagon Spending Des=
troy Jobs?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19292-ask-a-keynesian-with-us-borrowing-c=
apped-wont-more-pentagon-spending-destroy-jobs
Robert Naiman, Truthout: In the current federal budget political context, w=
ith borrowing capped and taxing the super-rich off the table, unnecessary P=
entagon spending destroys American jobs.
It Is Time to Recognize the National Sovereignty and Human Rights of Native=
Indians
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19323-it-is-time-to-recognize-the-nationa=
l-sovereignty-and-human-rights-of-native-indians
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The recent signing of the Decla=
ration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the invigoration of the Nati=
ve Indian movement show that it's time to recognize their rights in the fac=
e of their ongoing struggle.
Ladydrawers: The Business of Thrift
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19300-ladydrawers-the-business-of-thrift
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Julia Gfrorer, Truthout: Thrifting may be the chea=
pest option for customers, but it's big business for some in both the for-p=
rofit and the not-for-profit sectors. The intrepid Ladydrawers reporters sh=
ow us what really happens to used clothes in their latest comic strip.
Mitch McConnell Wants America to Be an Oligarchy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19335-mitch-mcconnell-wants-america-to-be=
-an-oligarchy
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: While the Supreme Court was hear=
ing arguments in the campaign finance case McCutcheon v. Federal Election C=
ommission, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent over his handpicked =
lawyer, Bobby Burchfield, who asked the court's nine justices to scrap all =
limits on the amount of donations an individual can make to candidates duri=
ng an election cycle.
Post Carbon Institute Calls on Environmentalists to Embrace Post-Growth Eco=
nomics
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19290-post-carbon-institute-calls-on-environ=
mentalists-to-embrace-post-growth-economics
Candice Bernd, Truthout: A newly released policy paper by the nonprofit Pos=
t Carbon Institute calls on climate justice activists and environmental NGO=
s in Washington to embrace the new economy movement as a primary strategy i=
n an era of low economic growth.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Declares He Is "Not Budging=
" on Debt Ceiling, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19336-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-preside=
nt-obama-declares-he-is-not-budging-on-debt-limit-increase-and-more
In today's On the News segment: On Tuesday, President Obama spoke at length=
about the looming debt limit deadline and the ongoing government shutdown;=
Republicans have launched their latest plan to steal our elections - two-t=
ier voting; a new nonpartisan group is calling for a carbon tax; and more.
The Koch Brothers' "Samson Option"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19331-the-koch-brothers-samson-option
Robert Parry, Consortium News: What we're watching now is what might be cal=
led the Koch brothers' "Samson Option" - pulling down the temple to destroy=
their enemies even if doing so is also destructive to them and their fortu=
nes.
Chicago Students Build Safe Space, Practice Restorative Justice
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18181-chicago-students-build-safe-space-prac=
tice-restorative-justice
Claire Glass, Truthout: Chicago's restorative justice movement teaches scho=
olchildren alternatives "to the killing and shooting" and frames a future t=
hat is not solely about survival.
Operation Streamline: Expedited Indian Removal
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19328-operation-streamline-expedited-indi=
an-removal
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout: The daily spectacle of 60-70 short, dar=
k people - placed in chains as a result of their attempt to cross the borde=
r for a better life - consigned to a private prison by a "judge" proves lit=
erally stomach-turning for Rodriguez's students.
Two Hundred Arrested in Historic Action Demanding Immigration Reform and a =
Halt to Deportations
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19330-two-hundred-arrested-in-historic-actio=
n-demanding-immigration-reform-and-a-halt-to-deportations
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: In one of the largest acts of civil dis=
obedience in the history of the nation's capital, protesters called for an =
immediate end to deportations and for Congress to pass a just and humane im=
migration reform bill.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Tea Partier With Ten Children on Medicaid Denounces Government Involvement =
in Health Insurance
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18244-tea-partier-with-t=
en-children-on-medicaid-denounces-government-involvement-in-health-insuranc=
e
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Why do so many people who oppose federa=
l government programs accept money from them? Are they hypocritical, delusi=
onal, bigoted, tools of the Koch brothers - or a combo platter?
Robert Scheer: Racism and Cruelty Drive GOP Health Care Agenda
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18245-racism-and-cruelty-dri=
ve-gop-health-care-agenda
Obama Invites All Republican and Democratic Lawmakers to the White House fo=
r Talks
Read the Article at AFP
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/09/obama-invites-all-republican-and-demo=
cratic-lawmakers-to-the-white-house/
Jim Hightower: GOP Unhinged by Obamacare - Laugh 'Til It Hurts
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18243-jim-hightower-gop-unhi=
nged-by-obamacare-laugh-til-it-hurts
No One at Fukushima Seems to Have Any Idea What They're Doing
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/no_one_at_fukushima_seems_to_have_any_idea_=
what_theyre_doing/?source=3Dnewsletter
When Giant Banks Pay Fines, Where Does the Money Go? Does It Stop Crime?
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://admin.alternet.org/economy/bank-fines-and-crime?akid=3D11023.1084699=
.fHwAAY&rd=3D1&src=3Dnewsletter907366&t=3D3&paging=3Doff=C2=A4t_page=3D1#bo=
okmark
President Jimmy Carter: Middle Class Today Resembles Past's Poor
Read the Article by The Associated Press
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/viewart/20131008/UPDATE/131007041/President=
-Carter-Middle-class-today-resembles-past-s-poor
Essential? Boehner's Office Orders Exclusive Gyms for Congress Members to S=
tay Open During #GOPshutdown
Read the Article at The Political Carnival
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/10/08/essential-boehners-office-orders=
-exclusive-gyms-congress-members-stay-open-gopshutdown/
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tea Partier With Ten Children on Medicaid Denounces Government Involvement in Health Insurance
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<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>Why do so many people who oppose federal government programs accept money from them? Are they hypocritical, delusional, bigoted, tools of the Koch brothers - or a combo platter?</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=idkZ7wJ%2BsNYVh26AR4h3ti%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Robert Scheer: Racism and Cruelty Drive GOP Health Care Agenda</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BzKvzQx6oWCF%2FIJNfRd0Zi%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Obama Invites All Republican and Democratic Lawmakers to the White House for Talks</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ibKakQ8ieonOS3MHfjE4ry%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at AFP</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Jim Hightower: GOP Unhinged by Obamacare - Laugh 'Til It Hurts</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WWc2IE25C4GDurBPPR5ncFVwmHBG9PpB" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>No One at Fukushima Seems to Have Any Idea What They're Doing</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cZ7y3jdViJ2dBNP1U2F%2Bpy%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Salon</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When Giant Banks Pay Fines, Where Does the Money Go? Does It Stop Crime?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CoFdEhiuyC8XphFlWz4aXy%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at AlterNet</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>President Jimmy Carter: Middle Class Today Resembles Past's Poor</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6H6bvbhOks8WSRzZOVKC6C%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article by The Associated Press</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Essential? Boehner’s Office Orders Exclusive Gyms for Congress Members to Stay Open During #GOPshutdown</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2TG1E2dd98RSBio4C8Cv1C%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Political Carnival</strong></a></p>
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<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=wPfLU2IUy4ouF94yEZ74si%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?</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>Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Blog:</strong> Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup. An article by The Associated Press in February confirmed an open purchase order by DHS for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. Evidently somebody in government is expecting some serious civil unrest. Why?</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=sTq%2FRntnxCrqeneOKeeqYC%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=mqVSQP6DXpjjcKxtK9wc4i%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Prosecution, Police Injustice Unraveled in Riveting <em>West of Memphis</em> Documentary</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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> Director Amy Berg's <em>West of Memphis</em> is a searing indictment of prosecution misconduct in the conviction of three poor white teenagers for the barbarous 1993 murders of three young boys. Three young men, vulnerable to prosecution because they were - according to one person interviewed in the film - "white trash," spent 18 years in prison.</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=0a8iGXk%2FGbLHBxqnRqy7NS%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Review</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=VnST8jJF8mIAKP%2BxWHSNLS%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won't More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs?</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> In the current federal budget political context, with borrowing capped and taxing the super-rich off the table, unnecessary Pentagon spending destroys American jobs.</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=yL4f25%2B9CHTNk4BzcpqRBS%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=kbWnOzaHPzcFVXr%2BBYe%2BBVVwmHBG9PpB"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>It Is Time to Recognize the National Sovereignty and Human Rights of Native Indians</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>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> The recent signing of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the invigoration of the Native Indian movement show that it's time to recognize their rights in the face of their ongoing struggle.</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=kIWNdhs%2Fv6cE4QQ1ndIgSi%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=KBS3ghrYUsVDCsyZ6jLnky%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Ladydrawers: The Business of Thrift</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>Anne Elizabeth Moore and Julia Gfrorer, Truthout:</strong> Thrifting may be the cheapest option for customers, but it's big business for some in both the for-profit and the not-for-profit sectors. The intrepid Ladydrawers reporters show us what really happens to used clothes in their latest comic strip.</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=GrKer2P7kkNY531BFh%2BSgS%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Comic</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=aWsEQNJ8d6xfOHouG45jES%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Mitch McConnell Wants America to Be an Oligarchy</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> While the Supreme Court was hearing arguments in the campaign finance case <em>McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission</em>, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent over his handpicked lawyer, Bobby Burchfield, who asked the court's nine justices to scrap all limits on the amount of donations an individual can make to candidates during an election cycle.</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=PyyZljS469u8C5b%2FfXwfIS%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=nBhr6Dr6niu9JeI%2F8OawSS%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Post Carbon Institute Calls on Environmentalists to Embrace Post-Growth Economics</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> A newly released policy paper by the nonprofit Post Carbon Institute calls on climate justice activists and environmental NGOs in Washington to embrace the new economy movement as a primary strategy in an era of low economic growth.</p>
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<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=V3HBrd0AC3wCSGusqSl4uS%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Obama Declares He Is "Not Budging" on Debt Ceiling, 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> On Tuesday, President Obama spoke at length about the looming debt limit deadline and the ongoing government shutdown; Republicans have launched their latest plan to steal our elections - two-tier voting; a new nonpartisan group is calling for a carbon tax; 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=VWPSvpsf%2Fyi0sgPWjDd12y%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=nhrsIHVJk31dLa59OKmtFi%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Koch Brothers' "Samson Option"</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>Robert Parry, Consortium News:</strong> What we're watching now is what might be called the Koch brothers' "Samson Option" - pulling down the temple to destroy their enemies even if doing so is also destructive to them and their fortunes.</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=i2ng1KWmHrjbVanQPSqH7C%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=xMtJEw36p0Rjgv0kBSmGQi%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chicago Students Build Safe Space, Practice Restorative Justice</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>Claire Glass, Truthout:</strong> Chicago's restorative justice movement teaches schoolchildren alternatives "to the killing and shooting" and frames a future that is not solely about survival.</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=dFV3Sedt9VGav%2BKtCLkmJy%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=YQqthTESNGmcZNoBKj6p9C%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Operation Streamline: Expedited Indian Removal</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>Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout:</strong> The daily spectacle of 60-70 short, dark people - placed in chains as a result of their attempt to cross the border for a better life - consigned to a private prison by a "judge" proves literally stomach-turning for Rodriguez's students.</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=BWtSuBM%2BOrYkEvT%2FrB6Hdy%2BrbOVYE9LO" 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=0%2FijWnEpFfgld97%2Fd79l1y%2BrbOVYE9LO"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Two Hundred Arrested in Historic Action Demanding Immigration Reform and a Halt to Deportations</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>Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network:</strong> In one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in the history of the nation's capital, protesters called for an immediate end to deportations and for Congress to pass a just and humane immigration reform bill.</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=jy8yy06h8N%2FAN%2BhPP%2BzDfC%2BrbOVYE9LO" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
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