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Culture Change Is Needed: On Gun Violence in the US
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ddiction-or-arming-the-drug-war
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encourage law enforcement to treat addiction like a public health issue ra=
ther than a criminal problem, but most reformers say the plan will fuel the=
failed War on Drugs, which will not end until the cops are taken out of th=
e drug policy picture altogether.
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l-salvador-offers-local-solutions-to-global-problems
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dire social situation, local communities in the region are doing something=
to address the root causes of poverty and violence, from the lack of educa=
tional and economic opportunities to environmental degradation.
Culture Change - Not Policy Change - Is Needed: Reflections on Gun Violence=
in the US
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e-is-needed-reflections-on-gun-violence-in-the-us
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romanticization - and in fact, a sexualization - of gun violence. And when=
the noise dies down, we return to accepting the mundane.
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ve-new-orleans
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Ten years ago Friday, a storm half the size =
of Texas hit that old blues town in the teeth, and the ocean rose, and the =
sky fell, and the jazz stopped in jangled discordance, and everyone ran for=
their lives.
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http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32544-the-ramos-trump-exchange-gop-ca=
ndidate-s-muddled-xenophobic-message
Danica Jorden, ZNet: At a press conference in Iowa, Donald Trump parried qu=
estions from Univision's Jorge Ramos with a disjointed and remarkably racis=
t rant and then ejected the long-time Mexican-American anchor from the proc=
eedings.
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ce-gun-violence-in-america
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t stop gun violence completely. But they will provide meaningful first step=
s in fighting our national gun epidemic, in addition to proving that electe=
d officials are committed to protecting the public safety.
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en-recovery
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of happiness. Perhaps those who cannot handle immigrants or natural-born c=
itizens who view the world in a different light should find another country=
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<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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ftqmmn5v5ks%2B97K1sCA1qe7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Three Necessary Reforms to Reduce Gun Violence in America</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>Christine Dickason, Institute for Policy Studies:</strong> These policy changes won't stop gun violence completely. But they will provide meaningful first steps in fighting our national gun epidemic, in addition to proving that elected officials are committed to protecting the public safety.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bBghF3pjMWCZGQRDU8U8he7jVzEbPh3M"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ABhs73zuGMvSodfqsrCBbu7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Reflections on New Orleans' Uneven Recovery</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>Staff, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation:</strong> New Orleans' politicians are slapping themselves on the back for a job well done, clinking glasses and proclaiming the city to be better off than it was before Hurricane Katrina pummeled the coastline ten years ago. But are they right?</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9oLHQgsnLsEySMp4pBPRhO7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Watch the Video</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BCiXYD8JW61dMhDm0CJhke7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Since When Has Monoculture Been a Founding American Principle?</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 Matthews, Care2:</strong> The US has always been a diverse group of people with a variety of ideas coming together to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Perhaps those who cannot handle immigrants or natural-born citizens who view the world in a different light should find another country.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eTTOb1dk8lR9CgZlw6UKR%2B7jVzEbPh3M"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lRK8ygitvpIY5n04Uwd4m%2B7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Yes, GOP Candidates Are Talking Nonsense</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 Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> If people consistently make logically incoherent, ignorant arguments, the duty of a commentator is to say just that - not to mislead readers by pretending that these people are serious and making sense.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G02gPl99FqPMyzSsIDOWdu7jVzEbPh3M"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fxsVDktYpCgubduvfBDale7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Infographic: Looking Back at Civil Engineering Failures Ten Years After Katrina</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>Ohio University's Online Master of Science in Civil Engineering Program, Truthout:</strong> With the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in mind, engineers from Ohio University look back at civil engineering failures that led to design and technological breakthroughs.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d1S4iIqPGzwdLYU4sc6MF%2B7jVzEbPh3M"><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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ixj61wKhUK83p2P0l6kIN%2B7jVzEbPh3M"><strong>Sen. Bernie Sanders: From Greece to Puerto Rico, the Financial Rules Are Rigged to Favor the 1%</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, Democracy Now!:</strong> Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders recently convened a panel of economists in Washington to discuss the debt crisis in Greece and throughout the world.</p>
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