[201695] in Zephyr_Bugs
Bianca Jagger | Pope Francis' US Visit: A Critical Juncture for
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t r u t h o u t)
Wed Sep 23 17:28:38 2015
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:28:35 -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: <2597851857.1202290471@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_3567737_305176406.1443043715851"
Envelope-From: <2597851857-1341951-org2-org2DB@bounces.salsalabs.net>
------=_Part_3567737_305176406.1443043715851
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
t r u t h o u t | If we don't raise at least $30,000 in the next two days, =
Truthout will be forced to make cuts - our budget is just that lean. Can we=
count on you today? If you want to preserve a news source that challenges =
corporate control, exposes political frauds, and covers climate change with=
the seriousness it deserves, make a tax-deductible donation now!
http://truth-out.org/members/donate
You can also donate by check, made payable to:
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827
(Please include your email address on your check.)
Or call in your donation:
213.489.1971
09.23
Campaign for a "Worker Bill of Rights" Puts ALEC in Spokane's Crosshairs
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32900-campaign-for-a-worker-bill-of-righ=
ts-puts-alec-in-spokane-s-crosshairs
Mario Vasquez, Truthout: Residents of Spokane, Washington, will vote on Nov=
ember 3, on what community activists have termed a "Worker Bill of Rights."=
The initiative offers workers the right to a family wage for those employe=
d by large companies, equal pay for equal work and protections against wron=
gful termination.=20
We Charge Genocide: The Emergence of a Movement
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32911-we-charge-genocide-the-emergenc=
e-of-a-movement
Asha Rosa, Monica Trinidad and Page May, Truthout: Following the killing of=
a young Black man by Chicago police in 2014, his friends and local activis=
ts joined together to form a new group with a historical foundation. The or=
ganization's plan was to challenge police violence in their community, and =
charge the US with genocide.
Pope Francis' US Visit: A Critical Juncture for Climate Action
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32938-pope-francis-us-visit-a-critica=
l-juncture-for-climate-action
Bianca Jagger, Truthout: In his most significant apostolic journey, Pope Fr=
ancis will be calling for action on climate change. In his address to Congr=
ess and the UN General Assembly, the pope has the opportunity to push natio=
ns to agree to a legally binding, global climate change treaty.
Reframing the Immigration Debate Amid Election Season Xenophobia
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32915-reframing-the-immigration-debat=
e-amid-election-season-xenophobia
Thomas J. Scott, Truthout: Candidates debating immigration policy rarely co=
nsider how domestic and foreign policies of the United States encourage mig=
ration and create the economic and political context for an "immigration cr=
isis." They also don't consider the benefits of immigration. Progressive ca=
ndidates should reframe the debate.
Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32918-why-is-college-so-expensive-if-pro=
fessors-are-paid-so-little
Michelle Chen, The Nation: With student debt and tuition ballooning across =
the country, a college degree is in many ways more expensive - or overvalue=
d - today than ever. So why is the cost of academic labor treated as dirt c=
heap? =EF=BB=BFFaculty members are educational professionals, and they need=
to be compensated like they are.
Time for the Nuclear Option: Raining Money on Main Street
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32912-time-for-the-nuclear-option-rainin=
g-money-on-main-street
Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog: Virtually all money today is created as =
bank debt, but people can no longer take on more debt. The money supply has=
shrunk, along with people's ability to borrow new money into existence. It=
's time to try dropping some debt-free money on Main Street.
The Other 1%: Healing the Wounds of Native American Tragedies on Turtle Isl=
and
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32914-the-other-1-healing-the-wounds-of-=
native-american-tragedies-on-turtle-island
Derek Royden, Occupy.com: By every measure, Native Americans are the bottom=
1% in the United States. Yet their continued suffering is something most N=
orth Americans aren't even aware of. Now, issues of police accountability a=
re opening the public's eyes to the continuing struggles of Native American=
s.
(Watch the Video and Read the Transcript)
Noam Chomsky on George Orwell, the Suppression of Ideas and the Myth of Ame=
rican Exceptionalism
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32934-noam-chomsky-on-george-orwell-the-=
suppression-of-ideas-and-the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: In a speech on Saturday, Noam Chomsky discusse=
d the persistence of US exceptionalism, Republican efforts to torpedo the I=
ran nuclear deal and the normalization of US-Cuba relations. Chomsky also e=
xplained why he believes the US and its allies are undermining prospects fo=
r peace in the Middle East.
Climate Change Efforts by Developed Countries Hurt Africa's Rural Poor
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32917-climate-change-efforts-by-develope=
d-countries-hurt-africa-s-rural-poor
Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby, The Conversation: There is mounting eviden=
ce that forestry plantations and other carbon market initiatives severely c=
ompromise livelihoods and ecologies at a local level. The corporate land gr=
abs they rely on also tend to affect the world's most vulnerable people - t=
hose living in rural areas.
Maker of Tylenol Had a Plan to Block Tougher Regulation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32916-maker-of-tylenol-had-a-plan-to-blo=
ck-tougher-regulation
Jeff Gerth and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica: Recently filed court docume=
nts show the makers of Tylenol planned to enlist the White House and lawmak=
ers to block the Food and Drug Administration from imposing tough new safet=
y restrictions on acetaminophen, the painkiller's chief ingredient.
A CEO Goes to Jail for Killing People
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32930-a-ceo-goes-to-jail-for-killing-=
people
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The former owner of the now=
defunct Peanut Corporation of America faces 28 years in prison for his rol=
e in one of the largest salmonella outbreaks in US history. However, this c=
onviction is an anomaly, and businesses will keep putting profits over peop=
le as long as they know that the worst that will happen is a fine.
Native Groups Protest Pope Francis' Canonization of Junipero Serra Over Rol=
e in California Genocide
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32936-native-groups-protest-pope-francis=
-canonization-of-junipero-serra-over-role-in-california-genocide
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Pope Francis' decision =
to canonize the 18th century Spanish missionary Junipero Serra has drawn a =
strong protest from many Indigenous groups. Serra founded missions in Calif=
ornia that later were the basis of what is now the modern state. Hundreds o=
f thousands of people died after the missionaries arrived.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
No BF Commentary: DELETE WHOLE BF COMMENTARY SECTION.
The Most Profoundly Evil Crime Committed by ExxonMobil to Date
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/we-can-t-allow-corporations-t=
o-burn-up-the-earth-for-profit
Colbert Beats Ted Cruz Over the Head With Ronald Reagan
Watch the Video at The Late Show
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/videos/video/colbert-beats-ted-cruz-over=
-the-head-with-ronald-reagan
Ninety-Six Cities Quitting Fossil Fuels to Move Toward 100 Percent Renewabl=
e Energy
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ninety-six-cities-that-are-qu=
itting-fossil-fuels-and-moving-toward-100-renewable-energy
Charles P. Pierce: Scott Walker's Implosion Is Chaos Theory at Work
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a38122/scott-walker-impl=
osion-chaos-theory/
California Clamps Down on Secretive Political Donations
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/california-tightens-lid-dark-mo=
ney-groups
The Ferguson Commission Issued 189 Calls to Action; Will Missouri Listen?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-ferguson-commission-issued-189-calls-t=
o-action-will-missouri-listen/
Volkswagen Hires BP's Deepwater Defense Team as Diesel Fraud Lawsuits Start
Read the Article at Fortune
http://fortune.com/2015/09/23/volkswagen-hires-bps-deepwater-defense-team-a=
s-the-lawsuits-start/
-----------
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://truth-out.org/w=
hitelisting
Thank you!
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Click to UNSUBSCRIBE -> http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6694/p/salsa/supporter/=
unsubscribe/public/?Email=3Dzephyr-bugs@mit.edu&email_blast_KEY=3D1341951
Go directly to our home page: http://www.truthout.org
Click to SUBSCRIBE -> http://www.truth-out.org/about-us/newsletter-signup
Our Privacy Policy -> http://truth-out.org/privacy
------=_Part_3567737_305176406.1443043715851
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<html dir="ltr">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- 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" alt="t" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_t_100.gif" /></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">Wednesday, 23 September 2015
<p></p>
<img width="236" height="40" alt="t r u t h o u t" src="http://truth-out.org/images/truthout_logo_40.png" /></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 style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oMMN7XfyKOzCcZRZFFXbG2wAFz82gBv5">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 style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QpPycuS3bAsn72%2BsoyJcVGwAFz82gBv5">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 style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:none; text-align:center" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U2%2FNWSBobraXUVyQ06PcOWwAFz82gBv5">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>The Most Profoundly Evil Crime Committed by ExxonMobil to Date</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=XsKyaN%2BrdfiKaZVUOiUVaTHem0d4k%2FAJ" 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>Colbert Beats Ted Cruz Over the Head With Ronald Reagan</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=rjzYuHhDChZ9XuqOQ%2Bt2XWwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video at The Late Show</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ninety-Six Cities Quitting Fossil Fuels to Move Toward 100 Percent Renewable Energy</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=E%2BC9N6wbkgmFZce7VkPnO2wAFz82gBv5" 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>Charles P. Pierce: Scott Walker's Implosion Is Chaos Theory at Work</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=8NFZSwKgHe5qhWYi8wT45GwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Esquire</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>California Clamps Down on Secretive Political Donations</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=o6IbxXP1waDsbd7rGsPbT2wAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</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 Ferguson Commission Issued 189 Calls to Action; Will Missouri Listen?</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=f0ZNh1moIuh5tVVLvWN1U2wAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Nation</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Volkswagen Hires BP's Deepwater Defense Team as Diesel Fraud Lawsuits Start</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=T5S4jQhbe5NmMkig4k%2BCTGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Fortune</strong></a></p>
   </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<em>
<p style="font-size:110%"><b>If we don’t raise at least $30,000 in the next two days, Truthout will be forced to make cuts - our budget is just that lean.</b> Can we count on you today? If you want to preserve a news source that challenges corporate control, exposes political frauds, and takes climate change seriously, make a tax-deductible donation now!</p>
<center>
<p style="font-size:110%"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=f0ZNh1moIugw%2B9y1yI0liWwAFz82gBv5"><img src="http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/buttonred.gif" alt="Click here
to donate." /></a><br />
<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rZHr0%2BjYM6LvFXwBPuo5wGwAFz82gBv5"><font color="#cc0000">Click here to donate.</font></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">(Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641)</span></p>
</center>
<p style="font-size:110%"><b>You can also donate by check, made payable to:</b><br />
Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827<br />
(Please include your email address on your check.)</p>
<p style="font-size: 110%"><b>Or call in your donation:</b><br />
213.489.1971</p>
</em>
<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=HV2fSkI6AY5zLzYydzs3hmwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Campaign for a "Worker Bill of Rights" Puts ALEC in Spokane's Crosshairs</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>Mario Vasquez, Truthout:</strong> Residents of Spokane, Washington, will vote on November 3, on what community activists have termed a "Worker Bill of Rights." The initiative offers workers the right to a family wage for those employed by large companies, equal pay for equal work and protections against wrongful termination.</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=rzuj8aqIfbZVegd%2FdB6%2BpmwAFz82gBv5" 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=tNUxRPcziwkr7v1MltZaU2wAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>We Charge Genocide: The Emergence of a Movement</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>Asha Rosa, Monica Trinidad and Page May, Truthout:</strong> Following the killing of a young Black man by Chicago police in 2014, his friends and local activists joined together to form a new group with a historical foundation. The organization's plan was to challenge police violence in their community, and charge the US with genocide.</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=jVi2oiDGL%2F9aGG9qRCU7amwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and 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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JYc9N43xs2LDOIUxKhup42wAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Pope Francis' US Visit: A Critical Juncture for Climate Action</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>Bianca Jagger, Truthout:</strong> In his most significant apostolic journey, Pope Francis will be calling for action on climate change. In his address to Congress and the UN General Assembly, the pope has the opportunity to push nations to agree to a legally binding, global climate change treaty.</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=yG1qCPQKhbW28AMA%2F6Q29WwAFz82gBv5" 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=YAkhnkRozhbvnpYOdHWHWmwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Reframing the Immigration Debate Amid Election Season Xenophobia</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>Thomas J. Scott, Truthout:</strong> Candidates debating immigration policy rarely consider how domestic and foreign policies of the United States encourage migration and create the economic and political context for an "immigration crisis." They also don't consider the benefits of immigration. Progressive candidates should reframe the debate.</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=%2BQyk5CNIUbeaULtnD3Ydt2wAFz82gBv5" 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=Demae4Mq5Wd3Q0HFL8HYqGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?</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>Michelle Chen, The Nation:</strong> With student debt and tuition ballooning across the country, a college degree is in many ways more expensive - or overvalued - today than ever. So why is the cost of academic labor treated as dirt cheap? Faculty members are educational professionals, and they need to be compensated like they are.</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=JyAUvIdSDsKbDwcoZ73YgGwAFz82gBv5" 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=CAFIQWOTfyy2MCiFLG9uKGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Time for the Nuclear Option: Raining Money on Main Street</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, The Web of Debt Blog:</strong> Virtually all money today is created as bank debt, but people can no longer take on more debt. The money supply has shrunk, along with people's ability to borrow new money into existence. It's time to try dropping some debt-free money on Main Street.</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=fnzFivy473jZJVea9rPiV2wAFz82gBv5" 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=ditybpaDS7vBW5KpEyyWaGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Other 1%: Healing the Wounds of Native American Tragedies on Turtle Island</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>Derek Royden, Occupy.com:</strong> By every measure, Native Americans are the bottom 1% in the United States. Yet their continued suffering is something most North Americans aren't even aware of. Now, issues of police accountability are opening the public's eyes to the continuing struggles of Native Americans.</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=sssM%2B%2BvnRNHDgbcG7uGdQ2wAFz82gBv5" 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=sks%2BjpaTo5UHh18tRUgZ5GwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Noam Chomsky on George Orwell, the Suppression of Ideas and the Myth of American Exceptionalism</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> In a speech on Saturday, Noam Chomsky discussed the persistence of US exceptionalism, Republican efforts to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal and the normalization of US-Cuba relations. Chomsky also explained why he believes the US and its allies are undermining prospects for peace in the Middle East.</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=J5%2FgdlTtCC%2F%2FUK%2Bap%2Fw16mwAFz82gBv5" 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=R%2FherYaTp1aiJi17LpzGFmwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Climate Change Efforts by Developed Countries Hurt Africa's Rural Poor</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>Kristen Lyons and Peter Westoby, The Conversation:</strong> There is mounting evidence that forestry plantations and other carbon market initiatives severely compromise livelihoods and ecologies at a local level. The corporate land grabs they rely on also tend to affect the world's most vulnerable people - those living in rural areas.</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=bGuQOdTQuZm4vgmsqRRwXmwAFz82gBv5" 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=bo%2B8Zo4aAwOt8rkyX62woWwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Maker of Tylenol Had a Plan to Block Tougher Regulation</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>Jeff Gerth and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica:</strong> Recently filed court documents show the makers of Tylenol planned to enlist the White House and lawmakers to block the Food and Drug Administration from imposing tough new safety restrictions on acetaminophen, the painkiller's chief ingredient.</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=NcRHb0xDPdegLVwLB%2BsPZ2wAFz82gBv5" 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=MLWBFmJJqv2BBDP9LK71amwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A CEO Goes to Jail for Killing People</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 Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> The former owner of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America faces 28 years in prison for his role in one of the largest salmonella outbreaks in US history. However, this conviction is an anomaly, and businesses will keep putting profits over people as long as they know that the worst that will happen is a fine.</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=PU7aR%2FxcCrfQSb0RtHjZH2wAFz82gBv5" 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=kjeY%2BAStVt9MPfKGecAAmmwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Native Groups Protest Pope Francis' Canonization of Junípero Serra Over Role in California Genocide</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 González, Democracy Now!:</strong> Pope Francis' decision to canonize the 18th century Spanish missionary Junípero Serra has drawn a strong protest from many Indigenous groups. Serra founded missions in California that later were the basis of what is now the modern state. Hundreds of thousands of people died after the missionaries arrived.</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=%2B73w7%2BMGcjT%2FwKO%2Bw55dUGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EMuuQpl9hHd4GthU0xpqOWwAFz82gBv5" style="color: #910000; text-decoration:none">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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zhbUjRix7CLFm%2B6x6a8l4mwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000">Subscribe</a> | <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9D%2BHw0puBdXyaSPvIMUdNGwAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000">Unsubscribe</a><br />
<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jFDGsalgIWYwmMgnOEPr42wAFz82gBv5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000">Privacy Policy</a><br />
 </p>
</h2>
</td>
<td width="110"><img width="110" height="111" src="http://truth-out.org/images/newspaper_guild.jpg" alt="The Newspaper Guild" style="display: block" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><!-- TemplateEndEditable -->
</body>
</html><img width=1 height=1 src="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/TrackImage?key=2597851857"><diaEmailID='2597851857' thread=4241 />
------=_Part_3567737_305176406.1443043715851--
