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How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence
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t r u t h o u t | 09.30
How Much of Big Pharma's Massive Profits Are Used to Influence Politicians?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33010-how-much-of-big-pharma-s-massive-p=
rofits-are-used-to-influence-politicians
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The pharmaceutical industry spends hundreds of milli=
ons of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations every year. The massive s=
pending has turned recent proposals to regulate drug prices into political =
long shots, despite growing consumer outrage.
Activists Decry 39 Years of Class-Based Discrimination in Abortion Access
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33020-activists-decry-39-years-of-class-=
based-discrimination-in-abortion-access
Katie Klabusich, Truthout: Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Hyde Ame=
ndment, which prohibits federal funding of abortion care - a ban that dispr=
oportionately affects people of color and low-income people. Activists are =
calling for access to reproductive health care regardless of income.
Noam Chomsky on the Potential for Ordinary People to Make Radical Change
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33023-noam-chomsky-on-the-potential-for-=
ordinary-people-to-make-radical-change
Tommaso Segantini, Jacobin: Noam Chomsky discusses global prospects for rad=
ical change, the eurozone crisis, whether Syriza could've avoided submittin=
g to Greece's creditors, and the significance of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie S=
anders.
Syriza's Dead End: Greece's Debt and the Elections
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33021-syriza-s-dead-end-greece-s-debt-an=
d-the-elections
Max Ajl, Truthout: Syriza and its supporters committed to an electoral path=
of change. When that path failed, and the party accepted new austerity mea=
sures, voters were already demobilized. Syriza neutralized most of the Gree=
k opposition.
A Spoiled Deal: How a Dispute Over Dairy Helped Sidetrack the Trans-Pacific=
Partnership
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33025-a-spoilt-deal-how-a-dispute-over-d=
airy-helped-sidetrack-the-trans-pacific-partnership
Derek Royden, Occupy.com: In the Hawai'i talks on the Trans-Pacific Partner=
ship, the deal-breaker seems to have been dairy products: specifically, a f=
ight between Canada and New Zealand, two countries with relatively small po=
pulations.
Russian Lawmakers Approve Troops for Syria, Launch Airstrikes Against IS Po=
sitions
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33029-russian-lawmakers-approve-troops-f=
or-syria-launch-airstrikes-against-is-positions
Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times: Russia's defense ministry says its je=
ts are carrying out airstrikes on Syria against positions believed to belon=
g to Islamic State. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin received parl=
iamentary approval to use Russian armed forces in Syria in the fight agains=
t Islamic State.
Richard Glossip to Be Executed in Oklahoma Today Despite New Evidence
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33032-richard-glossip-to-be-executed-in-=
oklahoma-today-despite-new-evidence
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Death row prisoner Rich=
ard Glossip is slated to be executed this afternoon. An Oklahoma court rece=
ntly rejected a request for a new hearing in the case. No physical evidence=
ever tied Glossip to the 1997 crime he is charged with.
Will Mitch McConnell Be Resigning Next?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33027-will-mitch-mcconnell-be-resigning-=
next
Robin Marty, Care2: Politicos see House Speaker John Boehner's move to resi=
gn as a way of avoiding being ousted, and a means of saving face. The obvio=
us question is: Who is next on the chopping block? It very well might be Se=
nate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
New Data Reveals Stark Gaps in Graduation Rates Between Poor and Wealthy St=
udents
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33026-new-data-reveals-stark-gaps-in-gra=
duation-rates-between-poor-and-wealthy-students
Annie Waldman, ProPublica: A new report released last week provides a detai=
led look at the graduation rates of low-income college students, showing gr=
aduation rates for Pell Grant recipients at more than 1,000 schools. At man=
y colleges, low-income students graduate at much lower rates than their hig=
h-income peers.
Alternatives to Detention to Be Run by Private Prison Contractors
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33024-alternatives-to-detention-to-be=
-run-by-private-prison-contractors
Katharina Obser, New America Media: In the wake of increased attention to t=
he inhumane practice of detaining families seeking asylum, US Immigration a=
nd Customs Enforcement this month announced it would be providing alternati=
ves to family detention. The problem? It awarded the contract to a private =
prison contractor.
Creators of Sustainable Development Goals Could Learn From Indigenous Peopl=
es
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33028-sustainable-development-goals-c=
ould-learn-from-indigenous-peoples
Fionuala Cregan, Common Dreams: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are =
a mere distraction. Instead, we must build a movement of people who recogni=
ze the true challenges we face. This emerging movement is increasingly stan=
ding with and learning from Indigenous peoples all over the world.
The World's Biggest Prison System
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33031-the-world-s-biggest-prison-system
Abby Martin, teleSUR: The United States holds by far the most prisoners of =
any other country, in both absolute numbers and per capita. This video repo=
rt explores the dark reality of US prisons: their conditions, who is wareho=
used in them and the roots of mass incarceration.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Elizabeth Warren Exposes Nexus of Corporate-Financed Studies and Think Tank=
s
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/elizabeth-warren-exposes-nexu=
s-of-industry-financed-studies-and-think-tanks
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Sen. Elizabeth Warren continues to pier=
ce the veil of how the DC professional class of "experts" is frequently cor=
rupted by financial gain.
US Combat Troops Deployed to Fight Taliban in Afghanistan, Again
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/us-troops-dispatched-to-k=
unduz-to-help-afghan-forces/2015/09/30/ea7768f2-66e5-11e5-9223-70cb36460919=
_story.html
GOP Leader Accidentally Tells the Truth About Benghazi Committee
Read the Article at MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-leader-accidentally-tells-the-t=
ruth-about-benghazi-committee
The Fall of King Coal
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/09/blankenship-trial-king-coal-wes=
t-virginia
Monsanto Sued by Farmworkers Claiming Roundup Caused Their Cancers
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/monsanto-sued-by-farm-workers=
-claiming-roundup-caused-their-cancers
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Ted Kennedy: Reflections of a "Master Legislator"
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/politics/reflections-of-a-master-legis=
lator-senator-edward-kennedy.html
The Pointless Cowardice of John Boehner
Read the Article at The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pointless-cowardice-of-john=
-boehner
Senate Passes Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Read the Article at The Hill=20
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/255425-senate-passes-funding-b=
ill-to-avert-government-shutdown
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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>Sen. Elizabeth Warren continues to pierce the veil of how the DC professional class of "experts" is frequently corrupted by financial gain.</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>GOP Leader Accidentally Tells the Truth About Benghazi Committee</strong></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>Monsanto Sued by Farmworkers Claiming Roundup Caused Their Cancers</strong></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>Ted Kennedy: Reflections of a "Master Legislator"</strong></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>The Pointless Cowardice of John Boehner</strong></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>Senate Passes Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown</strong></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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> The pharmaceutical industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations every year. The massive spending has turned recent proposals to regulate drug prices into political long shots, despite growing consumer outrage.</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=IV1PRI4rDTZDDhpXBU7bcP35azouwH%2BP"><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=Pt2j67c0bMUgLmBPpEMJh%2F35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Activists Decry 39 Years of Class-Based Discrimination in Abortion Access</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>Katie Klabusich, Truthout:</strong> Today marks the 39th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding of abortion care - a ban that disproportionately affects people of color and low-income people. Activists are calling for access to reproductive health care regardless of income.</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=UORfCAVxQgHhfllZCWHadf35azouwH%2BP"><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=EvnryT869AjOevGn9KGSSP35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Noam Chomsky on the Potential for Ordinary People to Make Radical Change</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>Tommaso Segantini, Jacobin:</strong> Noam Chomsky discusses global prospects for radical change, the eurozone crisis, whether Syriza could've avoided submitting to Greece's creditors, and the significance of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders.</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=7qizk%2FwABgqCFIIfLAIpuP35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Read the Interview</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=rwvCiEjNP4I%2BUNqBwy9i%2Bv35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Syriza's Dead End: Greece's Debt and the Elections</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>Max Ajl, Truthout:</strong> Syriza and its supporters committed to an electoral path of change. When that path failed, and the party accepted new austerity measures, voters were already demobilized. Syriza neutralized most of the Greek opposition.</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=o%2FDuz1m%2FeWaBS%2BLu64OtZf35azouwH%2BP"><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=4sb7dQgwQ3wanuWhEhI4jP35azouwH%2BP"><strong>A Spoiled Deal: How a Dispute Over Dairy Helped Sidetrack the Trans-Pacific Partnership</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> In the Hawai'i talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the deal-breaker seems to have been dairy products: specifically, a fight between Canada and New Zealand, two countries with relatively small populations.</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=NiCeuoodxi1VuHCSO31vYv35azouwH%2BP"><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=FM4mzeQ27KebyKW9YiEgGf35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Russian Lawmakers Approve Troops for Syria, Launch Airstrikes Against IS Positions</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>Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times:</strong> Russia's defense ministry says its jets are carrying out airstrikes on Syria against positions believed to belong to Islamic State. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin received parliamentary approval to use Russian armed forces in Syria in the fight against Islamic State.</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>Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> Death row prisoner Richard Glossip is slated to be executed this afternoon. An Oklahoma court recently rejected a request for a new hearing in the case. No physical evidence ever tied Glossip to the 1997 crime he is charged with.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wzwDFMRr2f996hLIQaPVwv35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Will Mitch McConnell Be Resigning Next?</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>Robin Marty, Care2:</strong> Politicos see House Speaker John Boehner's move to resign as a way of avoiding being ousted, and a means of saving face. The obvious question is: Who is next on the chopping block? It very well might be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s%2F%2FRZH0z5veCrZ%2BNV6WOZv35azouwH%2BP"><strong>New Data Reveals Stark Gaps in Graduation Rates Between Poor and Wealthy Students</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>Annie Waldman, ProPublica:</strong> A new report released last week provides a detailed look at the graduation rates of low-income college students, showing graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients at more than 1,000 schools. At many colleges, low-income students graduate at much lower rates than their high-income peers.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KEdCZZVkT5Syn8InfF8hhGC7l0T3u8B%2B"><strong>Alternatives to Detention to Be Run by Private Prison Contractors</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>Katharina Obser, New America Media:</strong> In the wake of increased attention to the inhumane practice of detaining families seeking asylum, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement this month announced it would be providing alternatives to family detention. The problem? It awarded the contract to a private prison contractor.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rwbhBZN8%2FMQ%2FC6KERwvl8mC7l0T3u8B%2B"><strong>Creators of Sustainable Development Goals Could Learn From Indigenous Peoples</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>Fionuala Cregan, Common Dreams:</strong> The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are a mere distraction. Instead, we must build a movement of people who recognize the true challenges we face. This emerging movement is increasingly standing with and learning from Indigenous peoples all over the world.</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=agU%2FwIbIS9dXwmyzwwzkt%2F35azouwH%2BP"><strong>Read the Article</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>Abby Martin, teleSUR:</strong> The United States holds by far the most prisoners of any other country, in both absolute numbers and per capita. This video report explores the dark reality of US prisons: their conditions, who is warehoused in them and the roots of mass incarceration.</p>
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