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Henry A. Giroux | Youth in Authoritarian Times
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Youth in Authoritarian Times: Challenging Neoliberalism's Politics of Dispo=
sability
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33312-youth-in-authoritarian-times-chall=
enging-neoliberalism-s-politics-of-disposability
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: Young people today are forced to inhabit a world=
where childhood is nonexistent, especially for poor youth of color. They a=
re crushed by state violence and material burdens resulting from a neoliber=
al system that sees them as disposable consumers. Yet a different future is=
possible.
Ten Ways to Challenge Capitalism's Death Grip on Daily Life
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33325-ten-ways-to-challenge-capitalis=
m-s-death-grip-on-daily-life
Cynthia Kaufman, Truthout: Widespread support for moves toward a solidarity=
economy will be easier to gain if activists have good answers to questions=
about how such a move will not lead to unemployment and poverty. Answering=
those questions requires that we demystify the concepts of growth and work=
.
When Energy Bills Skyrocketed, These Neighbors Banded Together to Keep the =
Lights on - and Won
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33314-when-energy-bills-skyrocketed-thes=
e-neighbors-banded-together-to-keep-the-lights-on-and-won
Laura Gottesdiener, YES! Magazine: Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a Poughkeepsie=
, New York, housing rights organization, has set its sights not on JPMorgan=
Chase or Fannie Mae but on a local corporation saddling residents with hou=
sing-related debt: the privately owned utility company Central Hudson Gas &=
Electric Corp.
Steven Salaita's New Book Decries Academic Bias Against Israel's Critics
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33313-steven-salaita-s-new-book-decri=
es-academic-bias-against-israel-s-critics
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Professor Steven Salaita recounts his firing fr=
om the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the subsequent firest=
orm that erupted in his new memoir-cum-expos=C3=A9 about academic dishonest=
y and the limits of free speech within the US academy.
Exxon's Climate Cover-Up
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33311-exxon-s-climate-cover-up
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: Sharon Eubanks, the former =
US Department of Justice attorney who prosecuted and won the racketeering c=
ase against Big Tobacco, is calling for the Department of Justice to look i=
nto whether Exxon violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizatio=
ns Act. She's not alone.
Thousands Still Homeless a Year After the Bay Area's Biggest Encampment Was=
Shuttered
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33317-hundreds-still-homeless-a-year-aft=
er-the-bay-area-s-biggest-encampment-was-shuttered
Jeremy Miller, High Country News: Last December, hundreds of people emerged=
from a muddy gully in San Jose, California, hauling their possessions in g=
arbage bags and shopping carts after the city's largest homeless encampment=
, known as "the Jungle," was closed. Nearly a year after the Jungle's closu=
re, thousands of people remain homeless.
Why Should We Care What the Republican Candidates Say About Syria?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33318-why-should-we-care-what-the-rep=
ublican-candidates-say-about-syria
Robert Naiman, Truthout: US Secretary of State John Kerry successfully work=
ed with the Europeans and the Russians to get a deal with Iran. We decided =
in the end not to care what Republicans had to say about it. Why don't we e=
ncourage a deal on Syria?
Paul Ryan Says Republicans Have Until Friday to Unify Behind Him for House =
Speaker
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33315-paul-ryan-says-republicans-have-un=
til-friday-to-unify-behind-him-for-house-speaker
Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times: Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisconsin) told his a=
nxious colleagues Tuesday night that he would agree to run for House speake=
r, but only if the Republican Party united behind him by Friday. It remains=
unclear whether super-conservative Congress members will support him.
US Sells New Warships to Saudi Arabia Despite Warnings of War Crimes in Yem=
en
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33327-us-sells-new-warships-to-saudi-ara=
bia-despite-warnings-of-war-crimes-in-yemen
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: The Obama administratio=
n has approved an $11.25 billion deal to sell four advanced, Lockheed Marti=
n-made warships to Saudi Arabia. The move comes as Amnesty International ha=
s called on the United States to halt arms transfers to Saudi Arabia or ris=
k being complicit in war crimes.
Why New US Ozone Standards Aren't Enough to Protect Health and the Environm=
ent
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33323-why-new-us-ozone-standards-aren=
-t-enough-to-protect-health-and-the-environment
Noelle Eckley Selin, The Conversation: Industry in the US has resisted tigh=
ter controls on ozone because they would require upgrades to air quality eq=
uipment at power plants, industrial activity and vehicles. However, a true =
accounting of the costs and benefits should include the health and ecologic=
al benefits of stricter controls.
Federal Report Calls for an End to Conversion Therapy
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33320-federal-report-calls-for-an-end-to=
-conversion-therapy
Lindsay Patton, Care2: Washington, DC, and four states have already banned =
"conversion therapy," with 18 states having introduced bans on it. A new fe=
deral report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra=
tion is pushing for a national ban on the controversial practice.
New York City Activists Ticket Residents of Gentrified Neighborhood to Show=
How Cops Treat Communities of Color
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33319-new-york-city-activists-ticket-=
residents-of-gentrified-neighborhood-to-show-how-cops-treat-communities-of-=
color
Ashoka Jegroo, Waging Nonviolence: Anti-police brutality activists in New Y=
ork City took a trip to a gentrified neighborhood to catch white people fre=
ely committing the type of crimes that get Black and Brown people regularly=
harassed by cops. The group took to the streets of Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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Obama to Announce Steps to Curb Increase in Overdose Deaths
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Bernie Sanders' Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks
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Canada's New Prime Minister Will Stop Airstrikes on ISIS
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Four-Year-Old Killed in Road Rage Shooting
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Indiana Student Arrested in Attack on Muslim Woman
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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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> Young people today are forced to inhabit a world where childhood is nonexistent, especially for poor youth of color. They are crushed by state violence and material burdens resulting from a neoliberal system that sees them as disposable consumers. Yet a different future is possible.</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>Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout:</strong> Professor Steven Salaita recounts his firing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the subsequent firestorm that erupted in his new memoir-cum-exposé about academic dishonesty and the limits of free speech within the US academy.</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=uTCyPcoGbnSoEC243qZaEEoQoSy4Iizf"><strong>Exxon's Climate Cover-Up</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> Sharon Eubanks, the former US Department of Justice attorney who prosecuted and won the racketeering case against Big Tobacco, is calling for the Department of Justice to look into whether Exxon violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. She's not alone.</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=uw0K5KNkSp20lehl1Ka8TUoQoSy4Iizf"><strong>Thousands Still Homeless a Year After the Bay Area's Biggest Encampment Was Shuttered</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>Jeremy Miller, High Country News:</strong> Last December, hundreds of people emerged from a muddy gully in San Jose, California, hauling their possessions in garbage bags and shopping carts after the city's largest homeless encampment, known as "the Jungle," was closed. Nearly a year after the Jungle's closure, thousands of people remain homeless.</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=1nTCHhdZ%2B3BexnqRoDAkSexPVLM8T11I"><strong>Why Should We Care What the Republican Candidates Say About Syria?</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> US Secretary of State John Kerry successfully worked with the Europeans and the Russians to get a deal with Iran. We decided in the end not to care what Republicans had to say about it. Why don't we encourage a deal on Syria?</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=ZLcsePdtlm%2BJriYGrKBrnUoQoSy4Iizf"><strong>Paul Ryan Says Republicans Have Until Friday to Unify Behind Him for House Speaker</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>Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times:</strong> Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisconsin) told his anxious colleagues Tuesday night that he would agree to run for House speaker, but only if the Republican Party united behind him by Friday. It remains unclear whether super-conservative Congress members will support him.</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=m4aSQpR8NamdzH5x2HQIfexPVLM8T11I"><strong>US Sells New Warships to Saudi Arabia Despite Warnings of War Crimes in Yemen</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> The Obama administration has approved an $11.25 billion deal to sell four advanced, Lockheed Martin-made warships to Saudi Arabia. The move comes as Amnesty International has called on the United States to halt arms transfers to Saudi Arabia or risk being complicit in war crimes.</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=S6G4FPjzMSmWUNNZY8H%2Bu0oQoSy4Iizf"><strong>Why New US Ozone Standards Aren't Enough to Protect Health and the Environment</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>Noelle Eckley Selin, The Conversation:</strong> Industry in the US has resisted tighter controls on ozone because they would require upgrades to air quality equipment at power plants, industrial activity and vehicles. However, a true accounting of the costs and benefits should include the health and ecological benefits of stricter controls.</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=THvIa%2BtdMdLJShNj7ANRR0oQoSy4Iizf"><strong>Federal Report Calls for an End to Conversion Therapy</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>Lindsay Patton, Care2:</strong> Washington, DC, and four states have already banned "conversion therapy," with 18 states having introduced bans on it. A new federal report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is pushing for a national ban on the controversial practice.</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=8oS4QTH4AOFZNjy3y1f8TkoQoSy4Iizf"><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>Ashoka Jegroo, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Anti-police brutality activists in New York City took a trip to a gentrified neighborhood to catch white people freely committing the type of crimes that get Black and Brown people regularly harassed by cops. The group took to the streets of Park Slope, Brooklyn.</p>
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