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Maya Schenwar | The People Vs. the War on Drugs
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The People Vs. the War on Drugs: Filmmaker Tackles the "Predatory Monster"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12707-the-people-vs-the-war-on-drugs-filmmaker-tackles-the-predatory-monster
In an interview with Truthout's Maya Schenwar, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki says of the war on drugs:
"Almost no one believes in this system. In looking for diversity, I ended up finding an extraordinary unanimity: The idea that the drug war has been with us for 40 years, we've spent a trillion dollars on it, we've had 45 million drug arrests and we have nothing to show for it."
Monsanto and Genetically Engineered Food: Playing Roulette With Our Health
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12715-monsanto-and-genetically-engineered-food-playing-roulette-with-our-health
Mark Karlin, Truthout:
What are some of the proven and likely health risks Genetically Modified Organisms pose? Jeffrey Smith, a leading national expert on the dangers of GMOs, discusses their impact on agriculture and our health.
Walmart Workers Gear Up for Black Friday Strike
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12702-walmart-workers-gear-up-for-black-friday-strike
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:
On the world's largest shopping day of the year, Walmart workers are gearing up for a walkout to highlight what they view as the unfairness of having to work for low wages and in poor conditions, while Walmart profits.
Vagrancy Laws, Poll Taxes, Financialization and the School-to Prison Pipeline in Mississippi
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12629-vagrancy-laws-poll-taxes-financialization-and-the-school-to-prison-pipeline-in-mississippi
Danny Weil, Truthout:
Jim Crow continues to stalk Mississippi with an assortment of old black codes and a newer, corporate-inspired school-to-prison pipeline that so blatantly exploits the state's African-American youth, the federal government has been compelled to intervene.
Attention Conservatives: Canada Has a Home for You
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12726-attention-conservatives-canada-has-a-home-for-you
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:
For those disgruntled Americans who wish to leave America, Canada's province of Nunavut could provide a life that allows them to fend for themselves without any help from the Nanny State.
Paul Krugman | Welcome to the Real "Real America"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12725-welcome-to-the-real-real-america
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:
A more diverse "America" has won big this election.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Spanish Bank Association Freezes Eviction Orders in Cases of "Extreme Hardship" Following Suicides, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12727-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-spanish-bank-association-freezes-eviction-orders-in-cases-of-extreme-hardship-following-suicides-and-more
In today's On the News segment:
Two homeowners facing eviction in Spain have committed suicide, prompting the Spanish banking association to freeze all eviction orders in cases of "extreme hardship" for the next two months; more than 2.1 million Americans could be out of luck when their extended unemployment benefits expire at the end of this year; Puerto Rico voted for the first time to become one of the United States of America, and more.
Mirror, Mirror: Who's Really Behind the Lack of Gender, Sexual and Racial Diversity in Comics?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12684-mirror-mirror-whos-really-behind-the-lack-of-gender-sexual-and-racial-diversity-in-comics
Sarah Becan and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout:
Who, exactly, keeps our media so homogeneous? The answer - and the response it demands - will surprise you.
Solving the $6 Billion Problem
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12711-solving-the-six-billion-dollar-problem
Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company:
In the wake of the most expensive election season in history, Nick Nyhart focuses in on potential solutions to the $6 billion dollar problem.
The United Nations Must Cure Haiti of the Cholera Epidemic It Caused
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12720-the-united-nations-must-cure-haiti-of-the-cholera-epidemic-it-caused
Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian:
The cholera epidemic continues to kill people in Haiti and the UN, which is responsible for bringing it to the country, should be the one working to create an infrastructure that rids the country of this outbreak.
Five Race and Gender Justice Lessons Learned from This Marathon Election Cycle
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12722-five-race-and-gender-justice-lessons-learned-from-this-marathon-election-cycle
Akiba Solomon, ColorLines:
It's important to reflect on the results of our recent election and what they say about race and gender justice.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Eric Cantor's Petraeus October Surprise Failed as FBI Stood Firm
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17640-eric-cantor-s-petraeus-october-surprise-failed-as-fbi-stood-firm
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Could a lurid tale of high-level CIA adultery derail a presidential election? Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tried, but failed.
Petraeus Case Shows FBI's Authority to Read Email
Read the Article at the Associated Press
http://news.msn.com/politics/petraeus-case-shows-fbis-authority-to-read-email
A New Chance for the Senate: End the Abuse of the Filibuster
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/opinion/a-new-chance-for-the-senate.html
Liberal Groups Mobilize for "Fiscal Cliff" Fight Over Social Security, Medicare
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/liberal-groups-mobilize-for-fiscal-cliff-fight-over-social-security-medicare/2012/11/12/b2c98f64-2cf7-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html
President Obama: Decisions, Decisions
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17639-president-obama-decisions-decisions
Outrage Mounts Over Deep Drilling Near Louisiana Sinkhole
Read the Article at Examiner.com
http://www.examiner.com/article/outrage-mounts-over-deep-drilling-near-sinkhole?CID=examiner_alerts_article
Obama Promised (Again) That He'd Close Gitmo. So Can He?
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/11/why-obama-still-wont-close-guantanamo-even-if-he-wants
An Election Day Loser Who Might Wind Up Winning Big
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17638-an-election-day-loser-who-might-wind-up-winning-big
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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>Could a lurid tale of high-level CIA adultery derail a presidential election? Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor tried, but failed.</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0WxkvJVxKoolpary1yR1NtuJc%2FSSwSS4" 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>Petraeus Case Shows FBI's Authority to Read Email</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yuML73wDuykyOo7lsNtvBduJc%2FSSwSS4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at 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>A New Chance for the Senate: End the Abuse of the Filibuster</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>Liberal Groups Mobilize for "Fiscal Cliff" Fight Over Social Security, Medicare</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SCa0l9r97QZLDqs%2BLpa9l9uJc%2FSSwSS4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</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 Obama: Decisions, Decisions</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Cw1i8t1aNU0OedQ9tHZKrduJc%2FSSwSS4" 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>Outrage Mounts Over Deep Drilling Near Louisiana Sinkhole</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BsWvHgQUqT0nZyFgEcHweNuJc%2FSSwSS4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Examiner.com</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 Promised (Again) That He'd Close Gitmo. So Can He?</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7%2FKodTJKiuHaVEKd86%2BeXNuJc%2FSSwSS4" 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>An Election Day Loser Who Might Wind Up Winning Big</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>In an interview with Truthout's Maya Schenwar, filmmaker Eugene Jarecki says of the war on drugs:</strong> "Almost no one believes in this system. In looking for diversity, I ended up finding an extraordinary unanimity: The idea that the drug war has been with us for 40 years, we've spent a trillion dollars on it, we've had 45 million drug arrests and we have nothing to show for it."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5AHajwyvZ4KnT%2BF60jyyeduJc%2FSSwSS4" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Mark Karlin, Truthout:</strong> What are some of the proven and likely health risks Genetically Modified Organisms pose? Jeffrey Smith, a leading national expert on the dangers of GMOs, discusses their impact on agriculture and our health. </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>Yana Kunichoff, Truthout:</strong> On the world's largest shopping day of the year, Walmart workers are gearing up for a walkout to highlight what they view as the unfairness of having to work for low wages and in poor conditions, while Walmart profits.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FJnHxqsq0OwV%2BXScaA86LtuJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4KfimMNW0vsB8XqJU4QWEduJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Vagrancy Laws, Poll Taxes, Financialization and the School-to Prison Pipeline in Mississippi</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>Danny Weil, Truthout:</strong> Jim Crow continues to stalk Mississippi with an assortment of old black codes and a newer, corporate-inspired school-to-prison pipeline that so blatantly exploits the state's African-American youth, the federal government has been compelled to intervene. </p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y5b4vACZsJE7MocyHfv1gduJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ef0CLuJC3v%2FIHRXE%2FRFtt9uJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Attention Conservatives: Canada Has a Home for You</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>Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take:</strong> For those disgruntled Americans who wish to leave America, Canada's province of Nunavut could provide a life that allows them to fend for themselves without any help from the Nanny 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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> A more diverse "America" has won big this election. </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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dPrmdVdL%2F1RrLTGcYskXJtuJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Spanish Bank Association Freezes Eviction Orders in Cases of "Extreme Hardship" Following Suicides, 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> Two homeowners facing eviction in Spain have committed suicide, prompting the Spanish banking association to freeze all eviction orders in cases of "extreme hardship" for the next two months; more than 2.1 million Americans could be out of luck when their extended unemployment benefits expire at the end of this year; Puerto Rico voted for the first time to become one of the United States of America, 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Mh0ZDB5ea8zTK1Fxj2nOstuJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OIyd4Hjen1fwh3S%2BSErB4tuJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Mirror, Mirror: Who's Really Behind the Lack of Gender, Sexual and Racial Diversity in Comics?</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>Sarah Becan and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout:</strong> Who, exactly, keeps our media so homogeneous? The answer - and the response it demands - will surprise you.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jDbRfl%2FjX%2F7yQ8rzFkSWzNuJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UTwKozvPWIuc8LtBqKUCGtuJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Solving the $6 Billion Problem</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>Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company:</strong> In the wake of the most expensive election season in history, Nick Nyhart focuses in on potential solutions to the $6 billion dollar problem.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kcD5AQPv505Z9%2BLsB2GXz9uJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MEYcqCI5pDV8cCLVBo1jJzGlWLnZKvKx"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The United Nations Must Cure Haiti of the Cholera Epidemic It Caused</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 Weisbrot, The Guardian:</strong> The cholera epidemic continues to kill people in Haiti and the UN, which is responsible for bringing it to the country, should be the one working to create an infrastructure that rids the country of this outbreak.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=05Q9LTlO61xlAzy75gJT5duJc%2FSSwSS4" 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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pHAGolBNnRgUYX5LdPw8rduJc%2FSSwSS4"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Five Race and Gender Justice Lessons Learned from This Marathon Election Cycle</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>Akiba Solomon, ColorLines:</strong> It's important to reflect on the results of our recent election and what they say about race and gender justice.</p>
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