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Why the Housing Recovery Is Nearly Homeowner-Less
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t r u t h o u t | 01.14
Why the Housing Recovery Is Nearly Homeowner-Less
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13883-why-the-housing-recovery-is-inequitable
Darwin Bond Graham, Truthout: Low interest rates by the Fed are causing investors to purchase foreclosed homes in blocks of hundreds.
Citizens United Opponents Cheer Corporate Disclosure Rule on SEC Agenda
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13865-citizens-united-opponents-cheer-corporate-disclosure-rule-on-sec-agenda
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: With the most expensive election season in United States history looming heavy in the background, campaign finance reformers have high hopes that federal regulators may consider a new rule requiring corporations to reveal their political spending to shareholders.
The 3 Percent Cut to Social Security, a.k.a. the Chained CPI
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13889-the-3-percent-cut-to-social-security-a-k-a-the-chained-cpi
Dean Baker, Truthout: DC insiders want to rig the inflation index using a measurement that includes some types of consumers' cost-cutting decisions during price hikes, a method which would mean less money for seniors who are often already financially insecure.
Obama Says GOP Won't Get "Ransom" to Lift Debt Limit
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13914-obama-says-gop-wont-get-ransom-to-lift-debt-limit
Jackie Calmes, Michael D. Shear and Peter Baker, The New York Times News Service: The president said he would not negotiate on the debt ceiling, and he said Republicans in Congress would be responsible for the effects of a refusal to raise it.
Aaron Swartz, a Spark in Life and Death
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13915-aaron-swartz-a-spark-in-life-and-death
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks, The Daily Take: Depression alone didn't kill Aaron. In a statement released over the weekend, his family blamed the Department of Justice's prosecutorial overreach in charges against the Internet activist who co-founded Reddit, invented RSS, and, ultimately, was made an example of by the government after a controversial file download at MIT.
How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/13892-how-about-gun-control-for-the-pentagon
Laura Flanders, The Nation: If you think American weapons are a problem in the US, look at the damage they're doing abroad.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: White House Supports Immigration Reform With Pathway to Citizenship, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13916-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann
In today's On the News segment: Seattle teachers boycott new standardized test, and more.
Chris Hedges | Will We Adjust to Life on a Finite Planet or Continue Devouring Our Future?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13891-will-we-adjust-to-life-on-a-finite-planet-or-continue-devouring-our-future
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: Five hundred years of relatively easy expansion were an anomaly, but something is keeping humanity from accepting that we can't continue on that course.
Treasury Nominee Jack Lew's Pro-Bank, Austerity, Deregulation Legacy
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13905-treasury-nominee-jack-lews-pro-bank-austerity-deregulation-legacy
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy NOW!: Currently Obama's chief of staff, Lew was an executive at Citigroup from 2006 to 2008 at the time of the financial crisis.
Canada Suspends Aid to Haiti; UN, US, Canada Spend Money on "Security" as Cholera Persists
http://truth-out.org/news/item/13910-canada-suspends-aid-to-haiti-un-us-canada-spend-money-on-security-as-cholera-persists
Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Canada demands more effective Haitian government but most aid went to NGO's; failure of government a result of American- and Canadian- backed coup, says Mark Weisbrot.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Department of Justice Is Ruining Lives and Wasting Taxpayer Money Prosecuting Marijuana Cases in Legalized States
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17746-department-of-justice-is-ruining-lives-and-wasting-taxpayer-money-prosecuting-marijuana-cases-in-legalized-states
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: With a growing number of states legalizing the medical and recreational use of marijuana, why is the Obama administration's Department of Justice cruelly prosecuting individuals on the basis of draconian federal anti-pot laws?
The Five-Step Process to Cheat the Middle-Class Worker
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17745-the-five-step-process-to-cheat-the-middle-class-worker
Planned Parenthood Gives Up the "Pro-Choice" Label: What Does It Mean for the Movement?
Read the Article at RH Reality Check
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2013/01/11/planned-parenthood-gives-up-%E2%80%9Cprochoice%E2%80%9D-label%E2%80%94what-does-it-mean-movement
What's Inside America's Banks?
Read the Article at the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/whats-inside-americas-banks/309196/#
Glenn Greenwald: The Lessons of Western Intervention
Read the Article at the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/14/mali-france-bombing-intervention-libya
It's Time to Right the Colossal Blunder That Is the Iraq War
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/iraq-war-chuck-hagel-011013
Noam Chomsky: The Responsibility of Privilege
Watch the Video at Al Jazeera English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l64zFyTuy_8
George Packer: The Political Isolation of the American South
Read the Article at The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2013/01/21/130121taco_talk_packer
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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 Gonzalez, Democracy NOW!:</strong> Currently Obama's chief of staff, Lew was an executive at Citigroup from 2006 to 2008 at the time of the financial crisis.</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.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cB1xCcZefL2eH%2BP9dQ6IKhY%2F%2F7Hcziae"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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>Paul Jay, The Real News Network:</strong> Canada demands more effective Haitian government but most aid went to NGO's; failure of government a result of American- and Canadian- backed coup, says Mark Weisbrot.</p>
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