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David Bacon | Let's Stop Making Migration a Crime
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t r u t h o u t | 02.15
David Bacon | Let's Stop Making Migration a Crime
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14569-lets-stop-making-migration-a-crime
David Bacon, Truthout: Instead of immigration reform that includes guest worker programs and more enforcement, we need to change the free trade programs that cause migration and stop making it a crime for the undocumented to work.
Ohio Fracking CEO Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Toxic Waste-Dumping Case
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14577-ohio-fracking-ceo-pleads-not-guilty-in-federal-toxic-waste-dumping-case
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Ben Lupo, owner of D&L Energy and Hardrock Excavating, pleaded not guilty to federal felony charges under the Clean Water Act. He is accused of ordering the dumping of thousands of gallons of chemical-laced fracking waste into streams in Youngstown, Ohio.
The Real "Farmer" Story: So God Made High-Fructose Corn Syrup
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14571-the-real-farmer-story-so-god-made-high-fructose-corn-syrup
Mark Engler, Dissent: It was not godless California hippies who undermined the family farm and gave us a diet of high-fructose corn syrup; search no further than the subsidy regime that undergirds the profits of modern corporate agribusiness.
How High Could the Minimum Wage Go?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14574-how-high-could-the-minimum-wage-go
Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Dollars & Sense: A 70 percent minimum-wage hike is the biggest one-time increase that US businesses can absorb without cutting jobs, but it's not the end of the story. In the future, the minimum wage can inch further upward.
Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14575-health-care-spending-a-21st-century-gold-rush
Philip Caper, Bangor Daily News: There is a lot of money in our health care system, and no enforceable budget. What are some of the reasons health care costs continue to rise? Here are a few examples.
Obama Pushes Preschool for All Kids So They Don't Start Out "a Step Behind"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14576-obama-pushes-preschool-for-all-kids-so-they-dont-start-out-a-step-behind
Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers: Funded by federal and state tax dollars, the president's plan would be a dramatic expansion of education for 4-year-olds, by making a year of optional preschool free for low- and moderate-income children.
Leaked White Paper the "Tip of the Iceberg": An Interview With Marjorie Cohn About Targeted Killings
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14563-leaked-white-paper-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-an-interview-with-marjorie-cohn-about-targeted-killings
Dennis Bernstein, Truthout: Legal scholar and editor Marjorie Cohn discusses the revelations around a memo coming out of the Justice Department that the Obama administration plans to keep up targeted assassinations and expand the program.
We Can Fix This? In SOTU, Obama Shoves Voting Reform into "Sock Drawer," Leaving Many Disappointed
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14578-we-can-fix-this-in-sotu-obama-shoves-voting-reform-into-sock-drawer-leaving-many-disappointed
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: With the Voting Rights Act being challenged before the Supreme Court, and a variety of proposals to make it harder to vote (and change how electoral votes are counted) being considered in the states, a bipartisan commission is certainly not enough.
The Great Tax-Cut Experiment
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14580-the-great-tax-cut-experiment
Gerald Friedman, Dollars & Sense: Since the late 1970s, during the Carter Administration, conservative economists have been warning that high taxes retard economic growth by discouraging productive work and investment. Here is an analysis of the results of this experiment.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Hagel Gets Filibustered by GOP, While Democrats Unanimously Backed Cheney and Rumsfeld for Defense Secretary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17811-hagel-gets-filibustered-by-gop-while-democrats-unanimously-backed-cheney-and-rumsfeld-for-defense-secretary
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: When will they ever learn? Harry Reid wouldn't reform the fake filibuster used repeatedly by the Senate GOP to obstruct nominations and legislation. Now, it's come back to haunt him as the Republicans hold up Hagel nomination.
George Lakoff | How the State of the Union Worked
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17808-how-the-state-of-the-union-worked
Ten Years Ago Today: Why Was the Biggest Protest in World History Ignored?
Read the Article at Time
http://world.time.com/2013/02/15/viewpoint-why-was-the-biggest-protest-in-world-history-ignored/
Is Congress Finally Moving on Climate Change?
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/is-congress-finally-moving-on-climate-change-20130214
Establishing Dictatorships: Lessons from History
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17809-establishing-dictatorships-lessons-from-history
Election Opponents Team Up on Panel to Fix Voting System
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/us/politics/opposing-election-lawyers-to-lead-obama-voting-panel.html?hp
Third Republican Launches Massachusetts Senate Bid
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/02/14/republican-sean-bielat-enters-senate-race/9v0R9EjxFqx36DSFcWUgzL/story.html
Our Atomic Dominoes Are Falling
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17810-our-atomic-dominoes-are-falling
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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>When will they ever learn? Harry Reid wouldn't reform the fake filibuster used repeatedly by the Senate GOP to obstruct nominations and legislation. Now, it's come back to haunt him as the Republicans hold up Hagel nomination.</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=Y8mxo0Yo1WvVG07ZUZWEVGV8U3jROt7m" 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>George Lakoff | How the State of the Union Worked</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=W%2FQn%2BYtWK9AgzXcQidC6SmV8U3jROt7m" 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>Ten Years Ago Today: Why Was the Biggest Protest in World History Ignored?</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=DmfozUmzgabI1D7COlYGkWV8U3jROt7m" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Time</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Is Congress Finally Moving on Climate Change?</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=ZTDMfRtQS7ftoZ2QyjDjRGV8U3jROt7m" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Rolling Stone</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Establishing Dictatorships: Lessons from History</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=hpgYYoKsXIt2nOchwjoWOmV8U3jROt7m" 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>Election Opponents Team Up on Panel to Fix Voting System</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=Cvyjp2VwgP2tBRkeBBCYIGV8U3jROt7m" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Third Republican Launches Massachusetts Senate Bid</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=N0dsOLUjYVMHYGvHwRJNQ2V8U3jROt7m" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Globe</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our Atomic Dominoes Are Falling</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=x8I4bW0HmcoAHtGaHe9mm2V8U3jROt7m" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</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>David Bacon, Truthout:</strong> Instead of immigration reform that includes guest worker programs and more enforcement, we need to change the free trade programs that cause migration and stop making it a crime for the undocumented to work.</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=uQJ%2B1vf4kx0bOTrqCMjcpmV8U3jROt7m" 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=z3QR8WVZqLrF2IlmlSrJemV8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Ohio Fracking CEO Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Toxic Waste-Dumping Case</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Ben Lupo, owner of D&L Energy and Hardrock Excavating, pleaded not guilty to federal felony charges under the Clean Water Act. He is accused of ordering the dumping of thousands of gallons of chemical-laced fracking waste into streams in Youngstown, Ohio.</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=kAD4SDJGUnvL9wx56%2BxqU2V8U3jROt7m" 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=lnAwhkkmkHKmgPzLE2JvuGyg7GOL69iL"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Real "Farmer" Story: So God Made High-Fructose Corn Syrup</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 Engler, Dissent:</strong> It was not godless California hippies who undermined the family farm and gave us a diet of high-fructose corn syrup; search no further than the subsidy regime that undergirds the profits of modern corporate agribusiness.</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=5POtNE7kNvuMldn5GP95sWV8U3jROt7m" 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=mB7sJKDVWdMiLP8KXVG%2B72V8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How High Could the Minimum Wage Go?</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>Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Dollars & Sense:</strong> A 70 percent minimum-wage hike is the biggest one-time increase that US businesses can absorb without cutting jobs, but it’s not the end of the story. In the future, the minimum wage can inch further upward.</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=qipMhBoyYJ8l%2BYzMrcm5SWV8U3jROt7m" 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=ZDR15HOiAosGODGTwnPcJ2V8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Health Care Spending: A 21st Century Gold Rush</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>Philip Caper, Bangor Daily News:</strong> There is a lot of money in our health care system, and no enforceable budget. What are some of the reasons health care costs continue to rise? Here are a few examples.</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=qipMhBoyYJ9qhwQMe84Co2V8U3jROt7m" 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=%2FwjRZ17ZOEt8oBL5gbtI8f38o9vRhI5L"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama Pushes Preschool for All Kids So They Don’t Start Out "a Step Behind"</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>Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> Funded by federal and state tax dollars, the president’s plan would be a dramatic expansion of education for 4-year-olds, by making a year of optional preschool free for low- and moderate-income children.</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=RGbRt3kCpOMcSA9zcoHuhGV8U3jROt7m" 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=65n43NGkUK6tlYLkGrLUEmV8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Leaked White Paper the "Tip of the Iceberg": An Interview With Marjorie Cohn About Targeted Killings</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>Dennis Bernstein, Truthout:</strong> Legal scholar and editor Marjorie Cohn discusses the revelations around a memo coming out of the Justice Department that the Obama administration plans to keep up targeted assassinations and expand the program.</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=Oo4Qn8M4am%2BCV3p9mSU8rmV8U3jROt7m" 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=KRaZg%2BBV88uqfkcJ2bv3cWV8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>We Can Fix This? In SOTU, Obama Shoves Voting Reform into "Sock Drawer," Leaving Many Disappointed</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>Brendan Fischer, PR Watch:</strong> With the Voting Rights Act being challenged before the Supreme Court, and a variety of proposals to make it harder to vote (and change how electoral votes are counted) being considered in the states, a bipartisan commission is certainly not enough.</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=ZdPwZp0J3FEtPgWaEUFRD2V8U3jROt7m" 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=sQxjqb2uatezRgo%2BtFNTLWV8U3jROt7m"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Great Tax-Cut Experiment</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>Gerald Friedman, Dollars & Sense:</strong> Since the late 1970s, during the Carter Administration, conservative economists have been warning that high taxes retard economic growth by discouraging productive work and investment. Here is an analysis of the results of this experiment.</p>
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