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Radical Reading: The Progressive Dr. Seuss
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Radical Reading: The Progressive Dr. Seuss
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14765-radical-reading-the-progressive-dr-seu=
ss
Peter Dreier, Truthout: Generations of progressive activists may not trace =
their political views to their early exposure to Dr. Seuss, but without dou=
bt this shy, brilliant genius played a role in sensitizing them to abuses o=
f power.
Secret Service Refuses Truthout's Request for Documents on Aaron Swartz
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14861-secret-service-refuses-truthouts-reque=
st-for-documents-on-aaron-swartz
Jason Leopold, Truthout: The Secret Service refused to release documents to=
Truthout on the deceased internet activist, Aaron Swartz. The agency cited=
the "open" investigation, but then backtracked this week and said it will =
now reopen our FOIA case.
In Victory for Obama, House Backs Domestic Violence Law
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14859-in-victory-for-obama-house-backs-domes=
tic-violence-law
Ashley Parker, The New York Times News Service: In a vote of 286 to 138, th=
e House passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on Thu=
rsday.
It's 1948 Again - Wake Up!
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14860-its-1948-again-wake-up
Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: Today, the battle lines are drawn in a simil=
ar way as they were in 1948 and 1932: Millions of Americans are struggling =
to survive and to get a proper education.
Boots on Campus: Yale Flap Highlights Militarization of Academia
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14837-boots-on-campus-yale-flap-highlights-m=
ilitarization-of-academia
Kelley B. Vlahos, AntiWar.com: Yale is being accused of inviting military i=
ntelligence to campus to hone their wartime interrogation techniques on the=
local non-white population.
North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Dow=
n?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14813-north-korea-and-the-united-states-w=
ill-the-real-aggressor-please-stand-down
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: "Without the context of hist=
ory and current events, the actions of North Korea look insane, but when pu=
t in context we find that the United States is pushing North Korea on this =
path."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Justice Antonin Scalia Describes Key Provis=
ion in Voting Rights Act as a "Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement," and Mor=
e
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14864-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-justice=
-antonin-scalia-describes-key-provision-in-voting-rights-act-as-a-perpetuat=
ion-of-racial-entitlement-and-more
By Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Show: In today's On the News segment: D=
uring oral arguments about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anto=
nin Scalia described the key provision as a "perpetuation of racial entitle=
ment"; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said our national unemployment=
rate won't be coming down any time soon; Royal Dutch Shell has announced t=
hey're suspending their drilling operations in Alaskan waters for the remai=
nder of 2013; and More.
Paul Krugman | I Became an Orthodoxy, All on My Own
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14838-i-become-an-orthodoxy-all-on-my-own
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Paul Krugman calls for a temporarily relaxed a=
ttitude toward deficits as long as the economy remains depressed and moneta=
ry policy is up against the zero lower bound.
"Homeland Security": The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14858-homeland-security-the-trillion-dollar-=
concept-that-no-one-can-define
Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch: If you hear the phrase "homel=
and security," watch out: Your long-term safety may be at risk.
Resistance Fighter St=C3=A9phane Hessel Has Died
http://truth-out.org/news/item/14862-resistance-fighter-stephane-hessel-has=
-died
Lina Sankari, l'Humanite: Resistance fighter, deportee, diplomat and co-aut=
hor of the Declaration of Human Rights St=C3=A9phane Hessel died during the=
night from Tuesday to Wednesday at the age of 95 years.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Scalia Legislates From the Bench, Contemptuously Dismisses Congress on Pass=
age of Voting Rights Act
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17833-scalia-legislates-from=
-the-bench-contemptuously-dismisses-congress-on-passage-of-voting-rights-ac=
t
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Antonin Scalia finally came out of the =
closet and admitted that he legislates from the bench. In oral arguments a=
bout the Voting Rights Act, he asserted that he could clairvoyantly assert =
that Congress was wrong in overwhelmingly passing it.
Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty to Leaking Secret Government Documents, Will =
Serve 20 Years in Prison
Read the Article at The Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-pn-bradley-manning-pleads-g=
uilty-20130228,0,5930297.story
Conservatives Regret Taking Woodward's "Threat" Story Seriously
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/conservatives-regret-taking-woo=
dwards-threat-story-seriously?ref=3Dfpa
Sotomayor, Kagan Face Down Scalia
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-sotomayor-kagan-ready-f=
or-battles/2013/02/27/ee1fa09e-812f-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?hpid=
=3Dz2
The Separation of Profit and State
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17831-the-separation-of-prof=
it-and-state
Returning Servicewomen are Fastest Growing Segment of Homeless Population
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/us/female-veterans-face-limbo-in-lives-on=
-the-street.html?hp
Congressional Inquiry Into Prosecution of Adam Swartz Widens
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/02/28/house-committee-b=
roadens-inquiry-into-aaron-swartz-case/mELDGN9wEuRKDghyhdcnxL/story.html
The Tower That Toppled a Terrible Technology
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17832-the-tower-that-toppled=
-a-terrible-technology
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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>Antonin Scalia finally came out of the closet and admitted that he legislates from the bench. In oral arguments about the Voting Rights Act, he asserted that he could clairvoyantly assert that Congress was wrong in overwhelmingly passing it.</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=BPJ6QCodaPxoJctwzw3OnE1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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>Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty to Leaking Secret Government Documents, Will Serve 20 Years in Prison</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=ak%2BH9PLO7MV3dqB0homPD01rirIpXy%2Fh" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Los Angeles 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>Conservatives Regret Taking Woodward’s "Threat" Story Seriously</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=DYi7Xv7YSAo3R0xwmVExmE1rirIpXy%2Fh" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Talking Points Memo</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sotomayor, Kagan Face Down Scalia</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=vis8SK1zERgNGz%2F2sMv0Ak1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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>The Separation of Profit and State</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=ukmucYH%2B8n3t6Dz7ROWANU1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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>Returning Servicewomen are Fastest Growing Segment of Homeless Population</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=7QIXWOYxh963fiGIyQkyV6YIat3a%2BDy1" 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>Congressional Inquiry Into Prosecution of Adam Swartz Widens</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=P6Y2pf4jnyXAvRs%2BxLrAVU1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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>The Tower That Toppled a Terrible Technology</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=U%2FlaiSe%2BVX0tr55GqjgTwU1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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>Peter Dreier, Truthout:</strong> Generations of progressive activists may not trace their political views to their early exposure to Dr. Seuss, but without doubt this shy, brilliant genius played a role in sensitizing them to abuses of power.</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=zCWe2FTdgl8P%2BvOUvTZNBE1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=zDj%2BJdg86ZId%2BhI7QbjAVk1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Secret Service Refuses Truthout's Request for Documents on Aaron Swartz</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>Jason Leopold, Truthout:</strong> The Secret Service refused to release documents to Truthout on the deceased internet activist, Aaron Swartz. The agency cited the "open" investigation, but then backtracked this week and said it will now reopen our FOIA case.</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=F8ceyAA5%2FZg7f%2FATYTTpkKYIat3a%2BDy1" 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=RDJ1WVsfGhyts563Ke2pbk1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In Victory for Obama, House Backs Domestic Violence Law</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>Ashley Parker, The New York Times News Service:</strong> In a vote of 286 to 138, the House passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday.</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=Oum6lDSodJEQlpv%2FsdANzk1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=ZVtB2JS7ivgcP1WL2Htq5U1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>It’s 1948 Again - Wake 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>Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take:</strong> Today, the battle lines are drawn in a similar way as they were in 1948 and 1932: Millions of Americans are struggling to survive and to get a proper education.</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=cL7mBk3HhBMMB0Nsb86%2Be01rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=9R7y4hwo6a7RyLPjuwkacaYIat3a%2BDy1"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Boots on Campus: Yale Flap Highlights Militarization of Academia</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>Kelley B. Vlahos, AntiWar.com:</strong> Yale is being accused of inviting military intelligence to campus to hone their wartime interrogation techniques on the local non-white population.</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=p9wgNKu%2F%2FVX63Qnnp80ut01rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=b7XmzUw4I50lQe4lcUDRl01rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down?</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>By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> "Without the context of history and current events, the actions of North Korea look insane, but when put in context we find that the United States is pushing North Korea on this path."</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=m%2BGEoetdKfMaKXqK6BFVKk1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Justice Antonin Scalia Describes Key Provision in Voting Rights Act as a "Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement," 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>By Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Show:</strong> In today's On the News segment: During oral arguments about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Antonin Scalia described the key provision as a "perpetuation of racial entitlement"; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said our national unemployment rate won't be coming down any time soon; Royal Dutch Shell has announced they're suspending their drilling operations in Alaskan waters for the remainder of 2013; 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=O8lWr1tqaB7CvTVzedJ0Mk1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=tOA4aQ1aeEAGWrShAhbbKU1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | I Became an Orthodoxy, All on My Own</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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> Paul Krugman calls for a temporarily relaxed attitude toward deficits as long as the economy remains depressed and monetary policy is up against the zero lower bound.</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=IUJbPODqNEOqQEvS%2BIdq%2BU1rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=Q1RgwEKDhQbkxUArL%2B%2BZ101rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"Homeland Security": The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define</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>Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch:</strong> If you hear the phrase "homeland security," watch out: Your long-term safety may be at risk.</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=e1N2OO6NoCZj%2FabPixfAo01rirIpXy%2Fh" 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=Orkp7%2BL3DyupOi3Ys8VIGU1rirIpXy%2Fh"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Resistance Fighter Stéphane Hessel Has Died</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>Lina Sankari, l'Humanite:</strong> Resistance fighter, deportee, diplomat and co-author of the Declaration of Human Rights Stéphane Hessel died during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at the age of 95 years.</p>
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