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The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve
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t r u t h o u t | 03.24
The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15292-the-iraq-retrospective-we-deserve
Anthony DiMaggio, Counterpunch: The 10-year anniversary of the Iraq war should be remembered as a teachable moment - one in which Americans reflect retrospectively on the reasons for why they rejected the war in Iraq.
Heroes Not Saints: Dreier's Greatest Americans
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15238-heroes-not-saints-dreiers-greatest-americans
Robert Elias, Truthout: Peter Dreier's "The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame" forces reflection on greatness, the vast progress and reaction of 20th century history and who we will consider great when looking back on the present.
The True Costs of Industrialized Food
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15300-the-true-costs-of-industrailized-food|
Staff, Other Worlds: Has agribusiness won such control that a turnaround is impossible? No. Small farmers, grassroots groups, and advocacy organizations are demanding food sovereignty, meaning the right of every people to produce adequate, healthy, affordable, and culturally appropriate food for all.
Farmworkers Feed Nation, But Few Have Health Care
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15294-farmworkers-feed-nation-but-few-have-health-care
Viji Sundaram, New America Media: Around 75 percent of farmworkers hired in the United States lack health insurance, the highest proportion of any major occupational category.
Gifted and Talented Schools are Segregation by Another Name
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15293-gifted-and-talented-schools-are-segregation-by-another-name
Danny Katch, SocialistWorker.org: We need to wrest control of our schools away from the modern-day segregationists, and put it in the hands of parents and teachers who believe that all children have talents and gifts that need to be nurtured, rather than ranked.
Detroit Police Officer Accused of Shooting 7-Year-Old Will Go to Trial
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15295-detroit-police-officer-accused-of-shooting-7-year-old-will-go-to-trial
Eric T. Campbell, The Michigan Citizen: After three long years, the case of Aiyana Stanley-Jones will finally be argued before a jury.
Truthout TV With Mike Lofgren: America's Three-Tiered Justice System
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15296-truthout-tv-with-mike-lofgren-americas-three-tiered-justice-system
Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Equal justice under law? Not according to Mike Lofgren. Truthout TV host, Ted Asregadoo, talks to Mike about his article on Truthout entitled, "America's Three-Tiered Justice System."
US Paying Billions in Benefits to Deal With Effects of War
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15298-us-still-paying-survivor-benefits-to-children-of-civil-war-vets
Shan Li, The Los Angeles Times: The U.S. government is paying billions to war veterans and their families, including monthly payments to the children of Civil War veterans.
When Discussing the Voting Rights Act, Race Can't be Ignored
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15299-when-discussing-the-voting-rights-act-race-cant-be-ignored
Robert Weiner and Richard Mann, Michigan Chronicle: It's not as though discrimination is dead and we no longer need the Voting Rights Act. After the Civil War and right through to 1965, many states enacted Jim Crow laws to try to subvert the right of African Americans to vote. That was what gave birth to the Voting Rights Act and its extensions.
This week in SpeakOut: Shamus Cooke declares that Hugo Chavez's regime achieved what Obama's camp can only speak about; farmers and environmental groups are starting a new campaign again genetically modified crops in Europe, and they are taking their protest all the way to Brussels; Lawrence Davidson warns of the "vertical pyramid power structure" that the American military is imposing on victims like Bradley Manning; Truthout's own Lewis R. Gordon discusses the long and forgotten history of black female domestic workers in America; Ira Chernus reveals the "mythology" of America's financial debt; Eli Pariser tells you why he is going to Denver to fight beside internet activists to protect American freedoms; and more.
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Republicans Struggle to Recover From TeaPartyitis
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Behold the Hatred, Resentment and Mockery Aimed at Anti-Iraq War Protesters
Read the Article at The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/behold-the-hatred-resentment-and-mockery-aimed-at-anti-iraq-war-protesters/274230
Obama in Israel: Main Takeaways
Read the Article at Politico
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/obama-israel-trip-89255.html
The Story Killed by The Washington Post
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http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com.br/2013/03/that-piece-killed-by-post.html
Criminal Justice System's Dark Secret: Teenagers in Solitary Confinement
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Remembering Rachel Corrie: Ten Years Later
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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/03/2013316131725108877.html
My Day at Westboro Bapstist Church
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