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A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15498-a-forest-of-poisonous-trees-the-us-criminal-injustice-system
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The prison-industrial complex is a symptom of a larger problem: economic and political systems that allow exploitation for profit.
Think Your Bank Deposits Will Always Be 100 Percent Guaranteed by the FDIC? Think Again.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15500-think-your-bank-deposits-will-always-be-100-percent-guaranteed-by-the-fdic-think-again
Gaius Publius, America Blog: The next banking crisis is anticipated to dwarf the last one and could be bailed out with depositor funds, not taxpayer funds. Cyprus is just the first implementation.
How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15491-how-the-financial-plutocracy-tugs-the-leash-on-the-two-party-duopoly
Mark Karlin, Truthout: An interview with former senate staffer and retired lobbyist Jeff Connaughton, whose 2012 book, The Payoff, gives an insider's account of Wall Street's stranglehold on DC.
Under the International Spotlight, Mexican Government Asks for "Friendly Solution" After Perpetrating Sexual Torture
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15457-under-the-international-spotlight-mexican-government-asks-for-friendly-solution-after-perpetrating-sexual-torture
Andalusia Knoll, Truthout: The Inter-American Human Rights commission is deliberating a case against the state of Mexico for police violence against women dissidents that has serious implications for the perpetration of sexual violence by police everywhere.
The Game With North Korea: Nuclear Roulette Has No Winners
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15513-the-game-with-north-korea-nuclear-roulette-has-no-winners
David Krieger, Truthout: So-called nuclear deterrence is a risky game in which the losers could be the global community at large. The only way out of the nuclear roulette dilemma is to unload the gun and assure that it cannot be used again by any side.
Bill Ayers | Road to Atlanta's Standardized Test Cheating Scandal Runs Right Through White House
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15510-the-road-to-atlantas-standardized-test-cheating-scandal
Bill Ayers, Truthout: Standardized testing incentivizes cheating and is a worthless proxy for learning and the cheating scandal in Atlanta is testament to this fact.
Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15502-uncomfortable-questions-in-the-wake-of-nuclear-accidents-at-fukushima-and-chernobyl
Anders Pape Moller and Timothy A. Mousseau, The Asia-Pacific Journal: The lessons that have emerged from Chernobyl and Fukushima reveal a range of serious questions that must be answered for the sake of citizens and for framing the ongoing debate over energy alternatives.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Lawmakers in Tennessee Want to Revise Our Election Process, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15517-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-gop-lawmakers-in-tennessee-want-to-revise-our-election-process-and-more
In today's On the News segment:
The Tennessee General Assembly is trying to give themselves the power to select which candidates appear on the ballot for US senator; recipients of long-term unemployment benefits could see their weekly checks reduced by nearly 11 percent; Bisbee, Arizona, announced that it will be the first city in the conservative state to allow civil unions between same-sex couples, and more.
Syria: Chess Match Turned Free-for-All
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/15503-syria-chess-match-turned-free-for-all
Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus: Establishing a pro-Western government in Syria and inflicting damage on Iran is mostly illusion. Any victory, particularly a military one, is more likely to end in chaos and instability, and a whole lot more dead chess pieces.
Stephen Colbert's Sister Will Run for US House on 100 Percent Unverifiable Voting Machines in South Carolina
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15504-stephen-colberts-sister-will-run-for-us-house-on-100-percent-unverifiable-voting-machines-in-south-carolina
Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog: Whether or not Elizabeth Colbert Busch wins, the results won't necessarily reflect the truth, as 100 percent unverifiable voting machines are still shamefully used in South Carolina.
Abortion Clinic to Open in Wichita, Kansas, the First in Four Years
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15505-abortion-clinic-to-open-in-wichita-kansas-the-first-in-four-years
Judy L. Thomas, McClatchy Newspapers: The first abortion clinic to operate in Wichita since the 2009 murder of physician George Tiller plans to open its doors this week despite continuing efforts by abortion foes to block it.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Vast Majority of People in US Prisons Shouldn't Be There, Period. But They Are Profitable Chattel
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17895-the-vast-majority-of-people-in-us-prisons-shouldn-t-be-there-period-but-they-are-profitable-chattel
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: Vast urban areas have become modern-day plantations in which criminalizing nonviolent behavior turns a profit for entrenched interests. Meanwhile, multigenerational impoverishment continues to be ignored.
President Obama: If "XL Pipeline Is Harmless to Environment" as Your State Department Claims, Then Explain ExxonMobil's Tar Sands Pipeline Rupture Evacuation in Arkansas
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17894-president-obama-if-xl-pipeline-is-harmless-to-environment-as-your-state-department-claims-then-explain-exxon-mobil-s-tar-sands-pipeline-rupture-evacuation-in-arkansas
Census: US Poverty Soars to Post-1960s High as Government Help Shrinks
Read the Article at The Associated Press
http://www.moneynews.com/Economy/americans-poverty-poor-children/2013/04/03/id/497606
Retired Col. Ann Wright: Two-Thirds of Those Killed in Israeli Drone Strikes in Gaza in November 2012 Were Civilians
Read the Article at OpEdNews
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Israeli-Drone-Strikes-in-G-by-Ann-Wright-130206-621.html
Will Elizabeth Warren Be a Dragon Slayer or a Deal Maker?
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/elizabeth-warren-senate-wall-street
Robert Reich: What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers, and Why the AFL-CIO Is Embracing It
Read the Article at Robert Reich's Blog
http://robertreich.org/post/46955871646?utm_source=Daily+Digest&utm_campaign=b6345681bf-DD_4_3_134_3_2013&utm_medium=email
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-lack-of-paid-sick-leave-is-unhealthy-for-america/2013/04/02/06f5fec4-9ad5-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html
For Unionists, Iraq's Oil War Rages On
Read the Article at In These Times
http://inthesetimes.com/article/14808/for_unionists_iraqs_oil_war_rages_on/
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<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=skkCHi6GlmsPp1CmdiBeKOTnJPAlo52n" 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>Retired Col. Ann Wright: Two-Thirds of Those Killed in Israeli Drone Strikes in Gaza in November 2012 Were Civilians</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>Will Elizabeth Warren Be a Dragon Slayer or a Deal Maker?</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=Z384uBDzMRZ0T40clJyXQeTnJPAlo52n" 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>Robert Reich: What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers, and Why the AFL-CIO Is Embracing It</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=7E5xX5PYW19kO2OvS%2FAxy%2BTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Robert Reich's Blog</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Katrina vanden Heuvel | Lack of Paid Sick Leave Is Unhealthy for America</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=TVcGncVeyj994J%2F43W8D1%2BTnJPAlo52n" 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>For Unionists, Iraq's Oil War Rages On</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=%2F8oziAd%2Bbpvg2q4uU4XUJeTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at In These Times</strong></a></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=%2BoXXIGdIP6NyrF4NHZ6FKy7Ec5LGaFpm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System</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>Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout:</strong> The prison-industrial complex is a symptom of a larger problem: economic and political systems that allow exploitation for profit.</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=Bq%2F9xowHAR2IQ%2F44mrsLG%2BTnJPAlo52n" 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=Nq1RQHxUn7sLGswWfAya3uTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Think Your Bank Deposits Will Always Be 100 Percent Guaranteed by the FDIC? Think Again.</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>Gaius Publius, America Blog:</strong> The next banking crisis is anticipated to dwarf the last one and could be bailed out with depositor funds, not taxpayer funds. Cyprus is just the first implementation.</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=T%2Fphj3Q%2F11Vz4af%2FTKasJuTnJPAlo52n" 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=x6mN7h4YDGkUXB7G%2B2%2Fwky7Ec5LGaFpm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How the Financial Plutocracy Tugs the Leash on the Two-Party Duopoly</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 Karlin, Truthout:</strong> An interview with former senate staffer and retired lobbyist Jeff Connaughton, whose 2012 book, The Payoff, gives an insider's account of Wall Street's stranglehold on DC.</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=0nkemitL8jNkzqSwdXSTYuTnJPAlo52n" 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=rgFjTP4NwhwGMZSj113RdOTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Under the International Spotlight, Mexican Government Asks for "Friendly Solution" After Perpetrating Sexual Torture</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>Andalusia Knoll, Truthout:</strong> The Inter-American Human Rights commission is deliberating a case against the state of Mexico for police violence against women dissidents that has serious implications for the perpetration of sexual violence by police everywhere.</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=NHu9I4fgvVDBrZFioYRzreTnJPAlo52n" 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=2bVMx6rsETMCWw9U6i9rrOTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Game With North Korea: Nuclear Roulette Has No Winners</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>David Krieger, Truthout:</strong> So-called nuclear deterrence is a risky game in which the losers could be the global community at large. The only way out of the nuclear roulette dilemma is to unload the gun and assure that it cannot be used again by any side.</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=%2BpPdsNhYKdZx2WaI4PgdmeTnJPAlo52n" 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=ntfFOnNPZeNL%2F8HyU6K2Y%2BTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bill Ayers | Road to Atlanta's Standardized Test Cheating Scandal Runs Right Through White House</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>Bill Ayers, Truthout:</strong> Standardized testing incentivizes cheating and is a worthless proxy for learning and the cheating scandal in Atlanta is testament to this fact.</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=gOPYWqKj57xuknjuqKrpQOTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl</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>Anders Pape Moller and Timothy A. Mousseau, The Asia-Pacific Journal:</strong> The lessons that have emerged from Chernobyl and Fukushima reveal a range of serious questions that must be answered for the sake of citizens and for framing the ongoing debate over energy alternatives.</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=C%2FTnvmNbraLvAittW%2BNAiuTnJPAlo52n" 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=ECZOQouBE7XiTgQj%2F9PWzuTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Lawmakers in Tennessee Want to Revise Our Election Process, 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> The Tennessee General Assembly is trying to give themselves the power to select which candidates appear on the ballot for US senator; recipients of long-term unemployment benefits could see their weekly checks reduced by nearly 11 percent; Bisbee, Arizona, announced that it will be the first city in the conservative state to allow civil unions between same-sex couples, 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=PgdjWJZnb%2FcaLKmrzL91meTnJPAlo52n" 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=lfJrLeGAAZRrJgxkdODZCuTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Syria: Chess Match Turned Free-for-All</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>Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> Establishing a pro-Western government in Syria and inflicting damage on Iran is mostly illusion. Any victory, particularly a military one, is more likely to end in chaos and instability, and a whole lot more dead chess pieces.</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=0hs71Mv9T1QYbPc%2FbdevE%2BTnJPAlo52n" 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=P69A5%2F4uvkUmtZhvwucFduTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Stephen Colbert's Sister Will Run for US House on 100 Percent Unverifiable Voting Machines in South Carolina</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>Brad Friedman, The Brad Blog:</strong> Whether or not Elizabeth Colbert Busch wins, the results won't necessarily reflect the truth, as 100 percent unverifiable voting machines are still shamefully used in South Carolina.</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=Kvo5jbbCzfb7dE4DiLpQ0uTnJPAlo52n" 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=xIGA3SfkY977lJPwOieTFy7Ec5LGaFpm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Abortion Clinic to Open in Wichita, Kansas, the First in Four Years</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>Judy L. Thomas, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> The first abortion clinic to operate in Wichita since the 2009 murder of physician George Tiller plans to open its doors this week despite continuing efforts by abortion foes to block 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=CCF0IsGFzaZZHqZAx7WpZ%2BTnJPAlo52n" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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