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"Liberals": Partisan or Principled?
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t r u t h o u t | Thursday, 4 April 2013
"Liberals": Partisan or Principled?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15398-liberals-partisan-or-principled
Adam Hudson,Truthout: After criticizing Bush's militarism, many "liberals" =
fail to denounce Obama's targeted killing program. This partisan-based lack=
of opposition to counter-progressive policies undermines the legitimacy of=
left-of-center advocacy and calls for new principles-based forms of politi=
cal organization.
Judicial Amendments and the Attack on Worker Rights
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15400-judicial-amendments-and-the-attack-=
on-worker-rights
Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges, Truthout: The principle means by which the Nat=
ional Labor Relations Act has been weakened since its passage, argue the au=
thors, are judicial amendments. Restoring the Act's original intent - to eq=
ualize bargaining power between employers and employees =E2=80=93 is possib=
le.
Do North Korea's Threats Mask Power Struggle Behind the Scenes?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15525-do-north-koreas-threats-mask-power-str=
uggle-behind-the-scenes
Tom Lasseter and Matthew Schofield, McClatchy News: Despite rhetoric from N=
orth Korea, little is known about North Korea's new leader, and some schola=
rs have serious doubts that an attack on the United States or its allies is=
seriously being considered.
In the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in North Carolina Say State Can=
Ignore the US Constitution, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15549-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-republi=
cans-in-north-carolina-say-state-can-ignore-the-us-constitution-and-more
In today's On the News segment: North Carolina's House majority leader and =
10 of his Republican colleagues have sponsored legislation that would estab=
lish a state religion; sequester cuts are taking effect throughout our nati=
on; students at Wilcox County High School in Georgia are still subject to d=
iscriminatory separate-but-equal practices; and more.
Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15527-efforts-to-deliver-kill-shot-to-paid-s=
ick-leave-tied-to-alec
Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, PR Web: Big Business is fighting legislat=
ion around the country that requires companies to offer paid sick days to w=
orkers.
Paul Krugman | A Better Road, By Rail
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15542-a-better-road-by-rail
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: There is a totally obvious case for government=
intervention that stares us all in the face every time we hit the road.
Top Pentagon Official Suggests Military Won't Bow to Gitmo Prisoners' Deman=
ds to End Hunger Strike
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15540-in-letter-top-pentagon-official-sugges=
ts-military-wont-bow-to-gitmo-prisoners-demands-to-end-hunger-strike
Jason Leopold, Truthout: A top Pentagon official's letter suggests military=
won't bow to Gitmo prisoners' demands to end hunger strike, stating prison=
ers' Korans are searched as a safety precaution.
A 50-State Analysis of Gun Violence and Its Link to Weak State Gun Laws
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15524-a-50-state-analysis-of-gun-violence-an=
d-its-link-to-weak-state-gun-laws
Arkadi Gerney, Chelsea Parsons, and Charles Posner, Center for American Pro=
gress: Finding the root cause of gun violence is difficult to do, but a new=
report finds a clear cause by looking at the rate of gun violence in state=
s with weak gun laws.
As Tuition Rises, Opportunities Shrink
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15541-as-tuition-rises-opportunities-shrink
John Light, Moyers & Company: College tuition has been increasing far more =
quickly than household median income in recent years.
Whose Housing Recovery?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15546-whose-housing-recovery
Darwin Bondgraham, Dollars & Sense: News of the housing recovery often impl=
ies that the real-estate market is becoming healthy, however investors seem=
to be the ones benefiting from this rebound more than the average American=
family.
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Fighting School Closures
http://truth-out.org/video/item/15543-chicago-teachers-union-president-kare=
n-lewis-on-fighting-school-closures
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: An interview with Karen Lewis, presiden=
t of the Chicago Teachers Union, sheds light on the politics and money behi=
nd the city's plans to close 61 schools this year.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Obama Hints at Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline at SF Fundraiser, Blames Mi=
ddle Class Priorities
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17896-obama-hints-at-approva=
l-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-at-sf-fundraiser-blames-middle-class-priorities
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: Given the recent, supportive =
State Department analysis basically green-lighting the Keystone XL Pipeline=
, President Obama appeared at a fundraiser to be laying the groundwork for =
approving it.
Defying the NRA and Gun Industry, Connecticut, Home State of Sandy Hook, Pa=
sses Some Meaningful Gun Control
Read the Article at CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/us/connecticut-gun-law-overhaul/index.html?hp=
t=3Dhp_t2
Due to Sequester, Some Cancer Clinics Are Turning Away Thousands of Medicar=
e Patients
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/03/cancer-clinics-a=
re-turning-away-thousands-of-medicare-patients-blame-the-sequester/
A Bleak Future Stuck in a Pipeline
Read the Article at Common Wonders
http://commonwonders.com/ourselves/a-future-stuck-in-the-pipeline/
Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War
Read the Excerpt at The UK Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/03/mexico-violent-drug-wars-book-e=
xcerpt
Caroline Kennedy Likely to Become Ambassador to Japan
Read the Article at CBS News
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/04/03/caroline-kennedy-says-ambassadorship=
-would-be-a-wonderful-honor/
Greg Palast: Bradley Manning and the Deepwater Horizon, a Matter of Transpa=
rency
Read the Article at Vice Magazine
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/how-bradley-manning-could-have-saved-the-liv=
es-bps-oil-rig-stole
Are There More Fanatical Gun Groups Than the NRA? Absolutely.
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/us/politics/gun-owners-of-america-a-lobby=
ing-group-grows-in-influence.html?hp&_r=3D0
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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>Obama Hints at Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline at SF Fundraiser, Blames Middle Class Priorities
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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>Given the recent, supportive State Department analysis basically green-lighting the Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama appeared at a fundraiser to be laying the groundwork for approving 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=eEJIWjkQtA%2Bzf2G9isgdHZ0y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.3"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Defying the NRA and Gun Industry, Connecticut, Home State of Sandy Hook, Passes Some Meaningful Gun Control</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=AmOiTIZgn3e5ffvu8IXxQJ0y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at CNN</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Due to Sequester, Some Cancer Clinics Are Turning Away Thousands of Medicare Patients</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=LeCYbHymr9AaaUqCjY2iPp0y98tIJ8IW" 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>A Bleak Future Stuck in a Pipeline</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=CERyMrSt2jL7uSWcUu%2BtOZ0y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Wonders</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War</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=dfa3kkWWpOa25tCKSaxpU50y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Excerpt at The UK Guardian</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Caroline Kennedy Likely to Become Ambassador to Japan</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=WuIzy7kXqwNuJ9F2nDrf850y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at CBS News</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Greg Palast: Bradley Manning and the Deepwater Horizon, a Matter of Transparency</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=U3yvOvQL%2BxrGCUsmroFaMZ0y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Vice Magazine</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Are There More Fanatical Gun Groups Than the NRA? Absolutely.</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=RMLNs1pL%2FbSpCzh8At0Rc0rWfYExK8Zg" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The New York 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=gGBrZmEh%2FCxszkhddkcwnp0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"Liberals": Partisan or Principled?</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>Adam Hudson,Truthout:</strong> After criticizing Bush's militarism, many "liberals" fail to denounce Obama's targeted killing program. This partisan-based lack of opposition to counter-progressive policies undermines the legitimacy of left-of-center advocacy and calls for new principles-based forms of political organization.</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=6I3cFuaINcAdIg%2BZE9NE1p0y98tIJ8IW" 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=h02BFPqoIXyZZCE6PEVuPZ0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Judicial Amendments and the Attack on Worker Rights</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>Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges, Truthout:</strong> The principle means by which the National Labor Relations Act has been weakened since its passage, argue the authors, are judicial amendments. Restoring the Act's original intent - to equalize bargaining power between employers and employees – is possible.</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=XAO4Du62iUW9OpyjwkqlUZ0y98tIJ8IW" 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=D5%2BzZ0%2BN%2F0KMw%2F0qwVG3XJ0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Do North Korea's Threats Mask Power Struggle Behind the Scenes?</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>Tom Lasseter and Matthew Schofield, McClatchy News:</strong> Despite rhetoric from North Korea, little is known about North Korea's new leader, and some scholars have serious doubts that an attack on the United States or its allies is seriously being considered.</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=14yiBh%2B38yf2Zd7Xt8HV7J0y98tIJ8IW" 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=CthL8FYBCVB9rcw5JnHUzZ0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in North Carolina Say State Can Ignore the US Constitution, 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> North Carolina's House majority leader and 10 of his Republican colleagues have sponsored legislation that would establish a state religion; sequester cuts are taking effect throughout our nation; students at Wilcox County High School in Georgia are still subject to discriminatory separate-but-equal practices; 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=Ti5VAqSNBQcJMZ0Ikdip%2B50y98tIJ8IW" 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=bAjR4ux18m1d1s%2F24iT3XZ0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC</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 and Mary Bottari, PR Web:</strong> Big Business is fighting legislation around the country that requires companies to offer paid sick days to workers.</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=rXXkSw0atnJ4H1mN4AhWzZ0y98tIJ8IW" 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=HxbUkEHNWcM7t%2FP6Zc0L2p0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | A Better Road, By Rail</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> There is a totally obvious case for government intervention that stares us all in the face every time we hit the road.</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=1w1MwOXYjJD4cvnjJOxKE50y98tIJ8IW" 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=k6es3w%2FwjAW6vnQNXYXRbJ0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Top Pentagon Official Suggests Military Won't Bow to Gitmo Prisoners' Demands to End Hunger Strike</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> A top Pentagon official's letter suggests military won't bow to Gitmo prisoners' demands to end hunger strike, stating prisoners' Korans are searched as a safety precaution.</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=9MseZEzsUrSAGNtHL8daO50y98tIJ8IW" 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=%2BdesFE1dwzA4RTvL4%2BJ%2F2J0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A 50-State Analysis of Gun Violence and Its Link to Weak State Gun Laws</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>Arkadi Gerney, Chelsea Parsons, and Charles Posner, Center for American Progress:</strong> Finding the root cause of gun violence is difficult to do, but a new report finds a clear cause by looking at the rate of gun violence in states with weak gun laws.</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=KvVp18f0eLWAKjSng9%2FeBp0y98tIJ8IW" 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=M8u3TWGk238vj3v9dOIEap0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>As Tuition Rises, Opportunities Shrink</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>John Light, Moyers & Company:</strong> College tuition has been increasing far more quickly than household median income in recent years.</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=kE1AuwTwn8gTxHnLTlzmdp0y98tIJ8IW" 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=ThRWL6KoOnlTCsnQ8PMXwp0y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Whose Housing Recovery?</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>Darwin Bondgraham, Dollars & Sense:</strong> News of the housing recovery often implies that the real-estate market is becoming healthy, however investors seem to be the ones benefiting from this rebound more than the average American family.</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=%2F1U1Q1rEPeUt5I5SmKULMZ0y98tIJ8IW" 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=TUe6bmGaxiT25MuWRAz%2F%2F50y98tIJ8IW"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Fighting School Closures</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>Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network:</strong> An interview with Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, sheds light on the politics and money behind the city's plans to close 61 schools this year.</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=4Lg4VNW31XA4kFUokgxVE50y98tIJ8IW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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