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Angela Davis, Freedom and the Politics of Higher Education
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t r u t h o u t | 04.09
Angela Davis, Freedom and the Politics of Higher Education
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15595-angela-davis-freedom-and-the-politics-of-higher-education
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: Angela Davis is one of those exemplary activists and public intellectuals who remind us that universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for public life, if not democracy itself, can be visible through voices energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism.
Seven State Keystone XL Resolutions, Where Are the Environmentalists?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15617-seven-state-keystone-xl-resolutions-where-are-the-environmentalists
Nick Surgey, PRWatch: Oil interests have been lobbying in force for the state bills to pass, but there have been few opposing voices.
Robert Naiman | Cut Social Security and Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15625-cut-social-security-and-veterans-benefits-cut-the-pentagon-instead
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Cutting 11 percent of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet would save as much money as President Obama proposes to save by whacking benefits for seniors, veterans and the disabled.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Create Grading System to Score Lawmakers on Gun Safety, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15635-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-mayors-against-illegal-guns-create-grading-system-to-score-lawmakers-on-gun-safety-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that all 104 nuclear power plants in our nation should be phased out for newer technology; Mayors Against Illegal Guns will now utilize their own grading system to score lawmakers on their support for gun safety regulations; a new report shows a much better way to reduce entitlement spending, and more.
Iraq: The Deadliest War for Journalists
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15613-iraq-the-deadliest-war-for-journalists
Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera: More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history.
Obama, Don't Step in the GOP Budget Trap
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15632-the-consequences-of-obama-shooting-santa-claus
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: "If Republicans can run up huge budget deficits, they can then, when a Democrat becomes president, force him to shoot the Democratic Santa by cutting programs. And, of course, the biggest of the Santa programs would be Social Security."
El Salvador's Gang Problem: A Difficult Artifact of Globalization
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15606-el-salvadors-gang-problem-a-difficult-artifact-of-globalization
Alexandra McAnarney, Truthout: El Salvador's current gang problem is a blunt reminder of the country's ongoing position as political and economic "punching bag." As the country experiments with rehabilitative measures, the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens its ability to act effectively.
Feminine Hygiene and Intellectual Property: A Ladydrawers History of Women's Rights
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15621-a-ladydrawers-history-of-womens-rights-part-iv-feminine-hygiene-and-intellectual-property
Anne Elizabeth Moore and Laura Szumowski, Truthout: An illustrated look at an aspect of intellectual property rights law - patents - and some surprising but potentially disturbing news about gains made by women in the field of feminine hygiene.
How the 40-Year "Long Recession" Led to the Great Recession
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15628-how-the-40-year-long-recession-led-to-the-great-recession
Barbara Garson, TomDispatch: You might say the Great Recession began in 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized over a weekend and a massive mortgage-based Ponzi scheme began to go down. However, it's important to note that the majority of American workers had already endured a 40-year decline in wages, security and hope.
Economic Update: Economic Reality Checks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/15633-economic-update-economic-reality-checks
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update/Truthout: This radio segment with Professor Wolff includes updates on the so-called "recovery," North Dakota's public bank, the costs of US wars, global austerity, and rising health care costs for employees.
Dr. Ben Carson: Great Surgeon but a Bad Icon for the Political Collective
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15490-dr-ben-carson-great-surgeon-but-a-bad-icon-for-the-political-collective
Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout: Carson is beloved by conservatives, but he should stick to what he knows in the operating room rather than speak to political analysis.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Public Be Damned on Cloak-and-Dagger Decisions: President Obama and George Herbert Walker Bush Agree
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17905-the-public-be-damned-on-cloak-and-dagger-decisions-president-obama-and-george-herbert-walker-bush-agree
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: The White House's justification of drone assassinations and George Herbert Walker Bush's defense of CIA cloak-and-dagger operations when he headed the agency sound remarkably similar. It all amounts to, "Trust us, we're good folks."
Judge Rules Obama Administration Broke Law, Overlooked Fracking Risks in California Mineral Leases
Read the Article at Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE93803720130409
Social Security: Can Democrats Save Obama From Himself?
Read the Article at AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/economy/social-security-can-democrats-save-obama-himself
WikiLeaks Launches Searchable US Historical Archive
Read the Article at Agence France Presse
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/08/wikileaks-launches-searchable-u-s-historical-archive/
Boykin's Muslim-Bashing Bombast
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17904-boykin-s-muslim-bashing-bombast
ExxonMobil Faces Lawsuit After Arkansas Oil Spill
Read the Article at CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/arkansas-oil-spill/index.html
Margaret Thatcher Left a Dark Legacy That Has Still Not Disappeared
Read the Article at the Guardian UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-hugo-young
Four-Year-Old Shoots, Kills Deputy's Wife at Tennessee Cookout
Read the Article at The Associated Press
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/four-year-old-shoots-kills-deputys-wife-at-tennessee-cookout.php?ref=fpblg
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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>The Public Be Damned on Cloak-and-Dagger Decisions: President Obama and George Herbert Walker Bush Agree </strong></p>
<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>The White House's justification of drone assassinations and George Herbert Walker Bush's defense of CIA cloak-and-dagger operations when he headed the agency sound remarkably similar. It all amounts to, "Trust us, we're good folks."</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vROem8wyVPJSqrSrCbOuEA6TPiy21VGC"><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>Judge Rules Obama Administration Broke Law, Overlooked Fracking Risks in California Mineral Leases</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VvlQ4YzSpxVo7KJu9RrV1A6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Read the Article at Reuters</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>ExxonMobil Faces Lawsuit After Arkansas Oil Spill</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>Margaret Thatcher Left a Dark Legacy That Has Still Not Disappeared</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>Four-Year-Old Shoots, Kills Deputy's Wife at Tennessee Cookout</strong></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>Henry A. Giroux, Truthout:</strong> Angela Davis is one of those exemplary activists and public intellectuals who remind us that universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for public life, if not democracy itself, can be visible through voices energized by the need for a politics and way of life counter to authoritarian capitalism.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YN0%2FYEYeiN9D0l91%2FgAzgA6TPiy21VGC"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Pph4pDtdYi5e2IbeWxgjJA6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Seven State Keystone XL Resolutions, Where Are the Environmentalists?</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>Nick Surgey, PRWatch:</strong> Oil interests have been lobbying in force for the state bills to pass, but there have been few opposing voices.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cE26gkiEskWiV22QviOIsw6TPiy21VGC"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=V4GuVo0NMiKViWM2tliKjg6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Robert Naiman | Cut Social Security and Veterans' Benefits? Cut the Pentagon Instead</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> Cutting 11 percent of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet would save as much money as President Obama proposes to save by whacking benefits for seniors, veterans and the disabled.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ov4YywXhzccpt46ng5uIRoWJcAkFS4Gx"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SoAa9O7IQgVXHkz2sDbnFQ6TPiy21VGC"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mayors Against Illegal Guns Create Grading System to Score Lawmakers on Gun Safety, 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 former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that all 104 nuclear power plants in our nation should be phased out for newer technology; Mayors Against Illegal Guns will now utilize their own grading system to score lawmakers on their support for gun safety regulations; a new report shows a much better way to reduce entitlement spending, and more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pc0VjV%2BO41UapvUB5Mrylw6TPiy21VGC"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wo7WzGco1EvQkUow7VF2qg6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Iraq: The Deadliest War for Journalists</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>Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera:</strong> More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MOuKQT40pb1GsL8NmKzTtA6TPiy21VGC"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UG2PuDge63KQwO3gYQUQeg6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Obama, Don't Step in the GOP Budget Trap</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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> "If Republicans can run up huge budget deficits, they can then, when a Democrat becomes president, force him to shoot the Democratic Santa by cutting programs. And, of course, the biggest of the Santa programs would be Social Security."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dyUDr7EJWYjh8J%2FJRXDl4A6TPiy21VGC"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JwQ2kJhiO1L9hVzlf2ptYQ6TPiy21VGC"><strong>El Salvador's Gang Problem: A Difficult Artifact of Globalization</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>Alexandra McAnarney, Truthout:</strong> El Salvador's current gang problem is a blunt reminder of the country's ongoing position as political and economic "punching bag." As the country experiments with rehabilitative measures, the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens its ability to act effectively.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gKUuXocowtCOeiFFfYDTdQ6TPiy21VGC"><strong>Read the Article</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>Barbara Garson, TomDispatch:</strong> You might say the Great Recession began in 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized over a weekend and a massive mortgage-based Ponzi scheme began to go down. However, it's important to note that the majority of American workers had already endured a 40-year decline in wages, security and hope.</p>
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