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Guantanamo, Drone Strikes and the Non-War Terror War: Obama Speaks
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t r u t h o u t | 05.24
Guantanamo, Drone Strikes and the Non-War Terror War: Obama Speaks
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16570-guantanamo-drone-strikes-and-the-non-war-terror-war-obama-speaks
Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Legal scholar Marjorie Cohn deconstructs President Barack Obama's Thursday speech on drone strikes and continuing indefinite detention and torture at Guantanamo, highlighting the many questions that remain unanswered.
Jeremy Scahill Recounts How the US Dirty Wars Killed Women and Children in a Yemeni Village
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/16551-jeremy-scahill-recounts-how-the-us-dirty-wars-killed-women-and-children-in-a-yemeni-village
Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books: Jeremy Scahill's book, "Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield" draws on a plethora of sources who provided him with details of the dirty wars that began with Cheney and Rumsfeld, but have expanded under the Obama administration.
In Europe, March Against Monsanto Is Latest Rejection of the GMO Giant
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16565-in-europe-march-against-monsanto-is-latest-rejection-of-the-gmo-giant
Katarzyna Gajewska, Occupy.com: Even while an official ban on GM crops is still absent in most of the EU member states, regions and municipalities have taken initiative to define themselves as GMO-free zones.
Nebraska Keeps Death Penalty, Though Majority Seems to Back Repeal
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16564-death-penalty-maintained-by-nebraska-although-most-state-senators-seem-to-support-repeal
Carson Vaughan, Truthout: Conservative Nebraska came close to repealing the death penalty as a majority - but not the super majority needed to end a filibuster - of the state Senate indicated support for repeal.
Can Unions and Cooperatives Join Forces? An Interview With United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16418-can-unions-and-cooperatives-join-forces-an-interview-with-united-steelworkers-president-leo-gerard
Amy Dean, Truthout: United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard talks to Truthout about the challenges and opportunities of a new labor model: the union co-op.
I-5 Bridge Collapses Over Skagit River; Three People Rescued
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16566-i-5-bridge-collapses-over-skagit-river-three-people-rescued
Brian M. Rosenthal, McClatchy Newspapers: An Interstate bridge in Washington state collapsed into the Skagit River Thursday evening, dumping at least two vehicles into the water. More than a quarter of Washington's 7,840 bridges are considered structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
When Black News Disappears: White Holds on Black Intellectuals' Minds and Misinforming the Black Public
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16567-when-black-news-disappears-white-holds-on-black-intellectuals-minds-and-misinforming-the-black-public
Dr. Tommy J. Curry, Racism Review: Currently, the post-racial idea has contoured black news into a narrow politically progressive ideology. This ideology is thematically geared toward convincing the black public that the symbols of racial progress, are, in fact, actual progress.
Justice for Patriot Mineworkers
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16571-justice-for-patriot-mineworkers
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: The battle between the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) and the Patriot Coal Corporation in St. Louis is a microcosm of the larger struggle for workers' rights everywhere and employers' resistance to providing them.
A Dream Foreclosed
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16572-a-dream-foreclosed
Staff, Corporate Crime Reporter: Laura Gottesdiener has written a remarkable book, "A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home" that hits hard against the big Wall Street banks.
An Excerpt From Lightweb Darkweb: Three Reasons to Reform Social Media Before It Re-Forms Us
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16573-an-excerpt-from-lightweb-darkweb-three-reasons-to-reform-social-media-before-it-re-forms-us
Raffi Cavoukian, Homeland Press: In this preface to his new book, ecology and children's champion Raffi Cavoukian considers some of the downsides of social media for youth.
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Global War on Terror, R.I.P.
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Verizon (and Google) Helped US Government to Spy on Reporters
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http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15841
Obama: I Make the Drone Decisions
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/23/obama-i-make-the-drone-decisions.html
Elizabeth Warren Student Loans Bill Endorsed by Several Colleges, Organizations
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/24/elizabeth-warren-student-loans-bill_n_3329735.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
The Bush Tax Cuts Didn't Work
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http://wonkwire.rollcall.com/2013/05/23/the-bush-tax-cuts-didnt-work/
Rep. King (R-Insane) Blames Reagan Amnesty Bill for Obama Presidency
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http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/301661-gop-lawmaker-obama-wouldnt-be-president-without-reagans-immigration-bill
Daily Show's Jon Stewart Annihilates Peggy Noonan
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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>Raffi Cavoukian, Homeland Press:</strong> In this preface to his new book, ecology and children's champion Raffi Cavoukian considers some of the downsides of social media for youth.</p>
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