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William Rivers Pitt | Diary of a Dying Country
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t r u t h o u t | 02.06
William Rivers Pitt | Diary of a Dying Country
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21691-william-rivers-pitt-diary-of-a-dyin=
g-country
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Unlike the energy policies that are filling =
the rivers and the air with poison, drying up the water out West while maki=
ng the tap water back East flammable, speaking your mind does no harm. Who =
knows? They may even listen.
Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as EPA Considers Waste R=
ules
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21688-massive-coal-ash-spill-chokes-north-ca=
rolina-river-as-epa-considers-waste-rules
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, North Carolina,=
caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million g=
allons of contaminated water into the Dan River. "The ecological disaster t=
hat is unleashed here is going to play out in the order of months, if not y=
ears," said Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices.
Shocking Facts About America's For-Profit Prison Industry
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21694-shocking-facts-about-americas-for-prof=
it-prison-industry
Beth Buczynski, Care2: The prison system has become a for-profit business i=
n which inmates are the product - a system that has shocking similarities t=
o another human-based business from America's past: slavery.
Vermont Students, Workers Object to Tuition Dollars Being Used to Fund Pove=
rty Wages
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21682-vermont-students-workers-object-to-tui=
tion-dollars-being-used-to-fund-poverty-wages
Jonathan Leavitt, Truthout: Rising tuition, faculty cuts and non-living wag=
es for janitors and food workers in Vermont institutions of higher learning=
are prompting student labor organizers to ask if tuition dollars should be=
used to exacerbate inequality.
Keystone XL Pipeline to America: Bend Over and Take It
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21709-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-america-ben=
d-over-and-take-it
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: We need to make it clear to Big =
Oil, the Obama administration and their supporters that we aren't just goin=
g to "lie back and enjoy" the Keystone XL pipeline and the toxic, dirty and=
dangerous oil that it would be transporting.
Being the Wolf of Wall Street
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21696-being-the-wolf-of-wall-street
Jared Rodriguez, Truthout: What makes The Wolf of Wall Street so vitally im=
portant is that it illustrates the entitled, master-of-the-universe mindset=
that is actively mucking up the world for the rest of us. The problem isn'=
t that this movie encourages viewers to idolize people like Jordan Belfort =
- the problem is they already do.
The Too-Appealing Wolf of Wall Street
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21541-the-too-appealing-wolf-of-wall-stre=
et
Natasha Adams, Truthout: Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street delivers=
high craft and a rollicking good time. And that's a big problem.
With AIPAC's Power in Doubt, Is Peace With Israel Now Possible?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21701-with-aipacs-power-in-doubt-is-peace=
-with-israel-now-possible
Robert Naiman, Truthout: President Obama has raised questions about the eff=
ectiveness of AIPAC's tactics and even its role as the unchallenged voice o=
f the pro-Israel lobby in Washington. If AIPAC can lose on Syria and lose o=
n Iran, could it also lose on Israel-Palestine?
Selling Your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty =
Hunters
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21697-selling-your-secrets-the-invisible-wor=
ld-of-software-backdoors-and-bounty-hunters
Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch: The world of NSA mass surveillance involves=
close partnerships with a series of companies most of us have never heard =
of that design or probe the software we all take for granted to help keep o=
ur digital lives humming along.
California's Water Wars: 2014-2030
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21519-californias-water-wars-2014-2030
Craig Collins PhD, Truthout: What happens after California drought, peak oi=
l, climate chaos, economic depression and water privatization finally get t=
o the population of the Golden State? Those who hope to keep water in publi=
c hands are at odds with those who connive to gain private control of this =
vital resource.
In the Name of Love
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/21706-in-the-name-of-love
Miya Tokumitsu, Jacobin: The "Do What You Love" mantra distracts us from th=
e working conditions of others while validating our own choices and relievi=
ng us from obligations to all who labor, whether or not they love it. It is=
the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its =
elitism as noble self-betterment.
It's Not "All Psychological": How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgend=
er Patients
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21700-its-not-all-psychological-how-the-medi=
cal-establishment-fails-transgender-patients
Molly Knefel, RH Reality Check: For transgender and gender nonconforming pe=
ople, just going to the doctor means risking mistreatment, misdiagnosis, ho=
stility or aggression.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Alaska Could Be the Third State To Legalize=
Recreational Pot, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21707-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-alaska-=
could-be-the-third-state-to-legalize-recreational-pot-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Organizers in Alaska have obtained enough s=
ignatures to put recreational marijuana up for a vote in August; Tennessee =
Gov. Bill Haslam has introduced a proposal to guarantee every high school s=
enior in his state can go to a community college or technical school for fr=
ee; there's new legislation aimed at putting government back in the hands o=
f the people; and more.
Economic Update: Public vs. Private Enterprise
http://truth-out.org/news/item/21710-economic-update-public-vs-private-ente=
rprise
Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout: Updates on economic democracy=
from Jackson, Mississippi, to Marseilles, France; credit card scandals; ph=
ony labels for chicken; and overcharging inmates for calls. Major discussio=
ns of re-municipalization of water and electric utilities; post office bank=
ing; and new book on capitalism's inequalities. Response to audience questi=
ons on TPP, corporate tax breaks and minimum wage.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Barclays Bonuses Rise to Nearly $4 Billion: Where Is the Outrage?
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/barclays-bonuses-rise-to-nearly-4=
-billion-where-is-the-outrage
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: At a time when banks too big to fail ar=
e continuing to admit to illegal activity and pay huge fines, Barclays is f=
lush enough to pass out billions of dollars in bonuses.=C2=A0Meanwhile, in =
the second economy, most Americans struggle to get by.
Indigenous Groups: "No Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cross Our Lands"
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/05-2
Bullying Is Bad, Except When We Do It
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/bullying-is-bad-except-when-w=
e-do-it
Some in Congress See Just One Option for NSA Spying: Scrap the NSA
Read the Article by McClatchy News
http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/04/5311405/some-in-congress-see-just-one.h=
tml
New Electronic "Eyes" Can Track Your Every Move
Read the Article at The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/new-surveillance-technolo=
gy-can-track-everyone-in-an-area-for-several-hours-at-a-time/2014/02/05/82f=
1556e-876f-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html
House Republicans Attempt To Take Control of California Water
Read the Article at Daily Kos
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/04/1274952/-House-Republicans-Attempt-T=
o-Take-Control-Of-California-Water?detail=3Demail
Climate Change Not at Standstill; Warming on Course To Continue for Generat=
ions
Read the Article at EcoWatch
http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/05/wmo-no-climate-change-standstill-continue-ge=
nerations/
Racing To Save the Stray Dogs of Sochi
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/sports/olympics/racing-to-save-dogs-roami=
ng-around-sochi.html?hp
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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>At a time when banks too big to fail are continuing to admit to illegal activity and pay huge fines, Barclays is flush enough to pass out billions of dollars in bonuses. Meanwhile, in the second economy, most Americans struggle to get by.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sd%2FVwAGBym9%2FuUtyBCs70MQgWjOqFoOm" 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>Indigenous Groups: "No Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cross Our Lands"</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2JdXwwGTGQ8i0maw3QlP2sQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bullying Is Bad, Except When We Do It</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>Some in Congress See Just One Option for NSA Spying: Scrap the NSA</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XsYFUi4EUjDybRGq1dc4TcQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article by McClatchy 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>New Electronic "Eyes" Can Track Your Every Move</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wz8t5it%2FDnyf1S1rupjxM8QgWjOqFoOm" 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>House Republicans Attempt To Take Control of California Water</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=efGYx%2F3sfPPxGXyqWrE3UcQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Daily Kos</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Climate Change Not at Standstill; Warming on Course To Continue for Generations</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mFMzM8IxHbaXj2lA8nOShMQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at EcoWatch</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Racing To Save the Stray Dogs of Sochi</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ru5IEHPh9Aq8ilwFpX6jvMQgWjOqFoOm" 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;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Unlike the energy policies that are filling the rivers and the air with poison, drying up the water out West while making the tap water back East flammable, speaking your mind does no harm. Who knows? They may even listen.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tx0VtshSz4IOGxChuZl%2BdsQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YlfdV4%2FoEQpmaAUkL%2BobzsQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Massive Coal Ash Spill Chokes North Carolina River as EPA Considers Waste Rules</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> A ruptured Duke Energy pipe in Eden, North Carolina, caused the release of up to 82,000 tons of toxic coal ash and 27 million gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River. "The ecological disaster that is unleashed here is going to play out in the order of months, if not years," said Matt Wasson of Appalachian Voices.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8SACVRFl67nK5DC1BcxQRMQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fyb%2Fqng4MYTAx85gTWC1UMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Shocking Facts About America's For-Profit Prison Industry</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>Beth Buczynski, Care2:</strong> The prison system has become a for-profit business in which inmates are the product - a system that has shocking similarities to another human-based business from America’s past: slavery.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7wPKe98zDc5Z6Kv94Xr%2BBsQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and View the Infographic</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tIT1It0bQJ2vw4pa5RBVirbAioewk6rX"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Vermont Students, Workers Object to Tuition Dollars Being Used to Fund Poverty Wages</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>Jonathan Leavitt, Truthout:</strong> Rising tuition, faculty cuts and non-living wages for janitors and food workers in Vermont institutions of higher learning are prompting student labor organizers to ask if tuition dollars should be used to exacerbate inequality.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5IyGCzJ%2FsSyGqfqDmmMikMQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r7XOvhrQQus9Z%2BwLLwFhN8QgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Keystone XL Pipeline to America: Bend Over and Take It</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> We need to make it clear to Big Oil, the Obama administration and their supporters that we aren't just going to "lie back and enjoy" the Keystone XL pipeline and the toxic, dirty and dangerous oil that it would be transporting.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=f1u7StcQyZPPBJPoOFpxBcQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FGzqGnks3da8TqJGVzfAGMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Being the Wolf of Wall Street</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>Jared Rodriguez, Truthout:</strong> What makes <em>The Wolf of Wall Street</em> so vitally important is that it illustrates the entitled, master-of-the-universe mindset that is actively mucking up the world for the rest of us. The problem isn't that this movie encourages viewers to idolize people like Jordan Belfort - the problem is they already do.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mfjFCSqMaUASbzfotTdEPMQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Film Review</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Inw9RLzNm%2FrRpz%2FcsfLiCMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Too-Appealing <em>Wolf of Wall Street</em></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>Natasha Adams, Truthout:</strong> Martin Scorsese's <em>The Wolf of Wall Street</em> delivers high craft and a rollicking good time. And that's a big problem.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oTpeM7dfMpemZqQRqosv%2FsQgWjOqFoOm" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Film Review</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jpmfcyKlyBH9jEO901olDsQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>With AIPAC's Power in Doubt, Is Peace With Israel Now Possible?</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> President Obama has raised questions about the effectiveness of AIPAC's tactics and even its role as the unchallenged voice of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington. If AIPAC can lose on Syria and lose on Iran, could it also lose on Israel-Palestine?</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hysswkLJwa6eCODJgYGOScQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Selling Your Secrets: The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters</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>Pratap Chatterjee, TomDispatch:</strong> The world of NSA mass surveillance involves close partnerships with a series of companies most of us have never heard of that design or probe the software we all take for granted to help keep our digital lives humming along.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=efGYx%2F3sfPNXzEBKzH1w%2FMQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dKcuFFqdql3UetT6FvZbI8QgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>California's Water Wars: 2014-2030</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>Craig Collins PhD, Truthout:</strong> What happens after California drought, peak oil, climate chaos, economic depression and water privatization finally get to the population of the Golden State? Those who hope to keep water in public hands are at odds with those who connive to gain private control of this vital resource.</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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3aHBvw00Hrz44NiHs0SRxsQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In the Name of Love</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>Miya Tokumitsu, Jacobin:</strong> The "Do What You Love" mantra distracts us from the working conditions of others while validating our own choices and relieving us from obligations to all who labor, whether or not they love it. It is the secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hhafCYx1PaDpc6a2Klw07bbAioewk6rX" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g4oF%2Fqm%2BjGJAjkA7i7TBnMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>It's Not "All Psychological": How the Medical Establishment Fails Transgender Patients</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>Molly Knefel, RH Reality Check:</strong> For transgender and gender nonconforming people, just going to the doctor means risking mistreatment, misdiagnosis, hostility or aggression.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1za2z90p%2BPmv9Q7DE7FmJcQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vcFRpq2lkFOrhTnEwH%2F7jMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Alaska Could Be the Third State To Legalize Recreational Pot, 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> Organizers in Alaska have obtained enough signatures to put recreational marijuana up for a vote in August; Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has introduced a proposal to guarantee every high school senior in his state can go to a community college or technical school for free; there's new legislation aimed at putting government back in the hands of the people; 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pxWh0dzdOIUp%2FwpBozb1FsQgWjOqFoOm" 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.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XcS0KDy3HBLGtTFL7zZ7NMQgWjOqFoOm"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economic Update: Public vs. Private Enterprise</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>Richard D. Wolff, Economic Update / Truthout:</strong> Updates on economic democracy from Jackson, Mississippi, to Marseilles, France; credit card scandals; phony labels for chicken; and overcharging inmates for calls. Major discussions of re-municipalization of water and electric utilities; post office banking; and new book on capitalism's inequalities. Response to audience questions on TPP, corporate tax breaks and minimum wage.</p>
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