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03.25
John Pilger | Australia Is Again Stealing Its Indigenous Children
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22659-australia-is-again-stealing-its-indigenous-children
John Pilger, Truthout: Echoing the infamous Stolen Generation of the 20th century, Australia once again is "removing" Aboriginal children from their families under a government policy that smacks of social engineering and racism.
Campaign Financing: Can the US Follow Europe's Example?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22660-campaign-financing-can-the-us-follow-europes-example
Josephine Simmons, Truthout: In Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on corporate contributions in federal elections was unconstitutional. As countries in Europe consistently have managed to find ways to regulate campaign financing, the US has moved toward a system of big-dollar contributions.
IMF's Involvement Fuels Sudan's Continued Unrest
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22668-imfs-involvement-fuels-sudans-continued-unrest
Raven Rakia, Truthout: International Monetary Fund austerity policies, as well as policies that have supported foreign acquisition of Sudanese agricultural land, have increased poverty and civil unrest in Sudan.
What Media Should Know About Hobby Lobby and the Fight for Contraceptive Access
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22675-what-media-should-know-about-hobby-lobby-and-the-fight-for-contraceptive-access
Samantha Wyatt, Michelle Leung, Emily Arrowood and Olivia Kittel, Media Matters for America: Hobby Lobby plans to wrongly argue before the Supreme Court today that emergency contraception, a form of preventive service such as birth control that all health insurance policies must cover under the Affordable Care Act, amounts to abortion and thus violates the corporation's religious liberty.
Migratory Birds Face Danger From Oil Spill Long After Shipping Channel Will Open
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22695-migratory-birds-face-danger-from-oil-spill-long-after-shipping-channel-will-open
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog: Heavy fuel oil that spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine oil barge after it collided with a cargo ship on March 22, began washing up on Galveston Bay's shoreline Sunday. The Coast Guard received its first reports of affected birds by Sunday afternoon.
Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22696-is-rick-scott-guilty-of-murder
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Florida Gov. Rick Scott is now officially a killer, and Charlene Dill is one of his victims. Dill fell into what's called the "Red State Doughnut Hole," created by Republican lawmakers. It says that if you make more than $5,400 and less than $11,400, you get no health insurance.
Sixteen for '16 - Number 5: Higher Taxes on Higher Incomes
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22575-sixteen-for-16-number-5-higher-taxes-on-higher-incomes
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: "To avoid waste, reduce inequality and maintain some semblance of market efficiency, income taxes should be used to make money as meaningful to a millionaire as it is to you or me."
Dahr Jamail | How Fallujah Became the Iraqi Government's New Battleground
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22686-how-fallujah-became-the-iraqi-governments-new-battleground
Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: It's been almost three years since the United States completed its withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. But what did they leave behind? Journalist Dahr Jamail discusses how the city of Fallujah went from welcoming American intervention to fighting the US-backed Iraqi government.
Bells Toll in Temple Town as India Braces for 2014 Elections
http://truth-out.org/news/item/22685-bells-toll-in-temple-town-as-india-braces-for-2014-elections
Papri Sri Raman, Truthout: The world's most populous democracy will go to the polls from April 7 to May 12 to elect the lower House of Parliament and ultimately determine the - at present unpredictable - makeup of India's next government.
Envy and Jealousy? Gag Me With a Silver Spoon
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22683-envy-and-jealousy-gag-me-with-a-silver-spoon
Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: Home Depot tycoon Ken Langone said that he hopes populist sentiment is "not working, because if you go back to 1933, with different words, this is what Hitler was saying in Germany. You don't survive as a society if you encourage and thrive on envy or jealousy." This envy and jealousy meme won't disappear anytime soon.
The Disastrous Labor and Social Reforms in Spain
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/22637-the-disastrous-labor-and-social-reforms-in-spain
Vicente Navarro, Social Europe Journal: What we are seeing in Spain is a dream for conservative forces that have been the dominant forces over the Spanish state. They are achieving what they always wanted: a reduction of salaries, a very frightened labor force, weak labor unions and the dismantling of the welfare state.
Obama Administration Faces Diplomatic Isolation in Latin America on Venezuela
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/22671-obama-administration-faces-diplomatic-isolation-in-latin-america-on-venezuela
Oliver Stone and Mark Weisbrot, The Boston Globe: The Bush administration had a stated policy of trying to isolate Venezuela, and the strategy ended up isolating Washington instead. President Obama promised to turn a new page. But today, his administration finds itself even more isolated than that of his predecessor.
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The Numbing Down of America About How Big Oil Is Bringing Us to the Precipice of Extinction
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: As the mainstream media distracts Americans by obsessively covering the missing Malaysian airplane, Big Oil is precipitating a massive extermination of species around the globe.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-numbing-down-of-america-about-how-big-oil-is-bringing-us-to-the-precipice-of-extinction
William Greider | Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington
http://www.thenation.com/blog/178959/spy-agencies-not-politicians-hold-cards-washington#
Read the Article at The Nation
Eugene Robinson | An Excuse To Do Nothing: Paul Ryan's Cruel Agenda
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/eugene-robinson-an-excuse-to-do-nothing-paul-ryan-s-cruel-agenda
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The Coat Hanger Around My Neck Is a Symbol of History
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-coat-hanger-around-my-neck-is-a-symbol-of-history
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
America's Workers: Stressed Out, Overwhelmed, Totally Exhausted
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/03/americas-workers-stressed-out-overwhelmed-totally-exhausted/284615/
Read the Article at The Atlantic
Billy Graham's Daughter Sees the Rapture in Malaysian Airlines Disappearance
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/billy-graham-s-daughter-sees-the-rapture-in-malaysian-airlines-disappearance
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New Research Points to Nixon in My Lai Cover-Up Attempt
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-research-points-to-nixon-in-my-lai-cover-up-attempt/
Read the Article at CBS News
Four Really Important Things You Should Know About the Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Case
http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/4_things_you_need_to_know_about_the_hobby_lobby_scotus_case/
Read the Article at Salon
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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=5uJtDYvr%2FH8X5plqUei7Orp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Migratory Birds Face Danger From Oil Spill Long After Shipping Channel Will Open</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>Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog:</strong> Heavy fuel oil that spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine oil barge after it collided with a cargo ship on March 22, began washing up on Galveston Bay's shoreline Sunday. The Coast Guard received its first reports of affected birds by Sunday afternoon.</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=FOPiNcmPWw2ic38vcyFuiLp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and View the Photos</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=Ej8VB%2FvK0qpY98T8gBkENbp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?</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> Florida Gov. Rick Scott is now officially a killer, and Charlene Dill is one of his victims. Dill fell into what's called the "Red State Doughnut Hole," created by Republican lawmakers. It says that if you make more than $5,400 and less than $11,400, you get no health insurance.</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=88MSL76V%2BPSQRicqHPl%2BsLp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sixteen for '16 - Number 5: Higher Taxes on Higher Incomes</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>Salvatore Babones, Truthout:</strong> "To avoid waste, reduce inequality and maintain some semblance of market efficiency, income taxes should be used to make money as meaningful to a millionaire as it is to you or me."</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=fEXCWLuWzYbSTByVbfsnlbp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Dahr Jamail | How Fallujah Became the Iraqi Government's New Battleground</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>Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network:</strong> It's been almost three years since the United States completed its withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. But what did they leave behind? Journalist Dahr Jamail discusses how the city of Fallujah went from welcoming American intervention to fighting the US-backed Iraqi government.</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=hbtdepu2xXuDIXiDH3%2B8Ybp2NnO99Jq5" 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=O7%2BV3d%2BQRo8RR6e0ZbOvlrp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bells Toll in Temple Town as India Braces for 2014 Elections</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>Papri Sri Raman, Truthout:</strong> The world's most populous democracy will go to the polls from April 7 to May 12 to elect the lower House of Parliament and ultimately determine the - at present unpredictable - makeup of India's next government.</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=qTLAXrUcvRvMDPezmudTF7p2NnO99Jq5" 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=Ptz7h70t5we4ZiHeVwWxc7p2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Envy and Jealousy? Gag Me With a Silver Spoon</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>Michael Winship, Moyers & Company:</strong> Home Depot tycoon Ken Langone said that he hopes populist sentiment is "not working, because if you go back to 1933, with different words, this is what Hitler was saying in Germany. You don't survive as a society if you encourage and thrive on envy or jealousy." This envy and jealousy meme won't disappear anytime soon.</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=8rtXynSWjjctjJWKX5TFtLp2NnO99Jq5" 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=pSyR1AesHEzGRYZX8NB7sbp2NnO99Jq5" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Disastrous Labor and Social Reforms in Spain</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>Vicente Navarro, Social Europe Journal:</strong> What we are seeing in Spain is a dream for conservative forces that have been the dominant forces over the Spanish state. They are achieving what they always wanted: a reduction of salaries, a very frightened labor force, weak labor unions and the dismantling of the welfare state.</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=zqfFxRJ5UIk8lWMQjdizUbp2NnO99Jq5" 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=tdtXqmvTWUnztqM5uw5cFLXsi2NvIRak" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Obama Administration Faces Diplomatic Isolation in Latin America on Venezuela</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>Oliver Stone and Mark Weisbrot, The Boston Globe:</strong> The Bush administration had a stated policy of trying to isolate Venezuela, and the strategy ended up isolating Washington instead. President Obama promised to turn a new page. But today, his administration finds itself even more isolated than that of his predecessor.</p>
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