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Are Police Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?
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t r u t h o u t | 04.12
Are Police Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?
04.12
Watching the Watchmen: Are Police Officers' Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23045-watching-the-watchmen-are-police-officers%E2%80%99-body-worn-cameras-a-win-for-accountability
Candice Bernd, Truthout: After a camera worn on the helmet of an officer with the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) revealed disturbing footage of how two policemen fatally shot James Boyd, a homeless man struggling with mental health issues, questions remain about whether body-worn cameras will curb police violence.
Rigging the Electoral System for the Rich
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23055-rigging-the-electoral-system-for-the-rich
Marge Baker, OtherWords: Either through electoral channels or a constitutional amendment, the American people must fight back against Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United and McCutcheon.
Wisconsin Had Best-Run Elections in US, So Republicans Fixed 'Em
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23056-wisconsin-had-best-run-elections-in-us-so-republicans-fixed-em
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: Wisconsin again ranked among the best in the country when it comes to running elections, according to a new study from Pew Charitable Trusts - yet apparently this outstanding performance is a problem for Republicans.
Social Movement and Electoral Movements, Not One or the Other
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23029-social-movement-and-electoral-movements-not-one-or-the-other
Michael Trudeau, Truthout: Both social movements and electoral movements are imperative for nonviolent social change and should work together, says Green Party member Michael Trudeau.
What Would Saul Alinsky Do?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23059-would-saul-alinsky-break-his-own-rules
Mark Engler and Paul Engler, Waging Nonviolence: Although his landmark book, Rules for Radicals, is now nearly 45 years old, the principles that emerged from Alinsky's work have influenced every generation of community organizers that has come since.
Tiny House Living, Off the Grid? Here's How to Do It in Style
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23057-tiny-house-living-off-the-grid-heres-how-to-do-it-in-style
Cat Johnson, Yes! Magazine: A growing movement of tiny housers are taking the simplicity, sustainability and freedom of tiny houses to the next level by building their tiny homes off the power grid.
Indigenous Leaders Targeted in Battle to Protect Forests
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23060-indigenous-leaders-targeted-in-battle-to-protect-forests
Michello Tullo, Inter Press Service: Indigenous representatives and environmental activists from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas converged recently to commemorate those leading community fights against extractive industries and warn of increased violence against them in the fight to save their dwindling forests and ecosystems.
ANR Pipeline: Introducing TransCanada's Keystone XL for Fracking
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23058-anr-pipeline-introducing-transcanadas-keystone-xl-for-fracking
Steve Horn, Desmogblog: When most environmentalists think of TransCanada, they think of the proposed northern half of its Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Flying beneath the public radar, though, is another TransCanada-proposed pipeline that would bring to market shale gas by way of fracking.
A Better Yardstick for Measuring Inequality
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23061-a-better-yardstick-for-measuring-inequality
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: If we measure inequality with a yardstick that only wonks can decipher, we'll end up with a society too confused about inequality to do anything meaningful about it.
Abe's NSA? The Japanese Government Embraces Secrecy
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23062-abes-nsa-the-japanese-government-embraces-secrecy
Alexis Dudden, Dissent: Last December the ruling Liberal Democratic Party rammed one of the most controversial bills in Japan's postwar history through the Diet, or parliament, with an uncharacteristic lack of debate. At stake are central tenets of Japan's democracy-the right to know, the right to a free press, the right to privacy-all of which the wide-ranging, ill-defined law imperils.
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The Buzzflash commentary will return Monday, April 14.
South Carolina Legislators Want 'Stand Your Ground' Expanded to Fetuses
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/04/south-carolina-legislators-want-stand-your
Read the Article at Crooks and Liars
Walmart Prices Would Rise by Pennies If It Paid Workers More Than Poverty Wages
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/11/3425609/walmart-prices-food-stamps/
Read the Article at Think Progress
O'Reilly, Moses and the Decline of America
http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/04/08/oreilly-moses-and-the-decline-of-america/
Read the Article at FAIR
Report: CIA 'Trying to Minimize the Damage' Surrounding Senate Report on Interrogations
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/11/report-cia-trying-to-minimize-the-damage-surrounding-senate-report-on-interrogations/
Read the Article at The Raw Story
It's Not About You, White Liberals: Why Attacks on Radical People of Color Are So Misguided
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/08/its_not_about_you_white_liberals_why_attacks_on_radical_people_of_color_are_so_misguided/
Read the Article at Salon
Religious Right Fears the GOP Can't Handle a National Convention in Las Vegas
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04/gop-las-vegas-convention-religious
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Torturing Children at School
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/opinion/torturing-children-at-school.html?hp&rref=opinion
Read the Article at the New York Times
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