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Henry A. Giroux: Neoliberalism, Democracy and the University as a Public Sphere
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23156-henry-a-giroux-neoliberalism-democracy-and-the-university-as-a-public-sphere
Victoria Harper, Truthout: Public Intellectual Henry Giroux speaks with Truthout about his new book and its exploration of how neoliberalism makes it harder for poor children to attend college, and forces debt-ridden students into an intellectual and moral dead zone devoid of imagination.
Government Is Now a Protection Racket for the 1%
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23237-government-is-now-a-protection-racket-for-the-1
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: Inequality is what has turned Washington DC into a protection racket for the 1%. It buys all those goodies from government: tax breaks, tax havens, loopholes, favors like carried interest, and so on.
Rania Khalek | Jersey City Man Shot in the Face and Blinded by Police Faces 30 Years in Prison
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23220-jersey-city-man-shot-in-the-face-and-blinded-by-police-faces-30-years-in-prison
Rania Khalek, Truthout: The story of 18-year-old Kwadir Felton, shot in the face and blinded by Jersey City, New Jersey, Police Sergeant Thomas McVicar, then convicted of aggravated assault of an officer, repeats a too-familiar pattern: Victims of police violence are further punished by the criminal justice system.
Climate Change Messaging: Avoid the Truth
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23232-climate-change-messaging-avoid-the-truth
Steve Breyman, Truthout: The question of how to best frame climate change to generate sufficient societal response, so as to avoid catastrophe, is an important one, but first we must admit that climate change is an unavoidable outcome of an unsustainable political economy, and techno-fixes will not save us.
Conservatives Are Scared Straight by a Frenchman
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23251-conservatives-are-scared-straight-by-a-frenchman
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: French economist Thomas Piketty, in his newest book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, warns that if we don't address our wealth inequality epidemic quickly, the United States could end up with the most top-heavy society it's ever seen, one that's even worse than the Gilded Age.
Paul Krugman | The Pain of Austerity, Remedied by Keynesian Policy
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23247-the-pain-of-austerity-remedied-by-keynesian-policy
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: There's now a full-court press of the usual suspects claiming that the recovery in Britain proves that fiscal austerity isn't contractionary after all, that the International Monetary Fund had it all wrong.
Sixteen for '16 - Number 9: A Living Minimum Wage
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23222-sixteen-for-16-number-9-a-living-minimum-wage
Salvatore Babones, Truthout: Does the president's $10.10 an hour represent a fair wage? Maybe. A living wage? Hardly. No one can really support a family on minimum wage employment, even if the minimum is raised to $10.10 an hour. The problem isn't just the low wage.
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23228-ipcc-report-leaves-hopes-hanging-on-fantasy-technology
Rachel Smolker, Truthout: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmation that the planet is warming at a much more alarming rate than it originally thought was accompanied by a chapter on mitigation strategies that are problematic at best.
Amy Goodman | Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Drilling Chief Warns US at Risk of Another Oil Spill
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23246-four-years-after-bp-disaster-ousted-drilling-chief-warns-us-at-risk-of-another-oil-spill
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service in the Interior Department at the time of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, warns the risk of another offshore oil drilling blowout is real.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23249-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-republicans-block-the-paycheck-fairness-act-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act; parents and teachers in New York city don't want product placements in student testing; the federal budget deficit is falling faster than at any time since the end of World War II; and more.
They Are Watching You: The National Security State and the US-Mexican Border
http://truth-out.org/news/item/23248-they-are-watching-you-the-national-security-state-and-the-us-mexican-border
Todd Miller, TomDispatch: You may not be able to watch them at the Border Security Expo, but in the borderlands, the Department of Homeland Security - with its tripartite missions of drug interdiction, immigration enforcement, and the war on terror - is watching you, whoever you are.
Oligarchy USA
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23230-oligarchy-usa
Karen Garcia, Sardonicky: At long last, we have irrefutable proof that the one indispensable nation has been subsumed by a bona fide oligarchy, leading to regressive tax policies, cuts in social programs, and capture of the mass media by corporate interests.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Bundy's Sedition: Armed Militia Members Aiming Guns at Law Enforcement Officials in Nevada Are Domestic Terrorists
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The United States is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on fighting terrorism abroad. Our greatest security threat, however, may be white male insurrectionists with guns, as we recently witnessed in Nevada.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/homeland-security-should-defend-us-from-the-bundy-armed-white-male-terrorists
Charles P. Pierce | Elizabeth Warren Is the Teacher
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/elizabeth-warren-teacher-0514
Read the Article at Esquire
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Earth Day's Founding Father
http://www.thenation.com/blog/179449/earth-days-founding-father
Read the Article at The Nation
Put the Move in the Movement
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/put-the-move-in-the-movement
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Four Years After the BP Oil Disaster, a Look Back in Photographs
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/04/21/four-years-after-bp-oil-disaster-look-back-photographs
Read the Article at DeSmogBlog
The Latest "Cosmos" Explains How Corporations Fund Science Denial
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/cosmos-neil-tyson-lead-industry-science-denial
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Republicans Ignore Earth Day
http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/not-a-single-republican-has-mentioned-earth-day-in-congress-since-2010-20140421
Read the Article at National Journal
Mother Earth Day 2014: Time for a Paradigm Change
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/21-6
Read the Article at Common Dreams
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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>The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> French economist Thomas Piketty, in his newest book, <em>Capital in the Twenty-First Century</em>, warns that if we don't address our wealth inequality epidemic quickly, the United States could end up with the most top-heavy society it's ever seen, one that's even worse than the Gilded Age.</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=hdO7hWKoXDWZooN%2BG%2F5Tc0VXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Paul Krugman | The Pain of Austerity, Remedied by Keynesian Policy</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>Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.:</strong> There's now a full-court press of the usual suspects claiming that the recovery in Britain proves that fiscal austerity isn't contractionary after all, that the International Monetary Fund had it all wrong.</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=zk003iu%2B5xFC%2BtummicUvEVXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sixteen for '16 - Number 9: A Living Minimum Wage</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> Does the president's $10.10 an hour represent a fair wage? Maybe. A living wage? Hardly. No one can really support a family on minimum wage employment, even if the minimum is raised to $10.10 an hour. The problem isn't just the low wage.</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=Xfz4FaOnh%2BZ77uEuggRCkUVXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology</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>Rachel Smolker, Truthout:</strong> The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmation that the planet is warming at a much more alarming rate than it originally thought was accompanied by a chapter on mitigation strategies that are problematic at best.</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=kJuI6%2FjMfbkt02OBTB%2B5aUVXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Amy Goodman | Four Years After BP Disaster, Ousted Drilling Chief Warns US at Risk of Another Oil Spill</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>Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!:</strong> Elizabeth Birnbaum, who was director of the Minerals Management Service in the Interior Department at the time of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, warns the risk of another offshore oil drilling blowout is real.</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=nZXUb5jU%2FoZf7BcfUmIDC5ksk63f%2Fn56" 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=G00fRnCJku2LAdMrya%2BGF0VXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Block the Paycheck Fairness Act, 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> Earlier this month, Senate Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act; parents and teachers in New York city don't want product placements in student testing; the federal budget deficit is falling faster than at any time since the end of World War II; and more.</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=RWiF3P4ofTBVOMPDqUlC2kVXj06nsUJX" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>They Are Watching You: The National Security State and the US-Mexican Border</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>Todd Miller, TomDispatch:</strong> You may not be able to watch them at the Border Security Expo, but in the borderlands, the Department of Homeland Security - with its tripartite missions of drug interdiction, immigration enforcement, and the war on terror - is watching you, whoever you are.</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>Karen Garcia, Sardonicky:</strong> At long last, we have irrefutable proof that the one indispensable nation has been subsumed by a bona fide oligarchy, leading to regressive tax policies, cuts in social programs, and capture of the mass media by corporate interests.</p>
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