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"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D%2BHHr2m9y%2F0ODrcVElUDsVysF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>In=
Love and Trouble: Climate Change and the Power of Honesty</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Emily Johnston, Truthout:</strong> "Warrior up!" Even th=
ough we know there will be climate change tragedy no matter what we do now,=
we can still avert some disasters, save some species that would otherwise =
be lost and reduce the number of prospective victims - if we act.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DrQTaVz9Q5KUdtlK0cMaioCsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Re=
ad the Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRysiDUerBTqMXJ%2Fv%2FZayrlnWsvpLCASl"><strong>US Plu=
tocracy and the Dodd-Frank Sausage Machine</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>JP Sottile, Consortium News:</strong> Anyone still suffe=
ring from the illusion that the United States is a democracy need only exam=
ine what has happened to the Dodd-Frank bill since its first iteration.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DsZVMmPzj7LswCbKKMt%2Fn2ysF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>=
Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DqwSB%2Bn2KckNPHD%2FA9HkuzCsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Pe=
rsecuted and Imprisoned for Environmental Activism</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Samantha Sarra, Truthout:</strong> Around the world, env=
ironmental activists are imprisoned for peaceful acts to save us all.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
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om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D6sCNhgdUpawRJDUrhh17NysF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Re=
ad the Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DhSb3lgYxFSkQasiKv3AT8isF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Trutho=
ut Interviews Bethania Palma Markus on Racism in the Media</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Ted Asregadoo, Truthout:</strong> Bethania Palma Markus =
talks about the "invisible" racism on magazine covers and in news coverage.=
</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D2qbTBemN490Qb9yvvV8V8SsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Wa=
tch the Interview</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DfytxUxkWURAVI4LIMVMYo1nWsvpLCASl"><strong>Earth: Gam=
e Over?</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> We're in =
the middle of a sixth mass extinction, and this will be the first one - and=
possibly the last - we will witness as human beings.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dr15SYFDIXLXpkJn7rJm%2FsysF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>=
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D1qse2Iy2oaeimNyXzBKOICsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Why Ge=
tting Arrested to Resist Keystone XL Is Legally Justified</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Jeremy Brecher, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> Direct acti=
on in protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is necessary to prevent a far gre=
ater harm. These actions represent not only the assertion of a public right=
, but also the fulfillment of a citizen’s duty under US law and the U=
S Constitution.</p>
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e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRysiDUerBTrphgxeF7k1N1nWsvpLCASl"><strong>Read t=
he Article</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DX5LuKo%2F8mxS5gt%2Fc1FIi2isF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>Os=
tracized and Isolated: Muslim Prisoners in the US</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Kanya D’Almeida, Inter Press Service:</strong> For=
many Muslim citizens of the United States, ostracism has become a matter o=
f routine, forcing family members of terror suspects to double up as legal =
advocates and political supporters for their brothers, husbands and sons.</=
p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Der42f0MIkGplmkYW06%2Bl7CsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>=
Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color=
: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DXuorRBJenhI6oe4MeBoqDisF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>The Sy=
rian Refugee Crisis: A First-Hand Account From the Turkish Border</strong><=
/a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Diego Cupolo, Toward Freedom:</strong> If and when milit=
ary intervention is undertaken in Syria, the question remains: Where will t=
he Syrian civilian stand when the dust settles?</p>
<p style=3D"margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;c=
olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DFJO8UqcQXLTa%2BDydGBmdTisF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>=
Read the Article and View the Photos</strong></a> </p>
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: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style=3D=
"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DzYjjyV7CnK1gaaxUkSRzg1nWsvpLCASl"><strong>General Be=
ntley Rayburn Is Wrong Regarding Air Force Academy Cadets' Religious Rights=
</strong></a></p>
<p style=3D"margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;co=
lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Mikey Weinstein, AlterNet:</strong> The Department of De=
fense routinely places nontrivial restrictions on free speech as well as re=
ligious practice for the sake of maintaining optimal unit cohesion, morale,=
good order and discipline.</p>
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olor: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a styl=
e=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.c=
om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DCOg1EsZHhU9yjaJW%2B0iAGisF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>=
Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
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ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DHLgdWYwv8fGRrUJzojB29SsF%2FsLlcDm%2F"><strong>This w=
eek in Speakout:</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1">Lisa Guenther juxtaposes the hypocrisy of Tennessee Republicans crimi=
nalizing pregnant women who abuse drugs while bringing back the electric ch=
air; Amir Azarvan asks if we need to define "consensus" to agree there is o=
ne on climate change science; Kevin Zeese calls for action on net neutralit=
y; Rev. Osagyefo Sekou provides a new perspective on Jesus' social position=
and its consequences; Rob Hager writes an open letter to the governor of M=
assachusetts asking how he can support the Supreme Court's authority to fur=
ther corruption with the <em>McCutcheon</em> decision; Felice Cohen-Joppa a=
nd David Polden decry the restrictions placed on anti-nuke activist Mordech=
ai Vanunu by the state of Israel; the Institute for Policy Studies looks at=
the cost to taxpayers subsidizing restaurant executive pay; Science of Wee=
d offers a moving video on the sometimes life-saving powers of cannabis; th=
e Cornucopia Institute discusses expected backlash over weakened government=
regulations overseeing organic food; Lisa Guenther documents how the Free =
Alabama Movement (FAM) seeks to analyze, resist, and transform prison slave=
ry from within the prison industrial complex; <em>Black Star News</em> expl=
ains why Secretary of State John Kerry should deny a visa to Uganda's Sam K=
utesa; Nuclear Zero describes the Marshall Islands lawsuit against the US f=
or failure to honor its NPT commitments; Sasha Brookner details how her dis=
agreement with Obama's policies have caused her alienation from Facebook fr=
iends; and more.</p>
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