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"Freedom From Other People's Definitions": An Interview With Janet
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"Freedom From Other People's Definitions": An Interview With Janet Mock
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ustry's pathologizing of trans people, the importance of "evolving beyond t=
he framework of the body," the mythology of the gender binary - and her mem=
oir, Redefining Realness.
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a substantial amount of the same types of weapons Israel is using to kill G=
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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>Harrison Samphir, Truthout:</strong> Dissident Israeli historian Ilan Pappé discusses current events in Gaza in light of Israel's longstanding relationships with Hamas, Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the effectiveness of the BDS movement, the possibility of a two-state solution and the progression of racism within Israel.</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=2e99CTr3eFyPkiKJAtiJDa2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</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=e9RnK5pdUIh9QfZS7cKPe62b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Koch Political Universe Vaster Than Previously Known</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>Brendan Fischer and Nick Surgey, PRWatch:</strong> Newly-obtained documents show that the billionaire Koch brothers' political giving is much more expansive than has previously been known.</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=AWS0wG0w2xxdoDhIyJcf7q2b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=Vbec0Xs7eWUta5iSqC0rDK2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>California Voters Afforded Opportunity This November to Weigh In on "Corporate Personhood"</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>Ernest A. Canning, The Brad Blog:</strong> A measure appearing on California's November ballot calls on Congress to propose an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the infamous Citizens United decision and its progeny, but to also make clear the Constitution protects the rights of "natural persons" only.</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=qPoGmUX18%2FZgGcM0aKZYk62b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=LfaNXAww5OAb3s2x7LJiBa2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>An American Horror Story</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>John Morlino, Truthout:</strong> The details of one of the more gruesome recent everyday mass gun murders invite us to consider gun control and gun possession from a new perspective.</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=JCsbw9YY0sQrvtZIYASAb62b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=XvpAZ%2FAaINZiLXrlIOxPG62b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Rise of the Bankster Landlord</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 Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> One of the most startling trends to come out of the wreckage of the 2007-2008 financial crisis is the explosion of Wall Street firms buying up and renting out property all across the country.</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=ZWf%2FYycn1OzEj6fWbVFTU62b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=36IXFrPFo8nEi%2BVhTEQ0Vq2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Deep in the Telltale Heart of the Texas GOP</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> The 2014 platform of the Texas Republican Party is 40 pages of unrestrained, right-wing bluster against you name it - women, minorities, immigrants, Muslims, gays, Obamacare, the Internal Revenue Service, red light cameras, the EPA, the World Bank, vaccinations - well, you get the picture.</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=Tf3Qc4dZPGXf0bu7eV0jza2b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=YoG0XomwCHtR4BSx%2BI36Nq2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>New York State of Fracking</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>Naveena Sadasivam, ProPublica:</strong> A rundown of the current status of fracking in New York, the protections available to the state's major watershed and the implications of the most recent court ruling for local municipalities.</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=ReyTfk%2B202h67YF%2BDvEpoa2b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=3fBKYz1rNTwjOTJ89ew%2FMK2b8e5Z0EqQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Refugees Living a Nightmare in Northern Pakistan</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>Ashfaq Yusufzai, Inter Press Service:</strong> In the vast refugee camps of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, civilians who fled the Pakistan Army's military offensive against the Taliban in the country's northern Waziristan Agency now walk around in a state of delirious confusion.</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=QsYwn9ZkjUKdV5zfMx6R162b8e5Z0EqQ" 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=jnP%2Fs7RmbzZfmost2HRMA6XW1mJ0NM%2Fw" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>George Will's Column About the Supreme Court's Decision on Union Fees Misleads Readers</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>Ann Hodges, Truthout:</strong> Contrary to George F. Will's misleading July op-ed that stated workers were "herded into unions" by government "fiat," an Illinois law initiated by gubernatorial executive order, but subsequently enacted by the state legislature, merely allowed home care workers to unionize.</p>
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