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Dahr Jamail | Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use "Genocide"
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Dahr Jamail | Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use "Genocide"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26703-iraqi-doctors-call-depleted-uranium-use-genocide
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Contamination from depleted uranium munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq, according to numerous Iraqi doctors.
The Death Penalty, Missouri and the Continued Devaluing of Black Life
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26797-the-death-penalty-missouri-and-the-continued-devaluing-of-black-life
William C. Anderson, Truthout: Death penalty states like Missouri have been treating their predominantly black death row prisoners like test subjects while protests over the worth of black life continue in Ferguson and around the country. Although there hasn't been as much protest around those condemned to death, their lives matter, too.
Pesticide Use by Farmers Linked to High Rates of Depression, Suicides
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26793-pesticide-use-by-farmers-linked-to-high-rates-of-depression-suicides
Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: Some research suggests that the chemicals that farmers and their workers spread on fields may alter certain brain chemicals, and that chronic exposure to low levels of herbicides over time may raise the risk of depression.
Laura Flanders | From Indigenous Socialism to Colonial Capitalism, Examining Native History of a Settler State
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26803-from-indigenous-socialism-to-colonial-capitalism-examining-native-history-of-a-settler-state
Laura Flanders, Truthout: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of "An Indigenous People's History of the United States," argues that an understanding of the history and functioning of the settler state is essential to all of us.
AIG Bailout Trial Bombshells: The Repellent Hank Greenberg May Have a Case
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26795-aig-bailout-trial-bombshell-paulson-rejected-chinese-offer-to-invest-more-than-the-total-amount-of-money-required
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: Hank Greenberg, the former CEO of AIG, is hardly a sympathetic figure. Yet in his lawsuit against the governmental team that led the AIG bailout, he may come out looking better than the defendants.
"Hands Up! Don't Shoot!": Gesture, Choreography and Protest in Ferguson
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26802-hands-up-don-t-shoot-gesture-choreography-and-protest-in-ferguson
Anusha Kedhar, The Feminist Wire: Unlike other slogans, "Hands up! Don't shoot!" is not just voiced. It is also embodied. Contained within the phrase is both a plea not to shoot, as well as the bodily imperative to lift one's hands up. The hands up gesture "has been transformed into a different kind of weapon."
Is This "American Exceptionalism"?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26816-is-this-american-exceptionalism
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: While jingoistic politicians might argue that the United States is the greatest country in the world, the facts really speak for themselves: We aren't and inequality is to blame. The United States will only be exceptional when all Americans have an equal shot at success.
Building an Ark: How to Protect Public Revenues From the Next Meltdown
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26800-building-an-ark-how-to-protect-public-revenues-from-the-next-meltdown
Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog: A publicly owned bank can provide security from risk while generating a far greater return on the local government's money. As we peer into the jaws of another economic meltdown, moving our public funds into our own banks is an investment we can hardly afford not to make.
A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie): Life Inside the Boom
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/26799-a-trip-to-kuwait-on-the-prairie-life-inside-the-boom
Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch: In the US heartland, thousands of workers shaken loose from other worlds have been heading for boom times in North Dakota and elsewhere in our fracklands. The author reports from the front lines of this fossil fuel extraction boom.
Sunshine State Uses Fees to Prevent Sun From Shining on Judicial Records
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26796-sunshine-state-uses-fees-to-prevent-sun-from-shining-on-judicial-records
Alison Fitzgerald, The Center for Public Integrity: When the Center for Public Integrity requested records from Florida's 17th judicial circuit regarding the procedures and policies surrounding foreclosure cases, officials were more than happy to comply - for a price. A price of $132,348, to be exact.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pollution Inequality Worse Than Income Inequality in the US, and More
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26801-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-pollution-inequality-worse-than-income-inequality-in-the-us-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Most of us know how bad income inequality has become in the United States, but pollution inequality is even worse; researchers have discovered a new way to see the features hidden deep under water; humans aren't the only multilingual species; and more.
Company That Sues Soldiers Pledges Reform, Changes Name
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26798-company-that-sues-soldiers-pledges-reform-changes-name
Paul Kiel, ProPublica: USA Discounters, promising to change how it pursues military debtors, will now be known as USA Living. The Virginia-based retailer was the focus of an investigation in July into its lending practices to service members.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
International Small Farmer Movement Calls Free Trade a Threat to Food Security
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/international-small-farmer-movement-calls-free-trade-threat-to-food-security
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: There's a new wave of free trade agreements coming down the pike - unless they are defeated by an uprising of those concerned about unsustainable farming, climate change, corporate interests superseding sovereignty, unfair labor practices and many more perilous threats.
Welcome to the United States; What Flavor of Torture Would You Like?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/welcome-to-the-united-states-what-flavor-of-torture-would-you-like
Whistleblower Cop: Fellow Officers Getting "Gang Tattoos" to Celebrate Their Shooting Victims
Read the Article at The Free Thought Project
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-reportedly-gang-tattoos-count-shooting-victims/
Creationists' Ark Park Tax Subsidy Threatened by Bigoted Hiring Practices
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/creationists-ark-park-tax-subsidy-threatened-by-bigoted-hiring-practices
The Worsening Ebola Crisis
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/opinion/the-worsening-ebola-crisis.html
Red Dawn: The GOP's Growing Monopoly on State Government
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/gop-state-government-control
Will the Right to Be Forgotten Inspire Repressive Regimes to Expand Internet Censorship?
Read the Article at Global Voices
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/10/13/will-the-right-to-be-forgotten-inspire-repressive-regimes-to-expand-internet-censorship/
Christian Right's Vile PR Sham: Why Their Bizarre Films Are Backfiring on Them
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/14/christian_rights_vile_pr_sham_why_their_bizarre_films_are_backfiring_on_them/?source=newsletter
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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>Anusha Kedhar, The Feminist Wire:</strong> Unlike other slogans, "Hands up! Don't shoot!" is not just voiced. It is also embodied. Contained within the phrase is both a plea not to shoot, as well as the bodily imperative to lift one's hands up. The hands up gesture "has been transformed into a different kind of weapon."</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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> While jingoistic politicians might argue that the United States is the greatest country in the world, the facts really speak for themselves: We aren't and inequality is to blame. The United States will only be exceptional when all Americans have an equal shot at success.</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=f%2BGDfomHLchHc6Hh3SrP7%2BxeOWdNvh1U" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Building an Ark: How to Protect Public Revenues From the Next Meltdown</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>Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog:</strong> A publicly owned bank can provide security from risk while generating a far greater return on the local government's money. As we peer into the jaws of another economic meltdown, moving our public funds into our own banks is an investment we can hardly afford not to make.</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=RP%2B0h0c8ZL8JPMdLEQUGi%2BxeOWdNvh1U" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie): Life Inside the Boom</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>Laura Gottesdiener, TomDispatch:</strong> In the US heartland, thousands of workers shaken loose from other worlds have been heading for boom times in North Dakota and elsewhere in our fracklands. The author reports from the front lines of this fossil fuel extraction boom.</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=5Ymfh5fbRbrsgRYym2gUYexeOWdNvh1U" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sunshine State Uses Fees to Prevent Sun From Shining on Judicial Records</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>Alison Fitzgerald, The Center for Public Integrity:</strong> When the Center for Public Integrity requested records from Florida's 17th judicial circuit regarding the procedures and policies surrounding foreclosure cases, officials were more than happy to comply - for a price. A price of $132,348, to be exact.</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=rGeqRQ5V9ykosoh7Ul66gYMhraqRDCtV" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pollution Inequality Worse Than Income Inequality in the US, 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> Most of us know how bad income inequality has become in the United States, but pollution inequality is even worse; researchers have discovered a new way to see the features hidden deep under water; humans aren't the only multilingual species; and more.</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>Paul Kiel, ProPublica:</strong> USA Discounters, promising to change how it pursues military debtors, will now be known as USA Living. The Virginia-based retailer was the focus of an investigation in July into its lending practices to service members.</p>
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