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Sarah Jaffe | The Resurgence of the Public Education Nation
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t r u t h o u t | 10.17
Sarah Jaffe | The Resurgence of the Public Education Nation
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26851-the-movement-for-public-education-at-a-crossroads
Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: Opposition to the Common Core standards is growing nationwide, and despite salacious headlines, much of it is coming from teachers and parents opposed to overtesting. But the growing movement against corporate-style education reform comes together around the question: What are we for?
Filmmaker Sheds Light on "Valiant," Greek-Born Hero of the Ludlow Massacre
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26859-interview-with-lambrini-thoma
Vassiliki Siouti, Truthout: Filmmaker Lambrini Thoma and director Nick Ventouras have traced the life and untimely heroic death of Louis Tikas, a legendary figure of the labor movement in the early 20th century. Truthout interviews Thoma about the film and the state of labor in Greece today.
Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26881-charter-school-power-broker-turns-public-education-into-private-profits
Marian Wang, ProPublica: Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman who celebrates the power of the free market. Every year, millions of public education dollars flow through Mitchell's chain of four nonprofit charter schools to for-profit companies he controls.
The Future of Work, Leisure and Consumption
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26878-the-future-of-work-leisure-and-consumption
Staff, Dollars & Sense: Economist Juliet Schor is known worldwide for her research on the interrelated issues of work, leisure, and consumption. Her books on these themes include "The Overworked American," "The Overspent American" and "The New Consumer." She discusses her research on these economic trends.
In Historic Police Brutality Case, Family of Homeless Denver Pastor Killed in Custody Awarded $4.6 Million
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26886-in-historic-police-brutality-case-family-of-homeless-denver-pastor-killed-in-custody-awarded-4-6-million
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: As Denver faces a string of police brutality cases, a federal jury has awarded a historic $4.6 million in damages to the family of a homeless preacher killed while he was in the booking area of the Denver jail.
Laura Flanders | Shifting Syria Threats
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26882-shifting-syria-threats
Laura Flanders, GRITtv: The US is under pressure to respond to allegations of war crimes in connection with its air strikes on Syria. But how do you assess disproportionate harm when this entire assault is disproportionate and premised on undefined threats?
War on Witches: Reagan Judge Denounces Myth of Voter Fraud
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26883-war-on-witches-reagan-judge-denounces-myth-of-voter-fraud
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: Voter ID is "a mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise voters," federal appellate Judge Richard Posner wrote in a scorching dissent published October 10. "If the Wisconsin Legislature says witches are a problem, shall Wisconsin courts be permitted to conduct witch trials?"
Economic Update: Economic Realities
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26862-economic-update-economic-realities
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episode analyzes the implications of Walmart shifting medical insurance costs onto US taxpayers, the Pew report on payday loans, US child poverty, the Obama administration's support for Amazon against workers, and profits and death from opioids. Topics of major discussion include the medical-industrial complex, the manufacturing "renaissance" fantasy, "socialism's" different meanings and the remarkable economics of the US securities industry.
Here Come the Rain and Drought
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/26884-here-come-the-rain-and-drought
Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords: A raft of new research makes it clear that there's going to be nowhere to hide from the devastation wrought by climate chaos. Many coastal regions must start bracing for frequent floods as key freshwater sources are drying up elsewhere.
An Unprofitable Disease: In the Political Economy of Ebola, Who Lives and Who Dies?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/26887-an-unprofitable-disease-in-the-political-economy-of-ebola-who-lives-and-who-dies
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: Science writer Leigh Phillips is calling for a socialization of pharmaceutical research and production due to the political and economic circumstances of the spread of Ebola. Phillips says that using revenues from profitable drugs to subsidize research for unprofitable drugs would reduce the costs of vaccines and their development.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Poor Even Get Gouged for a Bed to Sleep in
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-poor-even-get-gouged-for-a-bed-to-sleep-in
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Entrepreneurs have now figured out - through exorbitant consumer rental fees - how to financially exploit a population that is barely surviving.
More Than 48 Million Americans Live in Poverty, Census Bureau Reports
Read the Article at CNN
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/16/news/economy/48-million-americans-poverty-census-bureau/
Our Souls Turned Into Weapons
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/our-souls-turned-into-weapons
"More Money Than I Could Count": Mitch McConnell's Very Special Relationship With Lobbyists
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/mitch-mcconnell-k-street-lobbyists-senate
Ooh Rah! Republicans Bray That We Won the War
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/ooh-rah-republicans-bray-that-we-won-the-war
New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking
Read the Article at EcoWatch
http://www.ecowatch.com/2014/10/16/evidence-fracking-earthquakes/
Leaked TPP Chapter Exposes Sweet Deals for Big Pharma and US Bully Tactics
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/16/leaked-tpp-chapter-exposes-sweet-deals-big-pharma-and-us-bully-tactics
David Swanson | A Different War-Is-Good-for-Us Argument
Read the Article at World Beyond War
http://www.worldbeyondwar.org/different-war-good-us-argument/
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Poor Even Get Gouged for a Bed to Sleep in </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>Entrepreneurs have now figured out - through exorbitant consumer rental fees - how to financially exploit a population that is barely surviving.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pz6GojjTzlyEe8R2OnEFWjAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>More Than 48 Million Americans Live in Poverty, Census Bureau Reports</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=A6xr6HiuYjVb8tUJnYxLDTAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at CNN</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our Souls Turned Into Weapons</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=br%2BqZja75q93%2BeHgrziF9TAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"More Money Than I Could Count": Mitch McConnell's Very Special Relationship With Lobbyists</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=httkUXeLLcHEIDetQapH4gEG5xW7QP5c" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Ooh Rah! Republicans Bray That We Won the War</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XvYS4MBFw4k52nO6cGsjwzAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>New Evidence Links Earthquakes to Fracking</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IUctCzLZ7Nw43WOYnJrxBzAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at EcoWatch</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Leaked TPP Chapter Exposes Sweet Deals for Big Pharma and US Bully Tactics</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wmLrYzvG9GNAykzF0YjY6AEG5xW7QP5c" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Common Dreams</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>David Swanson | A Different War-Is-Good-for-Us Argument</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rKvTXhjVk8r8iOJ%2BWWOWGjAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at World Beyond War</strong></a></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=poPfIp1lOm1lGMgDqV284DAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Sarah Jaffe | The Resurgence of the Public Education Nation</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>Sarah Jaffe, Truthout:</strong> Opposition to the Common Core standards is growing nationwide, and despite salacious headlines, much of it is coming from teachers and parents opposed to overtesting. But the growing movement against corporate-style education reform comes together around the question: What are we for?</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=4Verg0gNykrZVlEbS5vvXwEG5xW7QP5c" 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=7mTP0%2FjE6LemWzX4m4NTjjAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Filmmaker Sheds Light on "Valiant," Greek-Born Hero of the Ludlow Massacre</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>Vassiliki Siouti, Truthout:</strong> Filmmaker Lambrini Thoma and director Nick Ventouras have traced the life and untimely heroic death of Louis Tikas, a legendary figure of the labor movement in the early 20th century. Truthout interviews Thoma about the film and the state of labor in Greece today.</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=f7783GQN4ohmoJ32XuLv9TAk3WMRz6dG" 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=Q7NuYT8NE01PZ9UR8pkNlTAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits</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>Marian Wang, ProPublica:</strong> Baker Mitchell is a politically connected North Carolina businessman who celebrates the power of the free market. Every year, millions of public education dollars flow through Mitchell's chain of four nonprofit charter schools to for-profit companies he controls.</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=0tNWBlVFah90x4sRL%2F8E0DAk3WMRz6dG" 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=6u%2Bpkqhbi39bAu%2BVK0RJUzAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Future of Work, Leisure and Consumption</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>Staff, Dollars & Sense:</strong> Economist Juliet Schor is known worldwide for her research on the interrelated issues of work, leisure, and consumption. Her books on these themes include <i>The Overworked American</i>, <i>The Overspent American</i> and <i>The New Consumer</i>. She discusses her research on these economic trends.</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=emXeti8Mm%2B0YK%2BSHhbOr%2FTAk3WMRz6dG" 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=t4S4PGMFq98L9voUrlSuYzAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In Historic Police Brutality Case, Family of Homeless Denver Pastor Killed in Custody Awarded $4.6 Million</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> As Denver faces a string of police brutality cases, a federal jury has awarded a historic $4.6 million in damages to the family of a homeless preacher killed while he was in the booking area of the Denver jail.</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=Yp4fPRGi3MB52bew962QbwEG5xW7QP5c" 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=oqLW8R%2BwHTvNXx3QcwkQWzAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Laura Flanders | Shifting Syria Threats</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 Flanders, GRITtv:</strong> The US is under pressure to respond to allegations of war crimes in connection with its air strikes on Syria. But how do you assess disproportionate harm when this entire assault is disproportionate and premised on undefined threats?</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=0sgCy8cTPe2qD1DbmJpnfjAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Listen to the Audio Segment 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=93VXUgpj9bKk%2FtdGrMFRvjAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>War on Witches: Reagan Judge Denounces Myth of Voter Fraud</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, PR Watch:</strong> Voter ID is "a mere fig leaf for efforts to disenfranchise voters," federal appellate Judge Richard Posner wrote in a scorching dissent published October 10. "If the Wisconsin Legislature says witches are a problem, shall Wisconsin courts be permitted to conduct witch trials?"</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=8AihmS5hEKFsBeVYBzS%2FGDAk3WMRz6dG" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </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>Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords:</strong> A raft of new research makes it clear that there's going to be nowhere to hide from the devastation wrought by climate chaos. Many coastal regions must start bracing for frequent floods as key freshwater sources are drying up elsewhere.</p>
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