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t r u t h o u t | 02.11
Hottest Year Ever
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29014-hottest-year-ever
Bruce Melton, Truthout: The 2014 average global temperature was "very likel=
y" the highest ever recorded, but only by a little bit. Still, regardless o=
f how global temperatures are calculated and the IPCC uses statistical lang=
uage, climate change is real, the Greenland ice sheet is melting and sea le=
vels are rising.
Protesters Crash FCC as GOP Scrambles Against Net Neutrality
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29075-protesters-crash-fcc-as-gop-scrambles-=
against-net-neutrality=20
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Growing public support for net neutrality has put Re=
publican lawmakers and the telecom industry in a tough political spot, and =
now they are desperately trying to win back public opinion as the vote on t=
he FCC's plan quickly approaches.
New Book Showcases FBI Efforts to Sabotage the US Left
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/28957-new-book-showcases-fbi-efforts-to-s=
abotage-the-us-left
Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: The FBI saw the development of Maoist political=
groups during the late 1960s and early 1970s as extremely threatening, and=
according to Heavy Radicals authors, utilized numerous tactics to undermin=
e their effectiveness, including infiltration, disruption and the smearing =
of leaders and members as traitors, liars and untrustworthy partners.
Uruguay in Haiti: The Poorest President of a Mercenary Army?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29011-uruguay-in-haiti-the-poorest-presi=
dent-of-a-mercenary-army
Fernando Moyano, Truthout: Uruguay's Mujica government now faces a dilemma:=
to act as a "Praetorian Guard" of a dictatorship in Haiti, or use a law ap=
proved by parliament in December (proposed by Jos=C3=A9 Mujica himself) con=
taining the option of a complete troop withdrawal.
Ellen Brown | Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition=
or a Better Mousetrap?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29054-why-public-banks-outperform-private-ba=
nks-unfair-competition-or-a-better-mousetrap
Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog: Public banks in North Dakota, Germany an=
d Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. Und=
er the TPP and TTIP, however, publicly owned banks on both sides of the Atl=
antic might wind up getting sued for unfair competition because they have a=
dvantages not available to private banks.
Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29057-scientists-we-cannot-geoengineer-o=
ur-way-out-of-the-climate-crisis
Zo=C3=AB Carpenter, The Nation: So far there is no official program in the =
United States to support geoengineering research, although some scientists =
have received limited funding. But a new National Academy of Sciences repor=
t has spurred discussion of the possibility of attaining more deliberate fe=
deral funding.
Eleven Black Caucus Members Opt Out of Netanyahu's Speech
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29074-rep-hank-johnson-it-s-not-just-abou=
t-netanyahu-dissing-our-black-president=20
Robert Naiman, Truthout: Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus rec=
ently denounced the Israeli prime minister's disrespect for Obama and for t=
he people of the United States. As more Democrats drop off the attendance l=
ist, the audience for Netanyahu's proposed speech to Congress is shaping up=
to be largely Republican - and almost completely white.
We Need a New Marshall Plan for the Middle East
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/29076-we-need-a-new-marshall-plan-for=
-the-middle-east=20
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: The only way we can permane=
ntly defeat the al-Qaeda and ISIS death cults is by showing the people who =
believe in those death cults that they're wrong. We need to dial back the m=
ilitary and ramp up the economic aid.
After Months of Protest, NYPD Officer Charged for Fatal Shooting of Unarmed=
Black Man Akai Gurley
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29062-after-months-of-protest-nypd-offic=
er-charged-for-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-black-man-akai-gurley
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: After months of demonst=
rations calling for justice, a New York City Police Department officer has =
been indicted for the fatal shooting of unarmed African-American Akai Gurle=
y last November. A grand jury elected to charge Officer Peter Liang with ma=
nslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault and official misconduct.
Clear Proof Obama's Surveillance Oversight Board Is a Pathetic Sideshow
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29053-clear-proof-obama-s-surveillance-o=
versight-board-is-a-pathetic-sideshow
Bill Blunden, AlterNet: In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations, Presid=
ent Obama made a big show of ordering changes to how US spies operate. Sadl=
y, the reforms implemented by the US intelligence community reveal that Whi=
te House officials have opted for cosmetic gestures.
Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pennsylvania Pipeline
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29056-marcellus-life-a-native-american-prote=
st-to-stop-a-pa-pipeline
Natasha Khan, PublicSource: Chief Carlos Whitewolf beat a small hand drum a=
nd sang a Native American prayer for Mother Earth in the cold January air i=
n Hershey, Pennsylvania. Whitewolf, chief of the Northern Arawak Tribal Nat=
ion of Pennsylvania, was there to protest the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline pro=
ject in nearby Lancaster County.
The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in Kurdista=
n
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29059-the-no-state-solution-institutionalizi=
ng-libertarian-socialism-in-kurdistan
Alexander Kolokotronis, New Politics: In what many outside of the territory=
are referring to as the "Rojava revolution," a major shift in political ph=
ilosophy has taken place in Kurdistan. Yet, this shift is not limited to th=
e region of Rojava, or what many call Syrian or Western Kurdistan.
The Obama Budget: Weak on Reproductive Health
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29055-the-obama-budget-weak-on-reproducti=
ve-health
Andrea Flynn, Next New Deal: With investments in infrastructure, education =
and economic supports for the middle class, the funding plan aims to lift u=
p low-income families and address the growing class divide. But President O=
bama has fallen short on one area that is critical to women and families: r=
eproductive health.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
The Problem Is Much Bigger Than Brian Williams: Corporate News Is Not Trust=
worthy
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/us-has-become-a-nation-where-=
tv-news-celebrities-are-more-important-than-the-news
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: For-profit, corporate news is about sus=
taining a self-serving narrative, not about broadcasting news that matters.
ISIS War to Extend Far Beyond Iraq and Syria Under Obama's Proposed Plan
Read the Article at The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/10/obama-plan-war-against-isis-=
syria-iraq=20
Man Charged in Deaths of Three Muslim Students Near University of North Car=
olina, Chapel Hill Campus
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/us/muslim-student-shootings-north-carolin=
a.html?_r=3D0=20
"Made in the USA" Just a Political Slogan to Conservatives
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/made-in-the-usa-just-a-politi=
cal-slogan-to-conservatives
The FBI Really Doesn't Want Anyone to Know About "Stingray" Use by Local Co=
ps
Read the Article at Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/fbi-really-doesnt-want-anyone-to=
-know-about-stingray-use-by-local-cops/=20
Our Addiction to Fossil Fuels Is a Bridge to Nowhere
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/our-addiction-to-fossil-fuels=
-is-a-bridge-to-nowhere
Jails Have Become Warehouses for the Poor, Ill and Addicted, a Report Says
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/us/jails-have-become-warehouses-for-the-p=
oor-ill-and-addicted-a-report-says.html=20
New Details Emerge on Lynchings in Jim Crow South
Read the Article at Al Jazeera America
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/10/new-report-on-lynchings-in-=
jim-crow-south.html
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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 Problem Is Much Bigger Than Brian Williams: Corporate News Is Not Trustworthy</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>For-profit, corporate news is about sustaining a self-serving narrative, not about broadcasting news that matters.</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>ISIS War to Extend Far Beyond Iraq and Syria Under Obama's Proposed Plan</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=N2pjkjmgnq3OgkP3BY6CJ2eKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Article at The Guardian</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Man Charged in Deaths of Three Muslim Students Near University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Campus</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KVbK0S0OP4FCe3c8tEzjX2eKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>"Made in the USA" Just a Political Slogan to Conservatives</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S561Yvy8lpN9ZJO08qDsu2eKQOtE17aM"><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>The FBI Really Doesn't Want Anyone to Know About "Stingray" Use by Local Cops</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CHGcYfrt5ceDE%2FTsxUWDomeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Article at Ars Technica</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 Addiction to Fossil Fuels Is a Bridge to Nowhere</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8fBUIxqPFtsUgsiGGLkf5meKQOtE17aM"><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>Jails Have Become Warehouses for the Poor, Ill and Addicted, a Report Says</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tkDhs66PKZL96TjeLNgODmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Article at The New York Times</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 Details Emerge on Lynchings in Jim Crow South</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qyTMlTdJ5PleZ7FsVcQxSmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Article at Al Jazeera America</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>Bruce Melton, Truthout:</strong> The 2014 average global temperature was "very likely" the highest ever recorded, but only by a little bit. Still, regardless of how global temperatures are calculated and the IPCC uses statistical language, climate change is real, the Greenland ice sheet is melting and sea levels are rising.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UlwPFNV%2By1BsePodYOzUm2eKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HsWf7fDsQ70KNc6%2FbDbeUmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Protesters Crash FCC as GOP Scrambles Against Net Neutrality</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> Growing public support for net neutrality has put Republican lawmakers and the telecom industry in a tough political spot, and now they are desperately trying to win back public opinion as the vote on the FCC's plan quickly approaches.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hpUNDp4N8ngs17Pjko2IEmeKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=O4tDvRrUlJWKAYgfUyQdWWeKQOtE17aM"><strong>New Book Showcases FBI Efforts to Sabotage the US Left</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>Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout:</strong> The FBI saw the development of Maoist political groups during the late 1960s and early 1970s as extremely threatening, and according to <i>Heavy Radicals</i> authors, utilized numerous tactics to undermine their effectiveness, including infiltration, disruption and the smearing of leaders and members as traitors, liars and untrustworthy partners.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=93TL%2FB2p2oD7o3JoZAcU%2BmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Read the Review</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pFiWKaRio%2Be9gM8o7FIsmmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Uruguay in Haiti: The Poorest President of a Mercenary Army?</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>Fernando Moyano, Truthout:</strong> Uruguay's Mujica government now faces a dilemma: to act as a "Praetorian Guard" of a dictatorship in Haiti, or use a law approved by parliament in December (proposed by José Mujica himself) containing the option of a complete troop withdrawal.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=n3RjezIHnNyuqTcZNVP9lWeKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BHsI4%2FhxaYkCelibW%2FeeZmeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Ellen Brown | Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition or a Better Mousetrap?</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> Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. Under the TPP and TTIP, however, publicly owned banks on both sides of the Atlantic might wind up getting sued for unfair competition because they have advantages not available to private banks.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZI8Sb0V%2FBaNbNFoJKvO6MGeKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GU%2F2SEOsSjX9K3hZoE0IsGeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis</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>Zoë Carpenter, The Nation:</strong> So far there is no official program in the United States to support geoengineering research, although some scientists have received limited funding. But a new National Academy of Sciences report has spurred discussion of the possibility of attaining more deliberate federal funding.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=eERvoxClIgaE1mW%2FCSmbaVYIGF4gDpmn"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4wwUdNns4%2FNrARM4sAqWgWeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Eleven Black Caucus Members Opt Out of Netanyahu's Speech</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>Robert Naiman, Truthout:</strong> Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus recently denounced the Israeli prime minister's disrespect for Obama and for the people of the United States. As more Democrats drop off the attendance list, the audience for Netanyahu's proposed speech to Congress is shaping up to be largely Republican - and almost completely white.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hgyW8hLVCTlM16tNTF1ivGeKQOtE17aM"><strong>We Need a New Marshall Plan for the Middle East</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> The only way we can permanently defeat the al-Qaeda and ISIS death cults is by showing the people who believe in those death cults that they're wrong. We need to dial back the military and ramp up the economic aid.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ikJDlIIloEPlIPOCDwv9V2eKQOtE17aM"><strong>After Months of Protest, NYPD Officer Charged for Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Man Akai Gurley</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 and Juan González, Democracy Now!:</strong> After months of demonstrations calling for justice, a New York City Police Department officer has been indicted for the fatal shooting of unarmed African-American Akai Gurley last November. A grand jury elected to charge Officer Peter Liang with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault and official misconduct.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LiohDYR%2FdHs7jyXAWw4IlmeKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0avsyrFeD8LEyo1Ivv%2FUq1YIGF4gDpmn"><strong>Clear Proof Obama's Surveillance Oversight Board Is a Pathetic Sideshow</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>Bill Blunden, AlterNet:</strong> In the aftermath of the Snowden revelations, President Obama made a big show of ordering changes to how US spies operate. Sadly, the reforms implemented by the US intelligence community reveal that White House officials have opted for cosmetic gestures.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NBYwTQANACCY0zbx8zByy2eKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ia7bUmCLeDPfpCT5BN58AGeKQOtE17aM"><strong>Marcellus Life: A Native American Protest to Stop a Pennsylvania Pipeline</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>Natasha Khan, PublicSource:</strong> Chief Carlos Whitewolf beat a small hand drum and sang a Native American prayer for Mother Earth in the cold January air in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Whitewolf, chief of the Northern Arawak Tribal Nation of Pennsylvania, was there to protest the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project in nearby Lancaster County.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Hw1uT1UFMKfwGjDyJL2ex2eKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2JQlthUUIV0u0mG7tWHa82eKQOtE17aM"><strong>The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in Kurdistan</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>Alexander Kolokotronis, New Politics:</strong> In what many outside of the territory are referring to as the "Rojava revolution," a major shift in political philosophy has taken place in Kurdistan. Yet, this shift is not limited to the region of Rojava, or what many call Syrian or Western Kurdistan.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=O1VaCm4eeP8GuJXTKneB9GeKQOtE17aM"><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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aYR03yIKSSZo8DsEtxCdUWeKQOtE17aM"><strong>The Obama Budget: Weak on Reproductive Health</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>Andrea Flynn, Next New Deal:</strong> With investments in infrastructure, education and economic supports for the middle class, the funding plan aims to lift up low-income families and address the growing class divide. But President Obama has fallen short on one area that is critical to women and families: reproductive health.</p>
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