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Maya Schenwar | How "Hate" Lets Us Off the Hook
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t r u t h o u t | 04.05
Maya Schenwar | How "Hate" Lets Us Off the Hook
http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/30022-how-hate-lets-us-off-the-h=
ook=20
Maya Schenwar, Truthout: The authors of Considering Hate talk about our cur=
rent frameworks for thinking about violence - and show how a transformative=
imagination, built on compassion and an acknowledgement of interdependence=
, can guide our way forward.
Five Reasons Why San Francisco Needs to Use Public Lands for Public Benefit=
, Not Luxury Housing
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29893-5-reasons-why-san-francisco-needs-to-u=
se-public-lands-for-public-benefit-and-not-luxury-housing-plus-ways-to-get-=
there=20
Joseph Smooke and Dyan Ruiz, Truthout and [people. power. media]: One of th=
e most delusional ways San Francisco is addressing its housing crisis is to=
use half of its surplus land for market-rate housing. The second and last =
part of this series shows the most important public policy priority is to s=
et the land aside and reserve it to address the crisis.
In Strange Twist of History, Black Activist Charged With "Lynching"
http://truth-out.org/news/item/29998-in-strange-twist-of-history-black-acti=
vist-charged-with-lynching=20
Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Truthout: Maile Hampton, a young Black woman protes=
ting against violence, has been charged with "lynching" for allegedly remov=
ing someone from police custody. The California statute charging her with t=
he crime is linked to historical crimes against Black citizens by police an=
d vigilantes.
The "Two-Sizes-Fits-All" Approach to Bilingual Education Doesn't Work
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/30027-the-two-sizes-fits-all-approach-to-=
bilingual-education-doesn-t-work=20
Ramin Farahmandpur, Truthout: An Oregon bill limits English language learne=
rs (ELL) instruction to four and seven years, ignoring the instructional ne=
eds of linguistically and culturally diverse ELL students. Adopting a "two-=
sizes-fits-all" approach to English language acquisition ignores what resea=
rch tells us is optimal for ELL students to achieve English proficiency.
Prolific Pardoner? Obama Grants Clemency to 22 Prisoners Last Week, but Has=
Denied Thousands
http://truth-out.org/news/item/30035-prolific-pardoner-obama-grants-clemenc=
y-to-22-prisoners-last-week-but-has-denied-thousands=20
Annie Waldman, ProPublica: President Obama commuted the sentences of 22 peo=
ple last week, doubling the number of commutations he has granted during hi=
s administration in just one day. Yet Obama has granted fewer petitions for=
pardon than the four preceding presidents at similar points during their a=
dministrations.=20
Congressional Budget Plans Get Two-Thirds of Cuts From Programs for People =
With Low or Moderate Incomes
http://truth-out.org/news/item/30036-congressional-budget-plans-get-two-thi=
rds-of-cuts-from-programs-for-people-with-low-or-moderate-incomes=20
Richard Kogan and Isaac Shapiro, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Ea=
ch budget plan adopted in March by the House Budget Committee and the Senat=
e Budget Committee derives more than two-thirds of its non-defense budget c=
uts from programs for people with low or modest incomes, even though these =
programs constitute less than one-quarter of federal program costs. =20
Quebec: Students, Solidarity Strikes and Shutting Down Austerity at the Poi=
nt of Production
http://truth-out.org/news/item/30037-quebec-students-solidarity-strikes-and=
-shutting-down-austerity-at-the-point-of-production=20
Jonathan Leavitt, Toward Freedom: The Printemp 2015 campaign is uniting str=
iking student unions in Quebec with 400,000 public sector workers in contra=
ct negotiations for a province-wide "social strike" May 1. The goal of the =
strike is to preserve health care and education as public goods and reject =
austerity and privatization.
Why North Carolina's "Religious Freedom" Bill Is Even Worse Than Indiana's
http://truth-out.org/news/item/30039-why-north-carolina-s-religious-freedom=
-bill-is-even-worse-than-indiana-s=20
Chris Kromm, Facing South: A new measure proposed by North Carolina lawmake=
rs differs from federal law - and "religious freedom" laws in most other st=
ates - in at least one key respect: It makes it easier for individuals to c=
laim a law or policy is a threat to their religious beliefs and to sue in o=
rder to opt out of complying.
Guilty of Being Poor
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/30038-guilty-of-being-poor=20
Karen Dolan, OtherWords: When a community issues arrest warrants for more o=
ffenses than it has residents, something's deeply wrong. A democratic socie=
ty that purports "freedom and justice for all" can't coexist with one that =
profiles and criminalizes poor people and communities of color.
The Sweet Briar Dilemma: Will Predatory Lending Take Down More Colleges?
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/30040-the-sweet-briar-dilemma-will-predat=
ory-lending-take-down-more-colleges=20
Alan Smith, Next New Deal: Sweet Briar College in rural Virginia is slated =
to close, but one overlooked reason why is that predatory banking practices=
and bad financial deals played an important and nearly invisible role in p=
recipitating the school's budget crisis.=20
This week in Speakout: Reprieve staff spotlight how the expected trials at =
Guant=C3=A1namo have fallen to a new low; Survival International details ho=
w the World Wide Fund for Nature has failed to take action against the abus=
e of Baka "Pygmies" and their neighbors in southeast Cameroon by anti-poach=
ing squads, exactly one year after it received reports of their harassment;=
Jesse Hagopian presents Dr. Wayne Au's testimony to the Washington State H=
ouse Education Committee, in which Dr. Au opposes a bill that would link te=
acher evaluation to standardized test scores; Dr. John Geyman warns of the =
urgency of the latest privatization threat to Medicare; The Feminist Wire s=
taff urge support for Mumia Abu Jamal and his family as he struggles with h=
ealth problems; Karen Dolan highlights the alarming spread of the criminali=
zation of poverty; Winslow Myers reflects on how a major root cause of our =
collective shame originates in a paradigm of scarcity; David Ragland examin=
es how racism is part of US social ecology, often as unrecognized as the ai=
r we breathe; and more.
http://www.truth-out.org/speakout
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As Death Toll and Chaos Mount in Yemen, Red Cross Calls for Ceasefire
Read the Article at Common Dreams
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/05/death-toll-and-chaos-mount-yeme=
n-red-cross-calls-ceasefire
Study: Oil Dispersant Used in BP Spill Might Cause Damage to Both Human and=
Animal Respiration
Read the Article at the Times-Picayune
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/04/dispersant_used_in_bp_spi=
ll_mi.html=20
$828,000 Raised for Indiana Pizzeria That Said It Won't Cater Gay Weddings
Read the Los Angeles Times
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s-20150403-story.html
Amid Health Problems, Flint, Michigan, Residents Find State Water Control H=
ard to Swallow
Read the Article at Al Jazeera America
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/3/flint-residents-find-state-w=
ater-control-hard-to-swallow.html=20
Cop Cams Will Change Policing, but Maybe Not the Way You Think
Read the Article at the Huffington Post
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Guatemalans Deliberately Infected With STDs Sue Johns Hopkins University
Read the Article at CNN
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How the CIA Infiltrated the National Students Association
Read the Article at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2015/04/03/i_couldnt_help_but_be_surprised_these_vietn=
am_era_dirty_tricks_will_shock_you/?utm_source=3Dtwitter&utm_medium=3Dsocia=
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Damage to Both Human and Animal Respiration</strong></p>
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em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
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tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DV7s%2FmHAKmWAWjVp45xpTn2JG3=
8obCW02"><strong>Read the Article at the Times-Picayune</strong></a></p>
 
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em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>$828,000 Raised for Indiana Pizzeria That Said It =
Won't Cater Gay Weddings</strong></p>
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em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
, sans-serif"><a style=3D"text-decoration: none; color: #910000" href=3D"ht=
tp://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DSYtd%2Fi%2FA737%2B5PJuAX%2F=
1sGJG38obCW02"><strong>Read the Los Angeles Times</strong></a></p>
 
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em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helveti=
ca, sans-serif;"><strong>Amid Health Problems, Flint, Michigan, Residents F=
ind State Water Control Hard to Swallow</strong></p>
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G38obCW02"><strong>Read the Article at CNN</strong></a></p>
 
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ca, sans-serif;"><strong>How the CIA Infiltrated the National Students Asso=
ciation</strong></p>
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em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica=
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ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DvLcr%2FQLeFTIhgxFVwGZmU2JG38obCW02"><strong>Maya Sch=
enwar | How "Hate" Lets Us Off the Hook</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>Maya Schenwar, Truthout:</strong> The authors of <em>Con=
sidering Hate</em> talk about our current frameworks for thinking about vio=
lence - and show how a transformative imagination, built on compassion and =
an acknowledgement of interdependence, can guide our way forward.</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=3DaKoSOkiGM6jehdotSByY6GJG38obCW02"><strong>Read t=
he Interview</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=3DGfJ8G6PaE3727DkWSwLonWJG38obCW02"><strong>Five Reaso=
ns Why San Francisco Needs to Use Public Lands for Public Benefit, Not Luxu=
ry Housing</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>Joseph Smooke and Dyan Ruiz, Truthout and [people. power. med=
ia]:</strong> One of the most delusional ways San Francisco is address=
ing its housing crisis is to use half of its surplus land for market-rate h=
ousing. The second and last part of this series shows the most important pu=
blic policy priority is to set the land aside and reserve it to address the=
crisis.</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=3DishBbJ7o%2FpnA54e%2BDt3IAGJG38obCW02"><strong>Re=
ad the Article and Watch the Videos</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=3DlqIXNv1C6UG3%2B3q%2F0GB8dGJG38obCW02"><strong>In Str=
ange Twist of History, Black Activist Charged With "Lynching"</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>Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Truthout:</strong> Maile Hampton=
, a young Black woman protesting against violence, has been charged with "l=
ynching" for allegedly removing someone from police custody. The California=
statute charging her with the crime is linked to historical crimes against=
Black citizens by police and vigilantes.</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=3D1a9WcinT6bd%2FMzK0fUJ852JG38obCW02"><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=3DqTM8WrCMBV%2BBjl5I7brQ3mJG38obCW02"><strong>The "Two=
-Sizes-Fits-All" Approach to Bilingual Education Doesn't Work</strong></a><=
/p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Ramin Farahmandpur, Truthout:</strong> An Oregon bill li=
mits English language learners (ELL) instruction to four and seven years, i=
gnoring the instructional needs of linguistically and culturally diverse EL=
L students. Adopting a "two-sizes-fits-all" approach to English language ac=
quisition ignores what research tells us is optimal for ELL students to ach=
ieve English proficiency.</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=3DmglzCMnHx9Wp81mxyE%2BdYmJG38obCW02"><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=3DT9d0Xx29RuO5rclwLGZ78mJG38obCW02"><strong>Prolific P=
ardoner? Obama Grants Clemency to 22 Prisoners Last Week, but Has Denied Th=
ousands</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>Annie Waldman, ProPublica:</strong> President Obama comm=
uted the sentences of 22 people last week, doubling the number of commutati=
ons he has granted during his administration in just one day. Yet Obama has=
granted fewer petitions for pardon than the four preceding presidents at s=
imilar points during their administrations.</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=3DUHD0Jpiwc2qMv97Kd9lJ1WJG38obCW02"><strong>Read t=
he 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=3DYDlUZWepqBABDfUCuwgbL2JG38obCW02"><strong>Congressio=
nal Budget Plans Get Two-Thirds of Cuts From Programs for People With Low o=
r Moderate Incomes</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Richard Kogan and Isaac Shapiro, Center on Budget and Policy =
Priorities:</strong> Each budget plan adopted in March by the House Bu=
dget Committee and the Senate Budget Committee derives more than two-thirds=
of its non-defense budget cuts from programs for people with low or modest=
incomes, even though these programs constitute less than one-quarter of fe=
deral program costs.</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=3DQf6xbZSuuHSItg5izHUpTGJG38obCW02"><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=3DjpJIipwhk2GlrJVnAcSp32JG38obCW02"><strong>Quebec: St=
udents, Solidarity Strikes and Shutting Down Austerity at the Point of Prod=
uction</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>Jonathan Leavitt, Toward Freedom:</strong> The Printemp =
2015 campaign is uniting striking student unions in Quebec with 400,000 pub=
lic sector workers in contract negotiations for a province-wide "social str=
ike" May 1. The goal of the strike is to preserve health care and education=
as public goods and reject austerity and privatization.</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=3DnVRJcWAqsjmTbp%2FHgPqMO2JG38obCW02"><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=3Ds4mwbBdFoQNHHQa3z5%2Bj6GJG38obCW02"><strong>Why Nort=
h Carolina's "Religious Freedom" Bill Is Even Worse Than Indiana's</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>Chris Kromm, Facing South:</strong> A new measure propos=
ed by North Carolina lawmakers differs from federal law - and "religious fr=
eedom" laws in most other states - in at least one key respect: It makes it=
easier for individuals to claim a law or policy is a threat to their relig=
ious beliefs and to sue in order to opt out of complying.</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=3DJ9u6UDjp%2FLGkHqup9d6SyGJG38obCW02"><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=3DZnCCJ1KC%2FvxrjNSfG6lRXGJG38obCW02"><strong>Guilty o=
f Being Poor</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>Karen Dolan, OtherWords:</strong> When a community issue=
s arrest warrants for more offenses than it has residents, something's deep=
ly wrong. A democratic society that purports "freedom and justice for all" =
can't coexist with one that profiles and criminalizes poor people and commu=
nities of color.</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=3D30JAkuHuaaWFGV20js5cYmJG38obCW02"><strong>Read t=
he 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=3DotYpdY41OoP3WQuvKuiVd2JG38obCW02"><strong>The Sweet =
Briar Dilemma: Will Predatory Lending Take Down More Colleges?</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>Alan Smith, Next New Deal:</strong> Sweet Briar College =
in rural Virginia is slated to close, but one overlooked reason why is that=
predatory banking practices and bad financial deals played an important an=
d nearly invisible role in precipitating the school's budget crisis.</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=3DjuAciSt4fL8av6bVr1oFTWJG38obCW02"><strong>Read t=
he 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=3Dd2P7qyIz9cYvk%2FctCLQLFWJG38obCW02"><strong>This wee=
k in Speakout:</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"><b>Reprieve</b> staff spotlight how the expected trials at Guant&aacu=
te;namo have fallen to a new low; <b>Survival International</b> details how=
the World Wide Fund for Nature has failed to take action against the abuse=
of Baka "Pygmies" and their neighbors in southeast Cameroon by anti-poachi=
ng squads, exactly one year after it received reports of their harassment; =
<b>Jesse Hagopian</b> presents Dr. Wayne Au's testimony to the Washington S=
tate House Education Committee, in which Dr. Au opposes a bill that would l=
ink teacher evaluation to standardized test scores; <b>Dr. John Geyman</b> =
warns of the urgency of the latest privatization threat to Medicare; <b>The=
Feminist Wire</b> staff urge support for Mumia Abu Jamal and his family as=
he struggles with health problems; <b>Karen Dolan</b> highlights the alarm=
ing spread of the criminalization of poverty; <b>Winslow Myers</b> reflects=
on how a major root cause of our collective shame originates in a paradigm=
of scarcity; <b>David Ragland</b> examines how racism is part of US social=
ecology, often as unrecognized as the air we breathe; and more.</p>
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om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DpC7VS4YoZxvQlA9z%2Frv0bWJG38obCW02"><strong>Read=
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