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How the "Gold Standard" of Police Accountability Fails Civilians by Design
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"text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href=3D"http://org2.salsalabs.com/d=
ia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DrBheGDYay5w3JkEjGfwV%2FIbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Two Year=
s After West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion, Are Workers Any Safer? New=
Report Says No</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>Elizabeth Grossman, In These Times:</strong> Not only ar=
e catastrophic chemical accidents continuing to occur - and with disturbing=
frequency - but, according to a new report, facilities that use hazardous =
materials, communities and emergency personnel are lacking the information =
they need to respond.</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=3D241MmJWgBuXGkmb5SdAg8YbdCWDXqTf9"><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=3D2HDUEN0MKRJtxbfQeOQQD4bdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Did Slaves=
Catch Your Seafood?</strong></a></p>
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lor: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:=
1.1"><strong>Elizabeth O'Connell, OtherWords:</strong> There's no off=
icial data on how many men are enslaved on fishing boats in Thailand. The T=
hai government estimates that up to 300,000 people work in its fishing indu=
stry, 90 percent of whom are migrants - and therefore vulnerable to being d=
uped, trafficked and exploited.</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=3DPMsA0spcjbV54GhP%2BfJW%2B4bdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Re=
ad 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=3DR9u2nVNsVuor3PmfWEcj4YbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Will BRICS=
Carbon Traders Bailout Bankers' Climate Strategy?</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>Patrick Bond, Triple Crisis:</strong> The hope for our c=
ollective survival in the face of a likely climate catastrophe has been ves=
ted in a combination of multilateral emissions rearrangements and national =
regulation. But the premise behind the core strategy - the 1997 Kyoto Proto=
col - must be debated.</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=3Dq2uIG6npuuD33y7kGYzNm4bdCWDXqTf9"><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=3DsPcmnrkvrQqEWC8dUSJjP4bdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Cyclone Pa=
m Worsens Hardship in Port Vila's Urban Settlements</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>Catherine Wilson, Inter Press Service:</strong> Severe T=
ropical Cyclone Pam, which swept through the South Pacific Island state of =
Vanuatu in mid-March, has deepened hardships faced by people living in the =
informal settlements of the capital, Port Vila. According to the UN, Vanuat=
u has the most exposed population to natural disasters in the world.</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=3DVG8zZ5Xq42kH9C2DlcDaU4bdCWDXqTf9"><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=3D2TBYfCuzRaqsg1X5eE%2F5fobdCWDXqTf9"><strong>The War =
on (Poor) Women</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>Claire Goldstene, Inequality.org:</strong> The war on wo=
men, as enacted in the arena of reproductive politics, affects all women in=
its attempt to control women's lives by controlling their bodies. Ultimate=
ly, these policies punish women for being poor.</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=3D%2FrqYid12YHiVpzfIWtWWF4bdCWDXqTf9"><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=3D9lBXDKNKx7Ayyv%2BLQi%2FK5IbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>How Mu=
ch Student Testing Is Too Much?</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>Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers:</strong> Lawmakers s=
ay they're hearing a loud message about too much unnecessary testing. Congr=
ess will debate education this spring as lawmakers attempt to rewrite No Ch=
ild Left Behind, the law spelling out the federal role in public education.=
</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=3D1FoP0Z9ji4v0KIYSt%2Fn%2FyIbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Re=
ad 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=3DHdNN82fW1%2BjCFLPdwMGT94bdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Getting =
Better Organized: San Francisco's Fight for $15 and a Union</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>Carl Finamore, BeyondChron:</strong> San Francisco's wid=
ening income gap stands as the most extensive in the country and it is actu=
ally rated in the world alongside Rwanda when using the World Bank's povert=
y gap index. The demand for $15 an hour minimum wage is a specific, easily-=
understood and (most importantly) achievable demand.</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=3Dqq%2F2OBsT18WEx%2FBFPQguSobdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Re=
ad 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=3Def0UxL%2FQV3OYsxuZzh4x8IbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>781 Mill=
ion People Can't Read This Story</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>Kanya D'Almeida, Inter Press Service:</strong> As the UN=
moves closer to finalizing its Sustainable Development Goals, education ex=
perts around the world are pushing urgently for policies that direct all ne=
cessary funds, energy and action into the classrooms - where the futures of=
many developing nations will either be made or broken in the coming decade=
.</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=3D5jv5ZCk8qIBw5tcbpVepMIbdCWDXqTf9"><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=3DFvOBSZvG4UMCjh%2BPbMYqCYbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Air Forc=
e Base Names Homophobic, Anti-Semitic Chaplain as "Officer of the Year"</st=
rong></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>Mikey Weinstein, AlterNet:</strong> A simple Google sear=
ch for USAF Chaplain (Capt.) Sonny Chaplain Hernandez and a brief perusal o=
f his sermons indicate that the man is not only a fanatical, fundamentalist=
Christian supremacist, but he's also an egregious homophobe and classic an=
ti-Semite.</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=3DqW8UlnQV9oScvLD9ewKizYbdCWDXqTf9"><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=3DZg8NlFvjK1ScRExP0TCUG4bdCWDXqTf9"><strong>This week =
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>Leslie Thatcher</b> reviews the last two volumes of Vidar Sundst&o=
slash;l's haunting Minnesota Trilogy: <em>Only the Dead</em> and <em>The Ra=
vens</em>; the 260 groups of <b>Our Land, Our Business</b> decry the World =
Bank's exploitative "development" policies; the <b>Oakland Institute</b> do=
cuments testimony from several ethnic Ethiopian groups about forced displac=
ement; the <b>Institute of the Black World</b> has made international conne=
ctions in the movement for reparations for deprivations from slavery, colon=
ialism and legal segregation; <b>Ben Norton</b> conveys an open letter cond=
emning NYU's hiring of former Obama drone legal adviser Harold H. Koh; <b>D=
anica Jorden</b> pens an obituary for poet Eduardo Galeano and, in a separa=
te post, comments on Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's statement at t=
he Summit of the Americas that, "It is ridiculous [for the US] to consider =
any Latin American country a threat"; <b>Victor Grossman</b> reports on Ger=
many's Free Mumia movement and right-wing attacks on asylum seekers; <b>Tom=
Clifford</b> asserts three events in China two weeks ago amount to a world=
power shift; <b>Survival International</b> deplores the health disaster st=
riking a recently-contacted indigenous tribe in Brazil; and more.</p>
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om/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DBi7q%2Fpp7jAcqpHKtKb2TXYbdCWDXqTf9"><strong>Read=
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