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Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans
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t r u t h o u t | 05.08
Republicans Aim to Preempt Local Democracy, Target Fracking Bans
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30670-republicans-aim-to-preempt-local-democracy-targeting-fracking-bans
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Texas recently approved legislation gutting municipalities' authority and making the city of Denton's fracking ban unenforceable as part of a larger, ALEC-backed strategy to preempt local democracy nationally. Meanwhile, legal experts point to successful challenges to preemption of oil and gas regulations in other states.
New Literature Tackles Big Questions on Mass Incarceration
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30656-new-literature-tackles-big-questions-on-mass-incarceration
James Kilgore, Truthout: A wave of new literature on mass incarceration is emerging that both offers new information and casts a critical eye on our existing understandings. The four books discussed here constitute a distinct alternative to any temptation to define mass incarceration as simply a set of policy errors.
Greece: Will a Default Lead to "Grexit"?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30673-greece-will-a-default-lead-to-grexit
C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: Greece's liquidity crisis is much worse today than it has ever been since the debt crisis first broke out. Whether it quits the euro or not after a default, if there is one, will be a political rather than an economic decision made by the powers that be - the euromasters.
Noam Chomsky: The Crimes of Others
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30676-the-crimes-of-others
Dan Falcone and Saul Isaacson, Jacobin: Earlier this month, Dan Falcone and Saul Isaacson, both high school educators, sat down with Noam Chomsky in his Cambridge office. He spoke about Russia, the US media and the stories told to justify the United States' militarism.
Local Banks Have Vanished Since 2008. Why We Should Treat It as a National Crisis
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30677-one-in-four-local-banks-has-vanished-since-2008-why-we-should-treat-it-as-a-national-crisis
Stacy Mitchell, YES! Magazine: While megabanks make megabucks, local banks are financing businesses that create jobs and improve our well-being. But the share of the market held by community banks and credit unions has plummeted from 27 percent to 11 percent since 2008.
Dean Baker | Rising Trade Deficit Slows Job Growth in Manufacturing
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30692-rising-trade-deficit-slows-job-growth-in-manufacturing
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: The Labor Department reported the economy created 223,000 jobs in April. This is disappointing because the already weak March numbers were revised down by 41,000. Since the March numbers were down because of unusually bad weather, it was reasonable to expect more of a bounce back.
Obama to Visit Nike to Promote the TPP. Wait, Nike? Really?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30680-obama-to-visit-nike-to-promote-the-tpp-wait-nike-really
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: President Obama is scheduled to visit Nike's Oregon headquarters on Friday to promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Yes, Nike - a company that grew to billions by outsourcing jobs to overseas sweatshops and a company that sets up PO Box subsidiaries in tax havens to avoid paying US taxes.
Nonviolence for Whom?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30687-nonviolence-for-whom
Nathalie Baptiste, OtherWords: As cities erupt after decades of oppression and violence at the hands of police, calls for nonviolence can be deafening. "Violence isn't the answer," the moralists chide when protesters throw rocks and clash with police. They're right. But they're telling the wrong people.
The New Corrupt Elite That Is Running Our Economy
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30681-the-new-corrupt-elite-that-is-running-our-economy
Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet: Social anthropologist and author Janine Wedel has spent decades getting to the bottom of how powerful people wield influence. In her view, old ways of talking about formal systems of power and corruption don't begin to capture new realities.
French Peacekeeper Abuse Scandal Fits an Old Pattern of Impunity
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30684-french-peacekeeper-abuse-scandal-fits-an-old-pattern-of-impunity
Rosa Freedman, The Conversation: It has emerged that a UN senior humanitarian aid worker has been suspended for leaking an internal report on child abuse committed by French peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. The report shows that UN forces abused their power to prey on vulnerable individuals.
Richard D. Wolff | Economic Update: Children, Capitalism and Family Values
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30675-economic-update-children-capitalism-and-family-values
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episode provides updates on Kansas closing schools early, Gallup polls surveying the US wealth gap, average work weeks over 40 hours and ignorance about the USSR economy. We also respond to questions regarding public subsidies for private profits. Finally, we interview Dr. Harriet Fraad on children and families in US capitalism.
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Poor in the US Are "Envy of the World," Says Richest Congressman
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/07/news/economy/issa-poor/index.html
Read the Article at CNN
Scrap the Human Rights Act and Keep TTIP: Here's What You Voted for and Will Get With a Tory Government, Britain
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/scrap-the-human-rights-act-and-keep-ttip-heres-what-you-voted-for-and-will-get-with-a-tory-government-britain-10235374.html
Read the Article at The Independent
Yesterday Was the 151st Birthday of All-Around Feminist Badass Nellie Bly
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2015/05/its-nellie-blys-birthday
Read the Article at Mother Jones
California Senators Approve Ban on Grand Jury Investigations Into Police Deaths
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article20444133.html
Read the Article at The Sacramento Bee
Jeb Bush's Terrifying W. Strategy: How He's Sucking Up to Extremist Billionaires With the Help of the Worst President Ever
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/08/jeb_bushs_terrifying_w_strategy_how_hes_sucking_up_to_extremist_billionaires%E2%80%94with_the_help_of_the_worst_president_ever/?source=newsletter
Read the Article at Salon
Ben Carson: God Told Him Answers to His Chemistry Final in a Dream
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/05/ben-carson-god-told-him-answers-his
Read the Article at Crooks & Liars
Europe and US Mark VE Day Anniversary
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32619704
Read the Article at the BBC
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