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t r u t h o u t | 07.10
Widespread Public Support Bolsters Bill to End Restrictions on Abortion Cov=
erage
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31812-widespread-public-support-bolsters=
-bill-to-end-restrictions-on-abortion-coverage
Katie Klabusich, Truthout: The EACH Woman Act would nullify existing aborti=
on coverage bans like the Hyde Amendment at the state and federal levels an=
d prevent future laws from recreating the disparity in access between low-i=
ncome people and those with means.
Local Ohio Officials Petition Governor for Return of Their Right to Protect=
Citizens From Fracking
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31808-local-ohio-officials-petition-gove=
rnor-for-return-of-their-right-to-protect-citizens-from-fracking
Candice Bernd, Truthout: Following numerous losses for local control in Ohi=
o courts, more than 100 mayors, county commissioners and city councilors fr=
om cities across the state issued a letter to Gov. John Kasich calling for =
him to reestablish local authority to regulate and/or ban fracking.
Birthright Is Wrong
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31091-birthright-is-wrong
Sarah Rosenblatt, Truthout: In a program called Taglit-Birthright, funded e=
ntirely by Israeli colonization supporters, young adult Jews are sent on to=
ur to Israel for free and shielded from the hardships imposed on the Palest=
inians.
Report Says Girls Being Misdirected Into Juvenile Detention
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31806-report-says-girls-being-misdirecte=
d-into-juvenile-detention
Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity: A new report finds that the=
number of girls of color in juvenile justice systems nationally is "growin=
g disproportionately." In particular, victims of abuse are being funneled i=
nto youth prisons.
Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic "No" Vote
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31818-greece-yields-to-austerity-demands=
-just-days-after-historic-no-vote
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: Greek Prime Minister Al=
exis Tsipras has submitted a bailout proposal that includes harsh austerity=
measures just days after the Greek people rejected such measures in a hist=
oric referendum. The proposal submitted to Greece's creditors reportedly in=
cludes tax increases, pension cuts and the privatization of public assets.
Where Does Bernie Sanders Stand on Israeli Settlements in the West Bank?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31813-where-does-bernie-sanders-stand=
-on-israeli-settlements-in-the-west-bank
Robert Naiman, Truthout: It seems unlikely that major media will successful=
ly press Hillary Clinton to clarify her position on Israeli settlements in =
the West Bank unless the issue is raised by another candidate. Bernie Sande=
rs could find that the issue resonates among Democrats.
The Power of Persistence in New York City's Fight for Affordable Housing
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31807-the-power-of-persistence-in-new=
-york-city-s-fight-for-affordable-housing
Rebecca Nathanson, Waging Nonviolence: New York City's Rent Guidelines Boar=
d (RGB) votes yearly on rent increases for stabilized apartments. This year=
's vote was scheduled for late June. A combination of rent laws expiring an=
d the RGB vote has resulted in a period of heightened mobilization for tena=
nt organizations.
More Than 2,800 People Are Dead in Yemen, So Why Is the Media Silent?
www.truth-out.org/news/item/31809-more-than-2-800-people-are-dead-in-yemen-=
so-why-is-the-media-silent
Sophia Dingli, The Conversation: In the summer of 2014, our screens were in=
undated with videos of the carnage from the streets of Gaza. Compare this c=
overage to the almost universal silence on the ongoing war in Yemen, which =
is largely absent from our TV screens, Facebook and Twitter trending topics=
sections and the front pages of broadsheet papers.
Is Your Child Coloring With Asbestos?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31814-is-your-child-coloring-with-asbest=
os
Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: Some children's crayons - mark=
eted with colorful characters such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power R=
angers and Mickey Mouse - and contain cancer-causing, lung-damaging asbesto=
s fibers, according to a report released Wednesday.
Antonia Juhasz on $18.7 Billion Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31817-antonia-juhasz-on-18-7-billion-gul=
f-oil-spill-settlement
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: BP has reached an $18.7 bil=
lion settlement to resolve all government claims resulting from the 2010 De=
epwater Horizon explosion. If confirmed, it would be the largest environmen=
tal settlement in US history. But some groups have questioned if BP is payi=
ng enough.
Senator Grassley Demands Red Cross Disclose Haiti Spending - and Gives Them=
a Deadline
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31811-senator-grassley-demands-red-cross=
-disclose-haiti-spending-and-gives-them-a-deadline
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: Sen. Charles Grassley is demanding the American=
Red Cross explain how it spent nearly half a billion dollars raised after =
the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The "disappointed" Judiciary Committee chairman =
wants a detailed breakdown of spending on projects, overhead and other issu=
es.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Rock Music Used to Celebrate Upending the Status Quo; Now It Shills for Cor=
porations
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Rock music became a financial juggernau=
t, and businesses began to co-opt it.
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/rock-music-used-to-celebrate-=
upending-the-status-quo-now-it-shills-for-corporations
South Carolina Lowers Confederate Flag and an Era Ends
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/us/south-carolina-confederate-flag.html
Read the Article at The New York Times
Jim Hightower: Why a New Jersey Puffer Fish Should Not Be President=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/why-a-new-jersey-puffer-fish-=
should-not-be-president
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Here's Why All the Bees Are Dying
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/07/climate-change-killing-bumbl=
ebees
Read the Article at Mother Jones
Activists in Ferguson Broaden Scope, Unveil "Power Behind the Police"
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/activists-in-ferguson-broaden-sco=
pe-unveil-power-behind-the-police-20150709#ixzz3fR9T8RaP
Read the Article at Rolling Stone
Unbridled Capitalism Is the "Dung of the Devil," Says Pope Francis=20
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/10/poor-must-change-new-coloniali=
sm-of-economic-order-says-pope-francis?CMP=3Dema_565
Read the Article at the Guardian
How Washington Helped Create Puerto Rico's Staggering Debt Crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/puerto-ricos-problems-can-of=
ten-be-traced-to-one-source-washington/2015/07/09/2cbd401e-21cd-11e5-84d5-e=
b37ee8eaa61_story.html
Read the Article at The Washington Post
The TSA's 12 Signs You Might Be a Terrorist
http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/07/09/tsas-12-signs-you-might-be-a-terroris=
t
Read the Article at Reason
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<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>Rock music became a financial juggernaut, and businesses began to co-opt it.</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=P%2BfqK1XxNDu1nXpAjo4xW%2F11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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>Here's Why All the Bees Are Dying</strong></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>Activists in Ferguson Broaden Scope, Unveil "Power Behind the Police"</strong></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>Unbridled Capitalism Is the "Dung of the Devil," Says Pope Francis </strong></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>How Washington Helped Create Puerto Rico's Staggering Debt Crisis</strong></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>The TSA's 12 Signs You Might Be a Terrorist</strong></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>Katie Klabusich, Truthout:</strong> The EACH Woman Act would nullify existing abortion coverage bans like the Hyde Amendment at the state and federal levels and prevent future laws from recreating the disparity in access between low-income people and those with means.</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=CsBCs5ttPWsZ%2BeKCmXKRnf11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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=eausL43OZV5Ai7mLxDMZSv11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>Local Ohio Officials Petition Governor for Return of Their Right to Protect Citizens From Fracking</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>Candice Bernd, Truthout:</strong> Following numerous losses for local control in Ohio courts, more than 100 mayors, county commissioners and city councilors from cities across the state issued a letter to Gov. John Kasich calling for him to reestablish local authority to regulate and/or ban fracking.</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=3v4KSlI92hfwwa%2BipE0GJf11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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>Sarah Rosenblatt, Truthout:</strong> In a program called Taglit-Birthright, funded entirely by Israeli colonization supporters, young adult Jews are sent on tour to Israel for free and shielded from the hardships imposed on the Palestinians.</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=Mbwfnij8WVOohQZWZYsIMcdiCcqEVdV8"><strong>Read the Comic</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=MCFoWpw0hP1fUcnDzGK5qf11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>Report Says Girls Being Misdirected Into Juvenile Detention</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>Susan Ferriss, The Center for Public Integrity:</strong> A new report finds that the number of girls of color in juvenile justice systems nationally is "growing disproportionately." In particular, victims of abuse are being funneled into youth prisons.</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=lujnL%2BqNTYaSsYERiHYMef11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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=Wk%2Fs0mZsS8AUfZhpzUkzKf11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>Greece Yields to Austerity Demands Just Days After Historic "No" Vote</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> Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has submitted a bailout proposal that includes harsh austerity measures just days after the Greek people rejected such measures in a historic referendum. The proposal submitted to Greece's creditors reportedly includes tax increases, pension cuts and the privatization of public assets.</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=SonDKYshLH2CIZVb4pJEL%2F11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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=L7k8XnVg4Ocj13xWFncpvf11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>Where Does Bernie Sanders Stand on Israeli Settlements in the West Bank?</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> It seems unlikely that major media will successfully press Hillary Clinton to clarify her position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank unless the issue is raised by another candidate. Bernie Sanders could find that the issue resonates among Democrats.</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=UIoBG%2F8j%2BiFbfSaziGfA4f11LKYs%2Bm9N"><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>Rebecca Nathanson, Waging Nonviolence:</strong> New York City's Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) votes yearly on rent increases for stabilized apartments. This year's vote was scheduled for late June. A combination of rent laws expiring and the RGB vote has resulted in a period of heightened mobilization for tenant organizations.</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=D69tE4bUzJ1EjDXm3ikrLP11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>More Than 2,800 People Are Dead in Yemen, So Why Is the Media Silent?</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>Sophia Dingli, The Conversation:</strong> In the summer of 2014, our screens were inundated with videos of the carnage from the streets of Gaza. Compare this coverage to the almost universal silence on the ongoing war in Yemen, which is largely absent from our TV screens, Facebook and Twitter trending topics sections and the front pages of broadsheet papers.</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=EVSXRI9q4sY3QE51ANfynP11LKYs%2Bm9N"><strong>Is Your Child Coloring With Asbestos?</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>Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News:</strong> Some children's crayons - marketed with colorful characters such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers and Mickey Mouse - contain cancer-causing, lung-damaging asbestos fibers, according to a report released Wednesday.</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>Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!:</strong> BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement to resolve all government claims resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. If confirmed, it would be the largest environmental settlement in US history. But some groups have questioned if BP is paying enough.</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>Justin Elliott, ProPublica:</strong> Sen. Charles Grassley is demanding the American Red Cross explain how it spent nearly half a billion dollars raised after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The "disappointed" Judiciary Committee chairman wants a detailed breakdown of spending on projects, overhead and other issues.</p>
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