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The US Should Eliminate Its Nuclear Arsenal
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t r u t h o u t | 08.01
Oaxaca, Mexico, Faces Police Militarization as Governor Acts to Preempt Edu=
cation Protests
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32114-oaxaca-mexico-faces-police-militar=
ization-as-governor-acts-to-preempt-education-protests
Renata Bessi and Santiago Navarro F., Truthout: Teachers and union members =
in Oaxaca, Mexico, are protesting national education mandates, which they s=
ay threaten the public education system and teachers' jobs. To prevent prot=
esters from exerting pressure on the government, police have militarized, u=
sing funding from a US-Mexican security partnership.
The US Should Eliminate Its Nuclear Arsenal - Not "Modernize" It
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32073-the-us-should-eliminate-its-nuc=
lear-arsenal-not-modernize-it
David Krieger, Truthout: On the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of=
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is past time for the United States to lead the =
world in negotiations to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons, rather=
than pursue current plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal.
Bacteria Making Meds in Wastewater Outflows
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32113-bacteria-making-meds-in-wastewater=
-outflows
Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: When researchers tested wastew=
ater before and after treatment at a Milwaukee-area treatment plant, they f=
ound that two drugs - the anti-epileptic carbamazepine and antibiotic oflox=
acin - came out at higher concentrations than they went in, suggesting the =
microbes that clean our water may also piece some pharmaceuticals back toge=
ther.
Family Detention Social Worker Speaks Out
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32106-family-detention-social-worker-=
speaks-out
Franco Ordo=C3=92ez, McClatchy DC: Olivia L=C3=9Bpez's story is a troubling=
counternarrative to the accounts given by federal officials and company re=
presentatives who describe the Karnes County Residential Center as a safe a=
nd comfortable place where mothers and children can stay during their asylu=
m proceedings.
Mexico's GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32107-mexico-s-gmo-corn-ban-and-glyphosa=
te-cancer-findings
Alfredo Acedo, CIP Americas Program: Genetically modified maize is of no us=
e to corn producers in Mexico. On the contrary, it would only worsen their =
deteriorated economy, and be a further cog in the wheel of a new slave syst=
em represented by the placement of agriculture in the hands of corporations=
.
Seven Things That Might Surprise You About California's Drought
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32129-seven-things-that-might-surprise-y=
ou-about-california-s-drought
Judy Molland, Care2: Residents of California are understandably worried abo=
ut the state's drought, according to a Care2 survey from earlier this year.=
But there are several pieces of misinformation, or at least not-quite-accu=
rate reports. Here's a list of seven things that might surprise you.
Senator to Red Cross: Where's the Transparency on Haiti?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32108-senator-to-red-cross-where-s-the-t=
ransparency-on-haiti
Justin Elliott, ProPublica: The American Red Cross met a deadline last week=
to answer congressional questions about how it spent nearly half a billion=
dollars donated after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the senator who posed=
the questions is not satisfied.
Israeli Think Tank With GOP Ties at Center of Iran Deal Opposition
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32109-israeli-think-tank-with-gop-ties-a=
t-center-of-iran-deal-opposition
Daniela Cheslow, McClatchy DC: The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is t=
he nerve center of an effort that will attack the Iran deal not just on the=
nuclear risk, but on its supposed enabling of Iran to expand support for m=
ilitant Islamic proxies in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and Yemen.
New Film Documents Indigenous Rights Violations in Malaysian Borneo
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32110-new-film-documents-indigenous-righ=
ts-violations-in-malaysian-borneo
Jettie Word, Earth Island Journal: The Sungai Asap village was promised a b=
etter life: better schools and housing, access to health care and adequate =
farmland. They believed that by agreeing to resettlement they could integra=
te into the rapidly developing Malaysian economy. More than 15 years later =
these families are still struggling to make a living.
The UN and Children in Armed Conflict: Playing Politics?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32112-the-un-and-children-in-armed-confl=
ict-playing-politics
Veronica Yates and Charu Lata Hogg, openDemocracy: The UN and other actors =
must resist political interferences by ensuring that those who are responsi=
ble for grave violations of children's rights are brought to task. At its 1=
0th anniversary, strengthening the UN's monitoring and reporting mechanism =
should be the top priority. Children's lives depend on it.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Trooper in Sandra Bland Arrest Once Warned for Conduct
Read the Article at The Associated Press
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trooper-in-sandra-bland-arrest-once-warned=
-for-conduct/ar-BBlhlzj?ocid=3DSKY2DHP
Clintons Report Earnings of $139 Million in Seven Years
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/31/hillary-clinton-rele=
ases-8-years-of-tax-returns/
Palestinian Child's Death in Terrorist Attack Stirs Call to End Violence
Read the Article at The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/west-bank-on-edge-as-palestinian-=
toddler-killed-in-arson-attack-laid-to-rest/article25798195/
Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Backyard
Read the Article at Ars Technicia
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kentucky-man-shoots-down-drone-hovering-ov=
er-his-backyard/ar-AAdGg2x?ocid=3DSKY2DHP
Huckabee Floats Plan to Deploy US Troops to Stop Women From Getting Abortio=
ns
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/07/31/3686938/huckabee-suggests-using-=
federal-troops-to-stop-abortion/
Salon Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff
Read the Article at International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/saloncom-recognizes-union-ending-monthlong-standoff-=
editorial-staff-2034756
Five Republican Candidates to Vie for Koch Brothers Backing at Donor Retrea=
t
Read the Article at the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/01/republican-candidates-koch-b=
rothers-backing-donor-retreat?CMP=3Dema_565
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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>Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Backyard</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>Huckabee Floats Plan to Deploy US Troops to Stop Women From Getting Abortions</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>Salon Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff</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>Five Republican Candidates to Vie for Koch Brothers Backing at Donor Retreat</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lqjnItkHrP%2FDhnPy2fKUl1Iktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Guardian</strong></a></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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wrs12dSP5TP6A8vW9o%2Fd9CyeT0bqaKxQ" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Oaxaca, Mexico, Faces Police Militarization as Governor Acts to Preempt Education Protests</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>Renata Bessi and Santiago Navarro F., Truthout:</strong> Teachers and union members in Oaxaca, Mexico, are protesting national education mandates, which they say threaten the public education system and teachers' jobs. To prevent protesters from exerting pressure on the government, police have militarized, using funding from a US-Mexican security partnership.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Hjpw6VHXSaeRGV%2BvIpaltFIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tt5BuEwbEfvArpryYtNmt1Iktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The US Should Eliminate Its Nuclear Arsenal - Not "Modernize" It</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>David Krieger, Truthout:</strong> On the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is past time for the United States to lead the world in negotiations to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons, rather than pursue current plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6AlhqUR7hzF7v4Mykj98O1Iktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6BBeQjvTWzSy3jpfC9cVcFIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bacteria Making Meds in Wastewater Outflows</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> When researchers tested wastewater before and after treatment at a Milwaukee-area treatment plant, they found that two drugs - the anti-epileptic carbamazepine and antibiotic ofloxacin - came out at higher concentrations than they went in, suggesting the microbes that clean our water may also piece some pharmaceuticals back together.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LbTqtJvE2FUNHLaffRMVYFIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9viEVx5%2BoCpB1on2yxUXh1Iktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Family Detention Social Worker Speaks Out</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>Franco Ordoñez, McClatchy DC:</strong> Olivia López's story is a troubling counternarrative to the accounts given by federal officials and company representatives who describe the Karnes County Residential Center as a safe and comfortable place where mothers and children can stay during their asylum proceedings.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Hn%2FpNTKqeEMex7SBJBnXEVIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5av%2BbJLKdkfHQmJ%2Fv30zUlIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Mexico's GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings</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>Alfredo Acedo, CIP Americas Program:</strong> Genetically modified maize is of no use to corn producers in Mexico. On the contrary, it would only worsen their deteriorated economy, and be a further cog in the wheel of a new slave system represented by the placement of agriculture in the hands of corporations.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QkHxoA2nbh%2B1zpLuJgO%2BGFIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3Ew8HVqTvXyKto7U2Kp14VIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Seven Things That Might Surprise You About California's Drought</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>Judy Molland, Care2:</strong> Residents of California are understandably worried about the state's drought, according to a Care2 survey from earlier this year. But there are several pieces of misinformation, or at least not-quite-accurate reports. Here's a list of seven things that might surprise you.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SSiKRRrJ3t8IOCLQjSZeAVIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lq4c3ppDYNXB7cQoRPyuPlIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Senator to Red Cross: Where's the Transparency on Haiti?</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>Justin Elliott, ProPublica:</strong> The American Red Cross met a deadline last week to answer congressional questions about how it spent nearly half a billion dollars donated after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the senator who posed the questions is not satisfied.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rC60TH2Z6WB6hTqXoQLf%2BFIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Daniela Cheslow, McClatchy DC:</strong> The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is the nerve center of an effort that will attack the Iran deal not just on the nuclear risk, but on its supposed enabling of Iran to expand support for militant Islamic proxies in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and Yemen.</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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QUoDNP9xzjTY31Bh2Ro01VIktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>New Film Documents Indigenous Rights Violations in Malaysian Borneo</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>Jettie Word, Earth Island Journal:</strong> The Sungai Asap village was promised a better life: better schools and housing, access to health care and adequate farmland. They believed that by agreeing to resettlement they could integrate into the rapidly developing Malaysian economy. More than 15 years later these families are still struggling to make a living.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(145, 0, 0);"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OLS1sPY160rC1dFD9sgIz1Iktm8Y2d%2Bn" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000">Read the Article and Watch the Video</a>s</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>Veronica Yates and Charu Lata Hogg, openDemocracy:</strong> The UN and other actors must resist political interferences by ensuring that those who are responsible for grave violations of children's rights are brought to task. At its 10th anniversary, strengthening the UN's monitoring and reporting mechanism should be the top priority. Children's lives depend on it.</p>
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