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t r u t h o u t | 08.14
Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32354-environmentalists-sue-epa-over-dea=
d-zone-in-gulf-of-mexico
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Scientists and environmental activists are alarmed a=
t the ongoing expansion of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, which is al=
ready the second largest dead zone in the world. A coalition of environment=
al groups has sued the EPA in an effort to force the agency to work to miti=
gate pollution causing the dead zone.
ACLU of Illinois Sells Out Chicago's Black Youth
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32361-aclu-of-illinois-sells-out-chicago=
-s-black-youth
Kelly Hayes, Truthout: The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois has u=
ndermined some of the Chicago's leading young Black activists by making a b=
ackroom deal with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that could shut down public dialogue a=
round stop-and-frisk in the Windy City.
Americans Have $11.85 Trillion in Household Debt. How Did We Get Here?
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32355-americans-have-11-85-trillion-in-h=
ousehold-debt-how-did-we-get-here
Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn and Heidi Bruce, YES! Magazine: Household debt is no=
w $11.85 trillion, and it has more to do with stagnant wages than unnecessa=
ry spending. In past decades, the more the top 10 percent prospered, the mo=
re the bottom 90 percent borrowed. Now, we're borrowing more for things inc=
ome used to cover.
Judge Gives OK to Uranium Mine at Grand Canyon
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32340-judge-oks-uranium-mine-at-grand-ca=
nyon
Reynard Loki, AlterNet: The Grand Canyon was named one of the "Most Endange=
red Places" in the US by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But =
the designation came too late to possibly influence US District Court Judge=
David Campbell, who denied a request to halt new uranium mining.
Chris Christie's Tunnel Tango
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32360-chris-christie-s-tunnel-tango
Cezary Podkul, ProPublica: In 2010, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie decided =
to kill an $8.7 billion commuter rail tunnel from New Jersey to New York Ci=
ty. Now he's playing tunnel defense. But why did Christie nix the tunnel, a=
nd what did he do with the money afterward?
US Raises Flag in Cuba After 54 Years
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32366-us-raises-flag-in-cuba-after-54-ye=
ars
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: The United States and C=
uba are taking the next step in restoring diplomatic relations with each ot=
her as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Havana Friday to attend a c=
eremony marking the reopening of the US Embassy there.
Where the Trans-Pacific Partnership Could Lose
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32351-where-the-tpp-could-lose
Julia Paley, Foreign Policy in Focus: Even if negotiators can reach a final=
accord on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is far from certain, the pa=
ct must still be approved by other national legislatures. Activists in Chil=
e have made their government draw red lines on the corporate-friendly inves=
tment deal.
Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32368-chelsea-manning-faces-solitary-con=
finement
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonz=C3=A1lez, Democracy Now!: US Army whistleblower C=
helsea Manning could face punishment of indefinite solitary confinement for=
having an expired tube of toothpaste and an issue of Vanity Fair in which =
transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner describes her new life living openly a=
s a woman.
The Drill Is Gone
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32349-the-drill-is-gone
Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords: An ongoing oil boom helps explain why, as=
the 2016 Republican presidential candidates sparred in their first officia=
l debates without saying much about energy, barrels of our black gold were =
on the verge of striking a six-year low of $43.
Will the Germans Derail the Tentative Third Greek Bailout?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32348-will-the-germans-derail-the-ten=
tative-greek-third-bailout
Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: The biggest factor working against the German=
s is Greece fatigue. Thus the human dynamics, which played right into the h=
ardliners' hands earlier this year as all the creditors lost patience with =
Greece, may trump what would normally be German's considerably advantaged n=
egotiating position.
What China's Currency Devaluation Means
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32350-what-china-s-currency-devaluation-=
means
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: China on Monday announced it i=
s lowering the value of its currency about 2 percent to boost its economic =
growth by supporting its exporters. Traders are betting that the currency w=
ill fall further. Markets around the world are reacting negatively.
Economic Update: System Toxicity
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32356-economic-update-system-toxicity
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episode provides updates on China's curren=
cy moves, adjuncts unionizing and Rand Paul's misunderstanding of economics=
. We also respond to questions regarding what happened to US real wages fro=
m 1974 to 2014. Finally, we give an in-depth critical analysis on the toxic=
effects of rising inequality.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Youth Sue US Government for Imperiling Their Future Through Inaction on Cli=
mate
Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout: Politicians may dither and de=
lay in reducing global warming, but 21 young people in the United States ar=
e taking action to try and save the planet from an environmental implosion.=
=20
Read the BuzzFlash Commentary
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/children-sue-the-federal-gove=
rnment-to-save-earth-for-their-future
Elliott Abrams, Enabler of Massacres, Is Back Shilling for War With Iran=20
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/elliott-abrams-enabler-of-mas=
sacres-in-latin-america-is-back-shilling-for-war-with-iran
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
This Is the Real Cost of Coal
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/08/coals-cost-climate-change
Read the Article at Mother Jones
The NRA-ification of the Republican Party
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/14/the-nra-ification-=
of-the-republican-party/
Read the Article at The Washington Post
Spain Hit by Trade Suits, a Bitter Foretaste of TTIP
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/08/don-quijones-spain-hit-by-trade-suit=
s-a-bitter-foretaste-of-ttip.html
Read the Article at Naked Capitalism
The Real Reason Donald Trump Embarrasses the GOP
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-gop-establishment-money-influencing=
-politicians
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
National Challenge of Leaking Mines Dwarfs Colorado Spill
http://kdhnews.com/news/nation/national-challenge-of-leaking-mines-dwarfs-c=
olorado-spill/article_fc9b27a3-97f9-507e-a071-b1ffe67c73f4.html
Read the Article at The Associated Press
In Mexico, Hunted Down for Speaking Out
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/15729
Read the Article at CIP Americas Program
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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>Politicians may dither and delay in reducing global warming, but 21 young people in the United States are taking action to try and save the planet from an environmental implosion.</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=EzLEBtnUCbDX1bfNKbC%2BtM1vdN%2Fca%2F9v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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>Elliott Abrams, Enabler of Massacres, Is Back Shilling for War With Iran </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>This Is the Real Cost of Coal</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 NRA-ification of the Republican Party</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>Spain Hit by Trade Suits, a Bitter Foretaste of TTIP</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 Real Reason Donald Trump Embarrasses the GOP</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>National Challenge of Leaking Mines Dwarfs Colorado Spill</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=V%2FdT2H85cKc5Aq4vMYIiH81vdN%2Fca%2F9v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Associated Press</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>In Mexico, Hunted Down for Speaking Out</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>Dahr Jamail, Truthout:</strong> Scientists and environmental activists are alarmed at the ongoing expansion of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, which is already the second largest dead zone in the world. A coalition of environmental groups has sued the EPA in an effort to force the agency to work to mitigate pollution causing the dead zone.</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=Kuly5r1NdLgYYiaBssoKtXWPoesoykDH" 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=fJg2J8AeTNjTxBnaxobcx81vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ACLU of Illinois Sells Out Chicago's Black Youth</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>Kelly Hayes, Truthout:</strong> The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois has undermined some of the Chicago's leading young Black activists by making a backroom deal with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that could shut down public dialogue around stop-and-frisk in the Windy City.</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=r%2B42McHAURqTsxy4zyURYs1vdN%2Fca%2F9v" 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=OzP59GlV%2FODHEPJIlTowV81vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Americans Have $11.85 Trillion in Household Debt. How Did We Get Here?</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>Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn and Heidi Bruce, YES! Magazine:</strong> Household debt is now $11.85 trillion, and it has more to do with stagnant wages than unnecessary spending. In past decades, the more the top 10 percent prospered, the more the bottom 90 percent borrowed. Now, we're borrowing more for things income used to cover.</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=T4RK%2BtLfPo956jIpByayys1vdN%2Fca%2F9v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Graphic</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=vPJlKmgZG4mroPJt22Gx63WPoesoykDH"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Judge Gives OK to Uranium Mine at Grand Canyon</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>Reynard Loki, AlterNet:</strong> The Grand Canyon was named one of the "Most Endangered Places" in the US by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But the designation came too late to possibly influence US District Court Judge David Campbell, who denied a request to halt new uranium mining.</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=RObb8%2FTbEGZtfizBlndkJc1vdN%2Fca%2F9v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article and Watch the Videos</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=wE7Ket2OXovJQTefb%2BZHHc1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chris Christie's Tunnel Tango</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>Cezary Podkul, ProPublica:</strong> In 2010, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie decided to kill an $8.7 billion commuter rail tunnel from New Jersey to New York City. Now he's playing tunnel defense. But why did Christie nix the tunnel, and what did he do with the money afterward?</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=67YEn620qfoZDRy3R8jOr3WPoesoykDH" 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=qIEnVAxxAM7v0DjpiQP2xs1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Raises Flag in Cuba After 54 Years</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> The United States and Cuba are taking the next step in restoring diplomatic relations with each other as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Havana Friday to attend a ceremony marking the reopening of the US Embassy there.</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=e8DtoGxIklWZrg9xZnSvYc1vdN%2Fca%2F9v" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</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>Julia Paley, Foreign Policy in Focus:</strong> Even if negotiators can reach a final accord on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is far from certain, the pact must still be approved by other national legislatures. Activists in Chile have made their government draw red lines on the corporate-friendly investment deal.</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=YtxtHgpdC7ZBxURHyMwu6s1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement</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> US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning could face punishment of indefinite solitary confinement for having an expired tube of toothpaste and an issue of Vanity Fair in which transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner describes her new life living openly as a woman.</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=aLZ5fly9RgFUGSuTX7SLPXWPoesoykDH" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><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 href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5i%2FI9KwIgWjEUxePzSmaic1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Drill Is Gone</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>Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords:</strong> An ongoing oil boom helps explain why, as the 2016 Republican presidential candidates sparred in their first official debates without saying much about energy, barrels of our black gold were on the verge of striking a six-year low of $43.</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=%2FIAaqVgsrRBO45uHyBIRn81vdN%2Fca%2F9v" 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=9A8YwwMKu%2Fqq0em9JFoOMc1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Will the Germans Derail the Tentative Third Greek Bailout?</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>Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism:</strong> The biggest factor working against the Germans is Greece fatigue. Thus the human dynamics, which played right into the hardliners' hands earlier this year as all the creditors lost patience with Greece, may trump what would normally be German's considerably advantaged negotiating position.</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=yKndiNUHDNJzryHx19lOHc1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>What China's Currency Devaluation Means</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>Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future:</strong> China on Monday announced it is lowering the value of its currency about 2 percent to boost its economic growth by supporting its exporters. Traders are betting that the currency will fall further. Markets around the world are reacting negatively.</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=ia4FvjRa%2BIU9w6SjReDji81vdN%2Fca%2F9v" 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=oPr2zxuvNKVruZjtbP%2B8%2BM1vdN%2Fca%2F9v"style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economic Update: System Toxicity</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>Richard D. Wolff, Truthout:</strong> This episode provides updates on China's currency moves, adjuncts unionizing and Rand Paul's misunderstanding of economics. We also respond to questions regarding what happened to US real wages from 1974 to 2014. Finally, we give an in-depth critical analysis on the toxic effects of rising inequality.</p>
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