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Five Things You Need to Know About the US "Reconstruction" Effort
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http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32481-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-us-reconstruction-effort-in-afghanistan
Kanya D'Almeida, Truthout: With billions of dollars earmarked for the ''reconstruction'' of Afghanistan unaccounted for, there is a strong possibility that the US is repeating its military mistakes of old, unwittingly financing the armed opposition in the name of liberating the Afghan people.
Neoliberalism, Violence and Resistance: A Discussion on Forthright Radio
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32464-neoliberalism-violence-and-resistance-a-discussion-on-forthright-radio
Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: In one of his most far-reaching interviews, Henry Giroux examines neoliberalism as both an economic structure designed to consolidate the power of the financial elite and as a form of public pedagogy.
The Federal Reserve Board and the War for Poverty
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32477-the-federal-reserve-board-and-the-war-for-poverty
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Black Prisoners' Lives Matter: The Dallas 6 Blow the Whistle on the Inside
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Climate Change and Hurricane Katrina: What Have We Learned?
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Drive to Drill: A Timeline of the Push for and Against Atlantic Oil and Gas Development
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32483-drive-to-drill-a-timeline-of-the-push-for-and-against-atlantic-oil-and-gas-development
Sue Sturgis, Facing South: The Obama administration is currently weighing public comments on a draft offshore oil and gas leasing proposal that for the first time in history would open an area of the Atlantic 50 miles off the East Coast from Virginia to Georgia to drilling.
Washington Supreme Court Rules All SeaTac Workers Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage
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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, Democracy Now!:</strong> The 2016 presidential race is shaping up to be the most expensive political race in history with as much as $10 billion being spent by candidates, parties and outside groups on the campaign. Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig's campaign is simple: get money out of politics.</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>David Bromwich, TomDispatch:</strong> The danger of playing favorites in the world of nations, with a partiality that knows no limits, was a main topic of George Washington's great Farewell Address. "Permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded," said Washington.</p>
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