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More Denial, More Problems: UN Predicts Millions of Climate

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Mon Nov 2 15:37:51 2015

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t r u t h o u t | 11.02

More Denial, More Problems: UN Predicts Millions of Climate Refugees to Com=
e
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33456-more-denial-more-problems-un-predi=
cts-millions-of-climate-refugees-to-come
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: In recent climate news, Republican presidential cand=
idate Ben Carson questions human-caused climate disruption and gravity, the=
 UN warns of 50 million climate refugees within a decade and the melting of=
 Greenland is accelerating.

Federal Government as Employer: High Road or Bottom Feeder?
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33480-federal-government-as-employer-=
high-road-or-bottom-feeder
Dean Baker, Truthout: It hardly makes sense to try to promote high standard=
s for federal contractors while at the same time seeking to reduce the pay =
and benefits of those already on the federal payroll. Hopefully President O=
bama will stick to the high road.

Terrorism and Crackdowns in Turkey: An Interview With G=C3=BCrkan Ozturan
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33490-war-terrorism-refugees-and-a-democ=
ratic-crackdown-in-turkey-an-interview-with-guerkan-ozturan-t
Michael Nevradakis, Truthout: Journalist G=C3=BCrkan Ozturan speaks about t=
he recent bombings in Ankara and other Turkish cities, the government crack=
down which has followed, the Gezi Park protests of 2013 and the conflicts i=
n Syria and the refugee crisis which has followed.

The Badger-Two Medicine Area: Too Sacred to Drill
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33478-the-badger-two-medicine-area-to=
o-sacred-to-drill
Jessica A. Knoblauch, Earthjustice: For more than 10,000 years, the Badger-=
Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana has provided subsis=
tence and identity for members of the Blackfeet Nation. But the Blackfeet a=
ren't the only ones who value the region. The oil and gas industries also h=
ave their eyes on it.

"Captive Genders": CeCe McDonald, Chelsea Manning and Others Map Road to Tr=
ans Liberation
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33479-the-road-to-trans-liberation-cece-=
mcdonald-chelsea-manning-and-more-in-the-new-edition-of-captive-genders
Gabriel Arkles, Truthout: Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison =
Industrial Complex brings together trans, queer and gender nonconforming vi=
ews on police and prisons. Eric Stanley, one of the book's editors, discuss=
es how the book came into being, and what they hope it will do.

Obama Sends US Forces to Syria, Reversing Pledge of No Boots on the Ground
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33488-obama-sends-us-forces-to-syria-rev=
ersing-pledge-of-no-boots-on-the-ground
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The White House has announced a team of specia=
l operations forces numbering less than 50 will be sent to Syria. This mark=
s the first sustained US troop presence in Syria since President Obama laun=
ched a bombing campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Septem=
ber 2014.

Koch Brothers Hit the Airwaves in Support of Wisconsin Corruption Measures
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33477-koch-brothers-hit-the-airwaves-in-=
support-of-wisconsin-corruption-measures
Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: The Koch-backed measures to eviscerate Wisconsin=
's limits on money in elections and inhibit the state's election watchdog h=
it a stumbling block in the state senate recently, with some Republican sen=
ators saying the measures go too far. So the Kochs are going on the offensi=
ve.

Creative Finance Launched Worker-Owned Co-ops in Post-Sandy New York
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33483-creative-finance-launched-worker-o=
wned-co-ops-in-post-sandy-new-york
Araz Hachadourian, YES! Magazine: Half of small businesses don't make it pa=
st the first five years. The Working World lets co-ops stabilize before rep=
ayment even begins. Despite giving what traditional banks might consider "r=
isky" loans, it has a 98 percent rate of repayment.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: We Spend 90 Times More on the Military Than=
 on Head Start, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33491-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-gro=
ups-call-on-the-federal-election-commission-to-get-to-work-and-more
In today's On the News segment: Despite the fact that we're in the heat of =
election season, the agency charged with protecting the process is lying do=
wn on the job; one giant conglomerate is about to control 70 percent of the=
 beer market in the US; we spend 90 times more on the military than we do o=
n the Head Start education program; and more.

Racialized and Gendered Violence Permeates School Discipline
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33481-racialized-and-gendered-violence-p=
ermeates-school-discipline
Connie Wun, The Feminist Wire: In 2011, Jada Williams, an eighth-grade stud=
ent in Rochester, New York, wrote an essay based upon her reading of Narrat=
ive of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Instead of considering Williams' ana=
lysis or perhaps investigating the validity of her argument, her teachers a=
nd administrators disciplined her.

US Is Still Stonewalling an Independent Review of Why It Bombed a Hospital
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33482-us-is-still-stonewalling-an-ind=
ependent-review-of-why-it-bombed-a-hospital
Nazish Kolsy, Foreign Policy in Focus: So far, the US is refusing to comply=
 with Doctors Without Borders' request for an independent investigation and=
 instead is carrying out three investigations of its own conducted by the D=
epartment of Defense. Any properly independent inquiry will have to accommo=
date a variety of egregious facts.


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Hundreds of Cops Lose Licenses Over Sexual Misconduct
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Sinai Plane Crash Not Due to Technical Faults or Pilot Error, Says Russian =
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New Plant Tests US Appetite for Seawater Desalination
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http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/1101/New-plant-tests-US-appetite-=
for-seawater-desalination

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