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Ten Big 2015 News Stories Truthout Covered That the Corporate Media Missed
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34233-ten-news-stories-you-could-only-fi=
nd-at-truthout-in-2015
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: At Truthout, we work hard to provide news and analys=
is that you can't find in the corporate media. From stories on climate disr=
uption and electromagnetic war games, to reports on police violence and sex=
workers' rights, here's a small sample of our most original news coverage =
from 2015.
How False Stories of Iran Arming the Houthis Were Used to Justify War in Ye=
men
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34240-how-false-stories-of-iran-arming-t=
he-houthis-were-used-to-justify-war-in-yemen
Gareth Porter, Truthout: The rationale for the Saudi-led war on Houthis in =
Yemen has been that the Houthis are merely proxies of Iran. But while the Y=
emeni government claims Iran has been arming the Houthis for years, accordi=
ng to US diplomatic cables, the story of Iranian arms shipments to the Hout=
his is false.
Shifting the Terms of the Debate: How Big Business Covered Up Global Warmin=
g
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34242-shifting-the-terms-of-=
the-debate-how-big-business-covered-up-global-warming
Aaron Swartz, The New Press: US businesses seriously weakened the Kyoto Pro=
tocol, leading it to require only a 7 percent reduction in emissions, and t=
hen President Bush refused to sign on to even that. In just four short year=
s, big business had managed to halt efforts to protect the planet.
The Washington Post Downplays the Number of People Killed by Police in 2015
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34246-the-washington-post-downplays-the-=
number-of-people-killed-by-police-in-2015
Jim Naureckas, FAIR: An appreciation of that fact those killed by police in=
2015 were each a unique human life lost as the result of a police decision=
, more than anything, is what's missing from the Washington Post's tally of=
fatal police shootings.
Bearing Children at the Intersection of US Racism and Sexism
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34245-the-inequality-of-child-care-in=
-the-us-why-some-women-are-more-invisible-than-others
Cynthia Peters, teleSUR: The first job of giving birth is to survive it - w=
hich is harder to do in the US than in almost all other nations in the Orga=
nization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It's even harder if you'=
re Black or poor.
Five Exciting Developments From Across the Middle East in 2015
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34243-five-exciting-developments-from=
-across-the-middle-east-in-2015
Jessica Winegar, Truthout: The deluge of bad news from the Middle East in 2=
015 has hardened erroneous Western views of the region, which can translate=
into abhorrent ideas such as banning all Muslims from the US. Recognizing =
more positive news can help combat negative stereotypes and increase empath=
y.
Exxon's Climate Cover-Up Gets Bigger: Documents Suggest All Major Oil Giant=
s Have Lied Since 1970s
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34251-exxon-s-climate-cover-up-gets-bigg=
er-documents-suggest-all-major-oil-giants-have-lied-since-1970s
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: A new expos=C3=A9 from InsideClimate News reve=
als nearly every major US and multinational oil and gas company was likely =
aware of the impact of fossil fuels on climate change at the same time as E=
xxon - since the 1970s.
Fifteen Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2015
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34248-fifteen-things-we-learned-about-mo=
ney-in-politics-in-2015
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice: A Crossroads GPS docume=
nt from the FEC finally saw the light of day after a court order, and Wisco=
nsin took the cake for legal contortions to avoid Supreme Court review of t=
he John Doe saga, among other revelations.
Race, Gender and Work: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas and Domestic Workers United
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34249-race-gender-and-work-lola-smallwoo=
d-cuevas-and-domestic-workers-united
Laura Flanders, The Laura Flanders Show: Lola Smallwood-Cuevas speaks about=
her work with the Black Workers Center. The show visits with domestic work=
ers who marched to Washington to meet with the pope, and covers the surpris=
ingly low-cost emergency that can throw almost half of all Americans into a=
crisis.
You Don't Want to Miss These "Worker Wins" Stories of 2015
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34247-you-don-t-want-to-miss-these-worke=
r-wins-stories-of-2015
Jackie Tortora, AFL-CIO Now Blog: Working people won big in 2015. Whether i=
t was coming together and voting "union yes," or winning legislation for pa=
id sick and family leave, we can say it was a very good year. Here are some=
highlights you don't want to miss.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Tenth Suspect Charged in Deadly Paris Attacks
http://abcnews.go.com/International/10th-suspect-charged-paris-attacks/stor=
y?id=3D36025233
Read the Article at ABC News
The Year of Fear: Republicans and Media Stoked Bigotry and Anxiety in 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/30/2015-fear-republicans-donald=
-trump-mass-shootings-terrorism-refugees?utm_source=3Desp&utm_medium=3DEmai=
l&utm_campaign=3DGU+Today+USA+-+Version+A&utm_term=3D146829&subid=3D1467583=
4&CMP=3Dema_565a=20
Read the Article at the Guardian US
Obama Set to Unveil Curbs on Gun Sellers
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/obama-guns-gun-control-217234=20
Read the Article at POLITICO
They're Already Trying to Steal 2016: Inside the GOP Voting-Rights Scheme I=
ntended to Derail Democracy
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/theyre_already_trying_to_steal_2016_inside_=
the_gop_voting_rights_scheme_intended_to_derail_democracy/?source=3Dnewslet=
ter=20
Read the Article at Salon
Storm Pushes North Pole 50 Degrees Above Normal to Melting Point
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/12/30/frea=
k-storm-has-pushed-north-pole-to-freezing-point-50-degrees-above-normal/?ti=
d=3Dsm_tw
Read the Article at The Washington Post
Bill Cosby Posts $1 Million Bail After Being Charged With Sexual Assault
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-bill-cosby-is-charged-sexual-=
assault-20151230-story.html=20
Read the Article at The Los Angeles Times
President Obama Is Preparing to Unleash a Wave of New Regulations in 2016
http://thehill.com/regulation/263794-wave-of-regulations-looms-in-2016=20
Read the Article at The Hill
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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>Tenth Suspect Charged in Deadly Paris Attacks</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=DZJXH60lMVa3lPnM1xQq%2Bfx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at ABC News</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The Year of Fear: Republicans and Media Stoked Bigotry and Anxiety in 2015</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=w4xRaI%2F68jqidvs%2F2C8JTfx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the Guardian US</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Obama Set to Unveil Curbs on Gun Sellers</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>They're Already Trying to Steal 2016: Inside the GOP Voting-Rights Scheme Intended to Derail Democracy</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>Storm Pushes North Pole 50 Degrees Above Normal to Melting Point</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=SY%2BHTNjAIPc9GYR%2FZS5i1vx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Bill Cosby Posts $1 Million Bail After Being Charged With Sexual Assault</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>President Obama Is Preparing to Unleash a Wave of New Regulations in 2016</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>Mike Ludwig, Truthout:</strong> At Truthout, we work hard to provide news and analysis that you can't find in the corporate media. From stories on climate disruption and electromagnetic war games, to reports on police violence and sex workers' rights, here's a small sample of our most original news coverage from 2015.</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=575Sx7fHrvTI7bAqBUh0LeTPrMvzQMVP" 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=4AB5a1Nkz8%2BXkh5mSeBmzvx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>How False Stories of Iran Arming the Houthis Were Used to Justify War in Yemen</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>Gareth Porter, Truthout:</strong> The rationale for the Saudi-led war on Houthis in Yemen has been that the Houthis are merely proxies of Iran. But while the Yemeni government claims Iran has been arming the Houthis for years, according to US diplomatic cables, the story of Iranian arms shipments to the Houthis is false.</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=q9twdxznl07KFf4smey2XPx4hKQAlDCW" 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=rkbkwSEGtP%2FAcY7MWLHqnPx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Shifting the Terms of the Debate: How Big Business Covered Up Global Warming</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>Aaron Swartz, The New Press:</strong> US businesses seriously weakened the Kyoto Protocol, leading it to require only a 7 percent reduction in emissions, and then President Bush refused to sign on to even that. In just four short years, big business had managed to halt efforts to protect the planet.</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=21f%2BZN6rT5sxEekEq75Ga%2Fx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Book Excerpt</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=G8rSlzF4xsyUbhxc%2BpTSf%2Fx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>The Washington Post Downplays the Number of People Killed by Police in 2015</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>Jim Naureckas, FAIR:</strong> An appreciation of that fact those killed by police in 2015 were each a unique human life lost as the result of a police decision, more than anything, is what's missing from the Washington Post's tally of fatal police shootings.</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=IZLAMKO%2BzzVbl945qTavafx4hKQAlDCW" 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=fICH4aOjpXU9z9zUTm2YFPx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Bearing Children at the Intersection of US Racism and Sexism</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>Cynthia Peters, teleSUR:</strong> The first job of giving birth is to survive it - which is harder to do in the US than in almost all other nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It's even harder if you're Black or poor.</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=MFiWCzw%2FnbHT3MkQz%2Fn7XvwTak16uTsb" 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=HDCV4MKoUCcZLPvhhBv3%2BPx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Five Exciting Developments From Across the Middle East in 2015</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>Jessica Winegar, Truthout:</strong> The deluge of bad news from the Middle East in 2015 has hardened erroneous Western views of the region, which can translate into abhorrent ideas such as banning all Muslims from the US. Recognizing more positive news can help combat negative stereotypes and increase empathy.</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, Democracy Now!:</strong> A new exposé from InsideClimate News reveals nearly every major US and multinational oil and gas company was likely aware of the impact of fossil fuels on climate change at the same time as Exxon - since the 1970s.</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>Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice:</strong> A Crossroads GPS document from the FEC finally saw the light of day after a court order, and Wisconsin took the cake for legal contortions to avoid Supreme Court review of the John Doe saga, among other revelations.</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>Laura Flanders, The Laura Flanders Show:</strong> Lola Smallwood-Cuevas speaks about her work with the Black Workers Center. The show visits with domestic workers who marched to Washington to meet with the pope, and covers the surprisingly low-cost emergency that can throw almost half of all Americans into a crisis.</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=7M8jMyWaZc2StMDvMVS5Z%2Fx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video</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=6RIE72EzD0VoQ7xr%2Bc8fmfx4hKQAlDCW" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>You Don't Want to Miss These "Worker Wins" Stories of 2015</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>Jackie Tortora, AFL-CIO Now Blog:</strong> Working people won big in 2015. Whether it was coming together and voting "union yes," or winning legislation for paid sick and family leave, we can say it was a very good year. Here are some highlights you don't want to miss.</p>
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