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The Speaker for the Dead: Antonin Scalia and the Truth
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34919-the-speaker-for-the-dead-antonin-scalia-and-the-truth
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Whatever Justice Scalia may have been to his family and friends, he was to the nation a wrecking ball. One may try to deny that he was a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, an unabashed authoritarian and a simple, shabby ward-heeling Republican lackey. The facts say different.
Denied the Right to Unionize, Domestic Workers Find New Ways to Organize
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34914-domestic-workers-find-new-ways-to-organize
Layla Quran, Truthout: Five years after New York passed the first ever Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights, workers are finding new ways to organize. Public trainings and art workshops are spaces where women can feel empowered to demand their rights in their private workplaces.
Science Used to Regulate Monsanto's Roundup Is Outdated, Says New Study
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34918-science-used-to-regulate-roundup-is-outdated-says-new-study
Elizabeth Grossman, Earth Island Journal: Fourteen leading environmental health researchers say that current safety standards used to regulate the herbicide Roundup are based on outdated science and inadequate exposure data. They say that new research into glyphosate's toxicity should be a government priority.
The Federal Reserve Board and the Elections
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34922-the-federal-reserve-board-and-the-elections
Dean Baker, Truthout: The Federal Reserve Board's Open Market Committee will meet in Washington at the same time as hotly contested presidential primaries for both parties, yet they are being almost completely ignored. The Fed's policy should be front and center in the debate between the Democratic candidates.
Debt Strikers Take on the For-Profit College Racket
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34925-debt-strikers-take-on-the-for-profit-college-racket
Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel: Student debt strikers with the Debt Collective converged on Washington this week to pressure the Department of Education to grant them relief after being defrauded by higher education profiteers. Unfortunately, the agency had other ideas in the mind.
Albert Woodfox of the "Angola 3" Is Freed After 43 Years in Solitary Confinement
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34927-albert-woodfox-of-the-angola-3-is-freed-after-43-years-in-solitary-confinement
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: After more than 43 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox is a free man and discusses his imprisonment in his first broadcast interview. The former Black Panther spent more time in solitary confinement than any other prisoner currently serving time in the United States.
Federal Contractors With History of OSHA Violations Battle New Safety Rules
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34924-federal-contractors-with-history-of-osha-violations-battle-new-safety-rules
Mary Bottari, PR Watch: President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order in 2014, which requires federal contractors to report their safety record to the federal government as a condition for receiving federal contracts. But some of these federal contractors are urging the administration to withdraw the rules.
US Prisoners Deserve College Educations - and the Right to Vote
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34926-us-prisoners-deserve-college-educations-and-the-right-to-vote
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: We need to not just let our prisoners vote, but also encourage them to participate in politics, so that they actually have a stake in our democracy, and so that they can more easily re-enter society as "returning citizens" instead of "former prisoners."
US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Killing Civilians at Greatest Rate for Seven Years
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34923-us-airstrikes-in-afghanistan-killing-civilians-at-greatest-rate-for-seven-years
Jack Serle, Abigail Fielding-Smith and Payenda Sargand, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: The rate at which civilians are being killed by US airstrikes in Afghanistan is at its highest point since 2008, an analysis of newly published UN data reveals. Research shows that on average a civilian was killed every fourth drone or jet strike in 2015.
US Firm's Internationally Banned Bombs Are Killing Civilians in Yemen
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34921-meet-the-us-firm-whose-internationally-banned-cluster-bombs-are-killing-civilians-in-yemen
Sarah Lazare, AlterNet: Citing research by the United Nations and Amnesty International, as well as field investigations and photographic evidence, Human Rights Watch has documented at least five attacks on populated civilian areas across Yemen involving Textron's CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, an air-dropped cluster munition known as an SFW.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Widening Longevity Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Cause for Concern, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34933-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-widening-longevity-gap-between-rich-and-poor-is-cause-for-concern-and-more
In today's On the News segment: The widening longevity gap between the rich and the poor is cause for serious concern; marijuana businesses are being flooded with piles of cash; Santa Rosa, California, is stepping up care of its homeless residents; and more.
Key Evidence Withheld as "Trade Secret" in EU's Controversial Risk Assessment of Glyphosate
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/34920-key-evidence-withheld-as-trade-secret-in-eu-s-controversial-risk-assessment-of-glyphosate
Staff, Corporate Europe Observatory: Companies who make the pesticide glyphosate refuse to disclose key scientific evidence about its possible risks in the name of trade secrets protection. Corporate Europe Observatory is appealing to the European Food Safety Authority to disclose all the possible original elements of three key scientific studies it used in assessing glyphosate.
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http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/market-reform-is-destroying-public-education
Charles P. Pierce: You Will Find This Iraq War Story Very Hard to Stomach
Read the Article at Esquire
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a42293/iraq-war-burn-pits/
I'll Be So Proud When My Daughter Is President and Runs a Corrupt Oligarchy
Read the Article at the Guardian US
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/22/daughter-us-president-corrupt-oligarchy
Strange Attorney Claims Scalia Should Be Able to Vote on Pending Cases From the Grave
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kory-langhofer-scalia-vote-still-counts
Bernie Sanders Has Resources, Plan to Go the Distance
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-has-the-resources-and-a-plan-to-go-the-distance-will-it-matter/2016/02/21/5261e30a-d8c1-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html
The US War on ISIS Is Costing a Fortune
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/isis-war-cost-charts-syria-iraq
Can Sandy Hook Families Hold the Gun Industry Accountable?
Read the Article at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/article/can-sandy-hook-families-hold-the-gun-industry-accountable/
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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>William Rivers Pitt, Truthout:</strong> Whatever Justice Scalia may have been to his family and friends, he was to the nation a wrecking ball. One may try to deny that he was a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, an unabashed authoritarian and a simple, shabby ward-heeling Republican lackey. The facts say different.</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> After more than 43 years in solitary confinement, Albert Woodfox is a free man and discusses his imprisonment in his first broadcast interview. The former Black Panther spent more time in solitary confinement than any other prisoner currently serving time in the United States.</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>Mary Bottari, PR Watch:</strong> President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order in 2014, which requires federal contractors to report their safety record to the federal government as a condition for receiving federal contracts. But some of these federal contractors are urging the administration to withdraw the rules.</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>The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program:</strong> We need to not just let our prisoners vote, but also encourage them to participate in politics, so that they actually have a stake in our democracy, and so that they can more easily re-enter society as "returning citizens" instead of "former prisoners."</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iSumqXgVMVYC1PjQYz5GW3RPIn1y%2FjRs"><strong>US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Killing Civilians at Greatest Rate for Seven 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>Jack Serle, Abigail Fielding-Smith and Payenda Sargand, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:</strong> The rate at which civilians are being killed by US airstrikes in Afghanistan is at its highest point since 2008, an analysis of newly published UN data reveals. Research shows that on average a civilian was killed every fourth drone or jet strike in 2015.</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 style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000" href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2khfIKbkfsAiOBQ8HkNcYnRPIn1y%2FjRs"><strong>US Firm's Internationally Banned Bombs Are Killing Civilians 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>Sarah Lazare, AlterNet:</strong> Citing research by the United Nations and Amnesty International, as well as field investigations and photographic evidence, Human Rights Watch has documented at least five attacks on populated civilian areas across Yemen involving Textron's CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, an air-dropped cluster munition known as an SFW.</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>In today's On the News segment:</strong> The widening longevity gap between the rich and the poor is cause for serious concern; marijuana businesses are being flooded with piles of cash; Santa Rosa, California, is stepping up care of its homeless residents; and more.</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>Staff, Corporate Europe Observatory:</strong> Companies who make the pesticide glyphosate refuse to disclose key scientific evidence about its possible risks in the name of trade secrets protection. Corporate Europe Observatory is appealing to the European Food Safety Authority to disclose all the possible original elements of three key scientific studies it used in assessing glyphosate.</p>
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