| "Kill Anything That Moves" Military Doctrine Began in Vietnam Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books: In this book excerpt, Turse offers abundant evidence that My Lai was not an exception to military conduct, but rather, a not uncommon occurrence. In addition, the US slaughtered countless civilians in air and ground attacks without ever even seeing who was being killed. Read the Excerpt Thousands at Climate Rally in Washington Call on Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline Zach Roberts, Truthout: A reported 50,000 people attended the 350/Sierra Club rally yesterday in Washington DC - making it the largest environmental march in decades. Zach Roberts documented the demonstration in these photos. View the Photo Essay Minimum Wage: Who Decided Workers Should Fall Behind? Dean Baker, Truthout: Somehow the issue of higher prices and inflation is an important point when we discuss the minimum wage, but it is not supposed to enter into polite conversations when we talk about the most highly paid workers. That is a political choice, not an economic one. Read the Article Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | POGO Sticks It to the SEC Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: According to report from the watchdog POGO, hundreds of the agency's former employees have done or are doing business with the SEC on behalf of the corporations the agency is supposed to regulate. Read the Article Obama Forgot to Share Inspiration of Ohio's Worker-Owned Business Revolution Gar Alperovitz, Truthout: It's fitting that President Obama in his State of the Union address chose Youngstown, Ohio, as a model for a high-tech manufacturing hub initiative, but it would be even more fitting if he pointed out that Ohio is also the inspirational home for the fast-growing idea that workers should become not just employees but owners of the companies in which they work. Read the Article Could the Senate Intelligence Committee Do Oversight of CIA Drone Strikes? Robert Naiman, Truthout: There is a serious absence of Congressional oversight with respect to the CIA drone strike program - oversight that if exercised could have an impact on the program. Read the Article Banksters Rip Apart Spanish Health Care Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: Despite what conservatives say about how the American health care system is the envy of the rest of the world, those Europeans who are watching banksters privatize their public health care systems are outraged. Read the Article John Pilger | WikiLeaks Is a Rare Truth Teller; Smearing Julian Assange Is Shameful John Pilger, Truthout: When Julian Assange moved his legal defense to Gareth Peirce, Britain's leading human rights lawyer, he found a true ally. Peirce asserts that her client faces a grave miscarriage of justice and personal danger and that she had known few cases as shocking as his. Read the Article Why Latin America Didn't Join Washington's Counterterrorism Posse Greg Grandin and Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: It turns out that 54 nations (other than the US) took part in setting up, aiding and maintaining the American global gulag of extraordinary rendition and torture. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: The White House Is Circulating a Draft Immigration Bill, and More In today's On the News segment: The White House is circulating a draft immigration bill similar to the bipartisan immigration plan that came out last month; Sen. Lindsey Graham suggests taking health coverage away from 30 million Americans just to avoid cuts to the military; thousands rallied against the partial privatization of health care in Spain yesterday; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Food Sovereignty: Think Globally, Eat Locally Tory Field and Beverly Bell, Other Worlds: The principles of food sovereignty challenge the neoliberal economic model – basically free-trade, corporate-driven, global capitalism - that governs food systems in much of the world. Read the Article | 
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