To keep providing daily news and analysis, we urgently need to raise over $5,000 more by midnight. Truthout is here today because of the support of our community - people like you! Will you join hundreds of other Truthout readers and pitch in to support courageous independent journalism? Make a tax-deductible donation and help us reach our goal today! Click here to donate. (Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641) You can also donate by check, made payable to: Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827 (Please include your email address on your check.) Or call in your donation: 213.489.1971 Radical Reading: The Progressive Dr. Seuss Peter Dreier, Truthout: Generations of progressive activists may not trace their political views to their early exposure to Dr. Seuss, but without doubt this shy, brilliant genius played a role in sensitizing them to abuses of power. Read the Article Secret Service Refuses Truthout's Request for Documents on Aaron Swartz Jason Leopold, Truthout: The Secret Service refused to release documents to Truthout on the deceased internet activist, Aaron Swartz. The agency cited the "open" investigation, but then backtracked this week and said it will now reopen our FOIA case. Read the Article In Victory for Obama, House Backs Domestic Violence Law Ashley Parker, The New York Times News Service: In a vote of 286 to 138, the House passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday. Read the Article It's 1948 Again - Wake Up! Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: Today, the battle lines are drawn in a similar way as they were in 1948 and 1932: Millions of Americans are struggling to survive and to get a proper education. Read the Article Boots on Campus: Yale Flap Highlights Militarization of Academia Kelley B. Vlahos, AntiWar.com: Yale is being accused of inviting military intelligence to campus to hone their wartime interrogation techniques on the local non-white population. Read the Article North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down? By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: "Without the context of history and current events, the actions of North Korea look insane, but when put in context we find that the United States is pushing North Korea on this path." Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Justice Antonin Scalia Describes Key Provision in Voting Rights Act as a "Perpetuation of Racial Entitlement," and More By Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Show: In today's On the News segment: During oral arguments about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Antonin Scalia described the key provision as a "perpetuation of racial entitlement"; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said our national unemployment rate won't be coming down any time soon; Royal Dutch Shell has announced they're suspending their drilling operations in Alaskan waters for the remainder of 2013; and More. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Paul Krugman | I Became an Orthodoxy, All on My Own Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Paul Krugman calls for a temporarily relaxed attitude toward deficits as long as the economy remains depressed and monetary policy is up against the zero lower bound. Read the Article "Homeland Security": The Trillion-Dollar Concept That No One Can Define Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch: If you hear the phrase "homeland security," watch out: Your long-term safety may be at risk. Read the Article Resistance Fighter Stéphane Hessel Has Died Lina Sankari, l'Humanite: Resistance fighter, deportee, diplomat and co-author of the Declaration of Human Rights Stéphane Hessel died during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at the age of 95 years. Read the Article |
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