Eight Families Share Stories of Raising Feminist Children

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "t r u t h o u t" <messenger@truthout.org>
Date: Jun 23, 2013 2:25 PM
Subject: Eight Families Share Stories of Raising Feminist Children
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Cc:

Sunday, 23 June 2013 View Recent Newsletters Tell a friend about Truthout! Donate Today!   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.

BuzzFlash The Buzzflash commentary for Truthout will return soon.   US Politicians Issue Warning to Russia as Edward Snowden Arrives in Moscow Read the Article at The Guardian   Journalist Michael Hastings Sent Email About FBI Probe Hours Before Death Read the Article at the Huffington Post   Snowden Seeking Asylum in Ecuador, Says WikiLeaks Read the Article at Salon   Firing of Five Walmart Strikers Condemned by Rep. Ellison: "Completely Unjust and Illegal" Read the Article at The Nation   In Support of Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden: A Statement From Julian Assange Read the Article at WikiLeaks   The Roots of the Next Financial Crisis: How Wall Street Undermines Reform Read the Article at The Daily Beast   Juan Cole | So When Will Dick Cheney Be Charged With Espionage? Read the Article at Informed Comment     Eight Families Share Stories of Raising Feminist Children Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Whether parents are in heterosexual marriages, are LGBT, single, or part of collective households, teaching children living in a misogynist world to respect women as much as they respect men is an uphill climb. Read the Article  Speed, Power and the Physics of Finance Capitalism Michael A. Peters, Truthout: High frequency trading utilizes new technologies to create an economy of speed that employs mathematics and physics to generate global markets that are neither transparent nor able to be regulated. Read the Article  Bush's Foiled NSA Blackmail Scheme Dennis J. Bernstein, Consortium News: More than a decade ago, President George W. Bush enlisted the National Security Agency in a blackmail scheme to dig up dirt to coerce UN Security Council members to approve his aggressive war against Iraq. But the plot was foiled by a brave British intelligence officer, Katharine Gun. Read the Interview  Report: Stronger Border Led to More Migrant Deaths Michael Mello, Equal Voice News: A new report argues that the federal government's moves directly contributed to the spike in deaths as undocumented migrants tried to find ways around stepped-up border security. Read the Article  Koch Industries PAC Spending Significantly More Compared to Recent Election Cycles Dave Levinthal, The Center for Public Integrity: The political action committee of Koch Industries Inc. is off to its fastest start ever for a federal election cycle - KOCHPAC donated $559,000 to federal-level political candidates and committees during the first five months of the year. Read the Article  Are They Allowed to Do That? A Breakdown of Selected Government Surveillance Programs Staff, Brennan Center for Justice: An examination of the legal and practical steps the government may have taken to secretly collect data. Read the Article  Whistleblowing 2.0: From the Pentagon Papers to Bradley Manning to PRISM Patrick McCurdy, Waging Nonviolence: Being a whistleblower often comes with harsh consequences, yet what is even more dangerous is a society whose citizens are afraid to speak truth to power. Read the Article  Are the Armed Forces a Rape Culture? John LaForge, Counterpunch: The problem of unreported and unprosecuted sexual assaults in the military is notorious. Tens of thousands of victims keep quiet out of fear of retribution by superior officers and a distrust of the military court system. Read the Article  Truthout TV Interviews Max Haiven About an Alternative Approach to Austerity Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Ted Asregadoo speaks with writer, teacher and activist Max Haiven on financialization, totalitarianism and how an alternative approach to neo-liberal austerity and debt can be a reality. Watch the Video  This week in SpeakOut: Ted Morgan, Jeremy Mohler and Nozomi Hayase all reflect on the legacy of whistleblower Edward Snowden and how his decision to leak NSA documents will impact the very future of privacy in this country; Erin Niemela follows up her article on how to stop perpetual war with an analysis of how the NSA scandal is linked to our persistently violent foreign policy; Emma Eisenberg details the problematic nature of capital punishment and gender equality as Texas prepares to execute its first woman since 1998; Chris Thomson details the history of mass surveillance in this country from prisons to the government and even in fiction; and more. Read the Articles

Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation  Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 Subscribe | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy