OccupyHomes Rallies Around Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Claire Glass, Truthout: OccupyHomes Minneapolis is winning "small victories" by organizing around people who are losing their homes since the recession, but more importantly they are changing the dialogue and the power dynamic between homeowners and big banks. Read the Article Suspicious Details Emerge after Three Men Burned Alive in Pakistan By Zulfiqar Shah, Truthout: The violent murder of three Sindhi Nationalist leaders in Pakistan has opened inquiry into the hundred of lives lost due to sectarian violence and the human rights violations that have taken place in the midst of this conflict. Read the Article Prisoners' Struggle Against "Cruel and Unusual Punishment Amounting to Torture" Larry Everest, Revolution Newspaper: In this interview Carol Strickman discusses her work with the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition, where she is a mediator between the prison hunger strikers and prison authorities. She also talks about Ashker v. Brown, a case filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging solitary confinement in California prisons. Read the Interview Study Links High Stakes Testing to Higher Incarceration Rates Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: A new study reveals a correlation between failing "high stakes" standardized testing and incarceration rates. TRNN interviews educators involved in opening dialogue about helping students who might fall prey to the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: The City of Detroit Files for Bankruptcy Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program: This week on the news with Thom Hartmann the city of Detroit files for bankruptcy, Texas considers an even more restrictive abortion law than the one just passed, House Republicans finally stop using Federal funds to pass DOMA, in Washington DC under-paid federal workers walked off the job going on strike for the third time in eight weeks to protest poverty wages, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad Staff, Making Contact National Radio Project: This week Making Contact looks at a new documentary by Chris Moore-Backman that looks at the communities of support being created by female convicts to help support one another upon release. Read the Article The Beginning Is Near: "Occupy Love" Draws Line Between Protest and Empathy Rebecca Hiscott, Occupy.com: The third in a documentary series by Canadian documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper, "Occupy Love" looks as the impact of the #Occupy Wall Street movement and how the idea of love, primarily through a deep sense of empathy among protesters, has come to define the movement. Read the Article Dick Durbin to Hold Senate Hearings on ALEC, the NRA, and "Stand Your Ground" Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is working to bring about hearing about the validity of the "Stand Your Ground" laws, which have been backed by both the NRA and ALEC, given the attention after the verdict of the George Zimmerman trial last week. While supporters of the law are vocal, many Americans believe that some reform must be made. Read the Article |
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