| ALEC's Unwelcome Party in Chicago James Anderson, Truthout: A wide coalition of labor, activist and social justice grassroots groups along with concerned individuals turned out in Chicago last week to protest the now-infamous American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th anniversary conference. Read the Article USA vs. NSA: Legislative Efforts to Curtail Spying Shahid Buttar, Truthout: In the wake of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, members of Congress have proposed a litany of bills to put an end to domestic spying. Rather than creating bills that support each other, Congressional members' multiple bills must compete against each other and have clouded the debate. Read the Article The Drug War Post-Snowden: Holder Backpedals on Mandatory Minimums amid Intelligence Laundering Controversy Candice Bernd, Truthout: Despite Eric Holder's announcement that mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent, minor drug offenders will no longer be imposed, recent revelations of intelligence laundering between the DEA and the NSA and Holder's track record on the Fair Sentencing Act are reasons to retain a healthy degree of skepticism. Read the Article John Nichols and Robert McChesney: Progressives Ask for Too Little, Not Too Much in Age of Plutocratic Rule Mark Karlin, Truthout: Truthout discusses with John Nichols and Robert McChesney the daunting challenge of maintaining a vibrant democracy when wealth can buy the media, the elections and the government. Read the Interview Libertarian Capitalism Killed My Best Friends The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: "Our country needs to seriously reconsider unregulated libertarian capitalism and think about the safety of people, everyday people, as a higher priority than the profits of hustlers and giant corporations." Read the Article Carbon-Free, Nuclear-Free Energy Economy Is Inevitable Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly will we get there. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Our National Deficit Is Shrinking, and More In today's On the News segment: Contrary to GOP rhetoric, our national deficit is actually shrinking; weather-related power failures cost our nation between $18 billion and $33 billion every year and much more during years with superstorms like Sandy; the Justice Department says no to another airline monopoly; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript 13 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests and the Moral Monday Movement Sweeping North Carolina Tanya Glover, Occupy.com: North Carolinians have become fully aware of the Republican-controlled Legislature's actions in Raleigh. July 29 was the final scheduled Moral Monday, but Forward Together Movement leader Rev. Dr. William Barber says the fight is far from over. Read the Article The Rape of Detroit: City Was Forced to Default so Rich Could Profit Gaius Publius, America Blog: Is your city black and sitting on public treasure? What happened to Detroit will happen to you. Is your city white and sitting on public treasure? The rich have their eye on it, says Gaius Publius. Read the Article ALEC's Attempts to Thwart Obamacare Lauren Feeney, Moyers & Company: Lauren Feeney interviews health-insurance-executive-turned-industry-whistleblower Wendell Potter to learn about ALEC's efforts to influence the health care debate and undermine the Affordable Care Act. Read the Interview | 
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