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213.489.1971 Greg Palast: New Orleans Lost Half Its Black Population Since Hurricane Katrina Jessica Desvarieux, The Real News Network: This week marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, but it also marks the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A new report found that African-American New Orleans residents continue to be disproportionately affected by high unemployment. Read the Article Striking "For Our Dignity," US Fast Food Workers Walk Off Carl Gibson, Occupy: Today, thousands of fast food and low-wage workers in approximately 50 US cities are walking off the job in a massive one-day strike to protest low wages at very profitable companies. Read the Article Black-White Income Differences: What's Happened? Aurthur Macewan, Dollars & Sense: The economic position of African-Americans relative to white Americans has not improved in the past 40 years. Read the Article Horton Hears a Stampeding Judicial Amendment Ann C. Hodges and Ellen Dannin, Truthout: Compulsory arbitration agreements force employees to give up their legal rights to join a class action lawsuit as the cost of getting or keeping a job. Such agreements banning class actions violate employees' right to join together as a group to remedy employers' illegal working conditions. Read the Article Bill Quigley | Katrina Pain Index 2013: New Orleans Eight Years Later Bill Quigley, Truthout: Eight years after Katrina, New Orleans remains incredibly poor. Nearly 100,000 people have never returned. Read the Article Community Radio Movement Prepares for Liftoff Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Groups interested in building low-power FM community radio stations need to act fast. Read the Article As Strikes on Syria Loom, Is US Ignoring a Diplomatic Track That Could Prevent More Violence? Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!: Phyllis Bennis speaks with Democracy Now! about why military action in Syria is not the solution. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Federal Regulations Could Make it Easier for Veterans and Disabled Workers to Find a Job, and More In today's On the News segment: Fifty years after Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told the world about his dream, our nation's first African-American president spoke from the very same steps of the Lincoln Memorial; climate change is already costing our nation billions; new federal regulations could make it much easier for veterans and disabled workers to find a job; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Disappointed, Not Surprised Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed: Faculty members in higher education are disappointed with a new proposal that Barack Obama introduced in his higher education policy speech at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The president proposed a ratings system for institutions to be tied to federal aid. Read the Article | 
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