| William Rivers Pitt | You Are, In Fact, Being Watched William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The national security apparatus is, in fact, being deployed against American citizens, and for the specific purpose of putting American citizens in prison." Read the Article Housing Is Fundamental for a People's Economic Recovery Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The foundation of a true recovery is to guarantee that all people have access to shelter. The authors propose to effect this by stopping fraud in the existing housing and housing finance markets and by creating new vehicles for home ownership. Read the Article Homeland Security Taps Generals to Run Domestic Drone Program: The Rise of Predators at Home Tom Barry, Truthout: The continuing rise of Predator drones at home has been fueled by the bizarre merger of military influence in domestic affairs and the key role of border hawks in the politics of immigration reform. Read the Article Austerity's Failure in Greece: Time to Think the Unthinkable? C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: The international bailout of Greece has been an unmitigated economic and social disaster, but the options for the future of Greece remain starkly limited, warns Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, president of the Levy Economics Institute. Read the Article Teach for America's Mission in Chicago Kenzo Shibata, Jacobin Magazine: Teach for America wanted to help stem a teacher shortage. Why then are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by hundreds of new college graduates? Read the Article Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers' Stories: Lorenzo Benton Lorenzo Benton, Truthout: As the hunger strikers enter their 4th week, Lorenzo Benton, a Pelican Bay prisoner, describes what happens at the facility and the retaliatory actions that have been taken against the hunger strikers since they started. Read the Article We're All Being Poisoned by Deregulated Capitalism The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The unregulated, earth-destroying capitalism that keeps the 1% on top is killing everyone, whether they live on the Upper East Side or in the Mississippi Delta. The fact is that we're all - rich and poor - being poisoned by deregulated capitalism. Read the Article America's Foster Care System: Test Lab for Big Pharma, Cash Cow for Caretakers? Katie Rucke, MintPress News: Many child and human rights advocates are concerned about the dramatic number of children who are classified as "special needs" after entering the foster care system, due to the large financial benefits foster parents receive for putting these children on medications. Read the Article Obamacare Opens for Business, Shuts Out Labor Jenny Brown, Labor Notes: Many workers will face a Catch-22: insurance they can't afford, but no access to Obamacare's subsidies because their employer offers health insurance that the law deems affordable. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Our Government Is Going After Bank of America, and More In today's On the News segment: The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed parallel civil lawsuits against Bank of America for making misleading statements and failing to disclose facts to investors in early 2008; yesterday, the president put forward four ideas to reform the housing finance system; the default rate on student loans has tripled in the last decade; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Ten Ways to Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans Medea Benjamin, AlterNet: After a decade of wielding the military stick, it's time for some carrots, says Medea Benjamin. This 10-point plan would significantly reduce terrorist threats, save taxpayers billions of dollars and make Americans more loved and admired in the world. Read the Article At a Crossroad: Can the Labor Movement Save Its Soul? Hasira Soul, 2 Move the Crowd: If labor cannot utilize everything in its tool kit to turn the tide, then it and the aspirations of millions of black, brown, yellow, red and yes, white people will be tragically marginalized. Read the Article A Domestic Surveillance Scandal at the DEA? Agents Urged to Cover Up Use of NSA Intel in Drug Probes Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The Department of Justice has begun reviewing a controversial unit inside the Drug Enforcement Administration that uses secret domestic surveillance tactics - including intelligence gathered by the National Security Agency - to target Americans for drug offenses. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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