Maya Schenwar | The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World

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BuzzFlash Mayor 1% Bloomberg Accuses Likely Next NYC Mayor of Racism for Having a Bi-Racial Family Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: After all those years of carefully crafting a mass media image of being a moderate billionaire mayor, Bloomberg's distasteful underside emerges in public statements. Read the BuzzFlash Commentary   Why Doesn't the NSA Spy on Wall Street? Read the article at Salon   Cherry-Picking the "Red Lines" of Evil Read the article at BuzzFlash   Shale Criminal Charges Stun Fracking Industry Read the article at The Philadelphia Inquirer   The Koch Brothers' Secret Bank Read the article at Politico   A Right-Wing Militia's Own Private Idaho Read the article at BuzzFlash   Elizabeth Warren: Congress Needs To 'Pick Up The Slingshot' On Downsizing Banks Read the Article at Talking Points Memo   Government Shutdown Inches Closer as GOP Leaders Delay Vote in House Read the article at The Hill     Maya Schenwar | The Prison System Welcomes My Newborn Niece to This World Maya Schenwar, Truthout: During and after the birth of my niece, my sister was allowed no family or friends at her bedside. Following the birth, a guard shackled my sister's ankles to the bedpost. Read the Article  When the Police Become a Standing Army, Liberty is Sacrificed Without Security Radley Balko, Truthout/PublicAffairs Books: There has been a generation-long shift to increasingly aggressive, militaristic and arguably unconstitutional policing - one that would have shocked the conscience of America's founders, according to Balko Radley. Read an excerpt from his book "Rise Of The Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces." Read the Article  The "Systematic Murder" of Philadelphia Public Schools Rania Khalek, Truthout: Amid crushing privatization, Philadelphia schools have turned into skeletons of their former selves and are woefully unprepared for the start of classes this year. But hope isn't dead: Parents, students and teachers are banding together to take on the machine. Read the Article  Overruling the Judicial Amendments: What Is To Be Done? Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges, Truthout: In this final installment of their National Labor Relations Act Judicial Amendment series, Dannin and Hodges review the harm done by right wing judicial lawlessness and a judicial selection process that favors conservative judges. And they argue for change. Read the Article  Paul Le Blanc and Michael D. Yates | Black America and a New Freedom Budget Paul Le Blanc and Michael D. Yates, Truthout: The authors of the new book "A Freedom Budget for All Americans: Recapturing the Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in the Struggle for Economic Justice Today" demonstrate how we need immediate, radical change as the lives of the majority of Americans become more insecure and less hopeful every day. Read the Article  Priests Should Marry The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The Catholic Church allowing priests to marry could be a huge step toward positive worldwide revolutions. Read the Article  Giving New Meaning to the Day After 9/11: Why Saying No to Syria Matters Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch: Once again, we find ourselves at the day after 9/11, and this time America stands alone. Read the Article  On the News With Thom Hartmann: After Recession America Remains in a New Gilded Age, and More In today's On the News segment: According to a new report from economists Emmanuel Saez and Thomas Piketty, based on numbers from the Internal Revenue Service, the top 10 percent of income earners in our nation took home more than half of all of the income in 2012; even the banksters know that the sequester was a bad idea; Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to cut three seats from the DC Circuit Court; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript  Supertankers to Ply the Great White Slushie: Global Warming's Latest Feedback Loop Michael I Niman, Artvoice: If you want to be shocked by the speed at which global warming is changing the Earth, just look north to the melting Arctic. Read the Article  Salvatore Babones | Unprecedented Inequality: The Top 1% Captured 95% of the Income Gains Since 2009 Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: The economy is growing, but most workers are left behind, says Salvatore Babones. Watch the Video

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