| One Month After Historic Hunger Strike Ends, Legislators Hold Hearings About Solitary Confinement Victoria Law, Truthout: Families and former prisoners held for years in solitary confinement expressed optimism after the first of several California Public Safety Committee hearings about the punishment, promised in exchange for an end to prisoners' 60-day hunger strike over the summer. Read the Article Chris Hedges | The Folly of Empire Chris Hedges, Truthdig: The last days of empire are carnivals of folly. We are in the midst of our own, plunging forward as our leaders court willful economic and environmental self-destruction. Sumer and Rome went down like this. So did the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires. But our collapse will take the whole planet with it. Read the Article Columbus Raped the Redskins ... Time to Change the Name The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: It's Columbus Day, a perfect day to consider changing the name of the Washington Redskins. Read the Article The Tea Party and the New York Times Shut Down the Government Dean Baker, Truthout: The reason that many people might be sympathetic to shutting down the government over spending is they are badly confused about where their tax dollars are going. This is where the New York Times comes into the picture. Read the Article The Greek Prime Minister Should Explain the Links Between His Party and Golden Dawn Dimitris Dalakoglou, Truthout: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is currently visiting the United States. He arrived here in the immediate aftermath of the arrest of the leadership of Golden Dawn, the notorious Greek neo-Nazi party, over the death of a prominent antifascist musician. But what skeletons does Mr. Samaras have in his closet? Read the Article Parkinson's and Disability Have an Image Problem, and Michael J. Fox Isn't Helping Lauren Van Schaik Smith, Truthout: The Michael J. Fox Show is a fitting welcome back party for a beloved sitcom veteran, but the show minimizes discrimination and other difficulties victims face daily. Read the Article Israeli Claim of Iranian ICBM Exploits Biased US Intel Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: In an effort to provoke any possible opposition in US political circles to a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to exploiting an old claim that Iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the United States. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Republicans and President Obama Stalemate in Fiscal Negotiations, and More In today's On the News segment: Over the weekend, House Republicans and President Obama hit a stalemate in fiscal negotiations, and the Senate moved on to work out their own plan; the debt limit fight has moved to the Senate, but that won't stop House Republicans from trying to insert a few demands into the deal; another business owner is proving that fair wages and benefits don't stand in the way of success; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Bill Moyers: Dollars v. Democracy Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Bill speaks with Yale Law School election and constitutional law professor Heather Gerken, who warns that McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission will further erode campaign finance regulations and allow more cash and influence to slosh around in the system. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript The Desert of Israeli Democracy: A Trip Through the Negev Desert Leads to the Heart of Israel's National Nightmare Max Blumenthal, TomDispatch: The Israeli prime minister is preparing to implement the Prawer Plan - a blueprint for the expulsion of 40,000 indigenous Bedouin citizens of Israel from their ancestral Negev Desert communities to "concentrate" them in state-run, reservation-style townships. Read the Article The Economic Consequences of a US Debt Default Jack Rasmus, Jack Rasmus' Blog: Both the US and global economies are already slowing noticeably, with the Federal Reserve in the US continuing to downgrade and lower its estimates of future US growth, and the IMF doing the same for growth rates in China and the rest of the world. The Teapublicans claim a US debt default would not impact these already negative trends. Read the Article The GED Test Is About to Get Much Harder, and Much More Expensive Kavitha Cardoza, Economic Hardship Reporting Project: For Kiana Rucker and for millions of other students, the GED certificate has offered a promise of a better life, a path from poverty into college or a more promising career. Next year, though, the GED test will get much harder, and adult educators are worried that they - and their students - aren't ready for the changes. Read the Article | 
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