Female Prisoners' Babies Shouldn't Be Sentenced to Life Without Breast Milk Maya Schenwar, The Guardian: Most of the 10,000 babies born to US prisoners each year are deprived of their mothers - and their mothers' milk. Does denying prisoners' children access to a natural source of preventive health care really make us safer? Read the Article Dick Cheney's Heartless Hypocrisy Robert Parry, Consortium News: Little attention has gone to the hypocrisy of the former vice president accepting expensive government-funded surgeries while endorsing the Tea Party's campaign to deny health coverage to millions of Americans. Read the Article Corporate Media's Hidden Wave of Consolidation Mike Ludwig, Truthout: A historic wave of corporate media consolidation is changing the landscape of America's most utilized news source - local TV news. Media reformers say the consolidation diminishes the public's access to information and, in turn, harms our democracy. Read the Article Fukushima - a Global Threat That Requires a Global Response Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: The problems at Fukushima are in large part about facing reality. Until the world acknowledges the severity of the events, there can be no way to find a global solution. Read the Article The Triumph of the Right Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: Conservative Republicans have lost their fight over the shutdown and debt ceiling. But they're winning the big one: How the nation understands our biggest domestic problem. Read the Article Stop Treating Capitalists Like They're Gods The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Sen. Rand Paul has no idea how capitalism works. That's because, like most Americans, he confuses capitalism with free enterprise. Read the Article Growing Clash Between Immigrant Rights Activists and Washington Power Brokers David Bacon, Truthout: As Congress has failed to pass immigration reform bills - even ones deeply unpopular among many immigrants - community-based rights organizations outside of Washington, DC, are seeking ways to stop the federal government's huge wave of deportations. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Many States Don't Require a Background Check to Buy a Gun, and More In today's On the News segment: In many states around our nation, you don't need a background check to buy a gun; growing up poor actually changes a child's brain; on Tuesday, the anti-Obamacare crowd had another disappointment; and more. Read the Transcript The Coming Grand Bargain: "We're All Neoliberals Now" Shamus Cooke, Worker's Action: Republicans once again were allowed to use the threat of government default to steer the Obama administration to the right - the right-leaning tail wagging the dog of government in the direction of a "Grand Bargain" to cut "entitlement" programs such as Social Security, Medicare and other public services. Read the Article Radioactive Rainwater Overwhelms Fukushima Nuclear Plant Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: In Japan, the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant acknowledged that highly radioactive rainwater runoff has contaminated surrounding areas. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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