| Syria: From Refugees to Asylum Seekers Anna Lekas Miller, Truthout: A massive refugee crisis in Syria persists - and is worsening by the day. Refugees in European countries like Germany must endure anti-immigrant sentiment as well as deliberate policies to make seeking asylum, or living as an asylum-seeker, impossible. Read the Article The Perils of Patriarchy for Men as well as Women: Another Mass Shooting, another Reason to Begin Discussing Violence and Gender Jeffrey Nall, Truthout: Of the 67 mass shooting over the past twenty years, 66 of the assailants have been men. In a culture where masculine violence is accepted as commonplace, how do we put gender in the context of mass gun violence? Read the Article The Right's Closed Information Loop May Set Up the Next Shut Down Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company: Although the GOP has suffered a massive blow during the government shutdown, Tea Party members are still ready for "round two" come January. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Report Reveals 48% of School Children Come from Low Income Families; Indicates Long-Term Trend in American Poverty On today's On the News segment: Federal workers, who were furloughed during the shutdown, will receive backpay for the time they weren't able to work, but many others won't be so lucky, The state of Oregon has cut its uninsured population by ten percent in just two weeks, Newark Mayor Cory Booker was elected as the fourth African-American to the Senate, and the first since Barack Obama was elected in Illinois, and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript For Thousands, Keeping Your Old Health Insurance Policy Isn't an Option Kaiser Health News, McClatchy Newspapers: Health insurance companies are sending notices of cancellation to hundreds of thousands of people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have and forcing others to buy more expensive policies. Read the Article The Afghan Dead Find a List Giuliano Battiston, Inter Press Service: A list of names released by the Netherlands' national prosecutor's office reveals "crimes" committed by teachers, mullahs, students, intellectuals, civil servants; people murdered for being considered counter-revolutionary by the newly empowered regime. Read the Article The Abject Failure of Reaganomics Robert Parry, Consortium News: House Republicans got next to nothing from their extortion strategy of taking the government and the economy hostage, but they are sure to continue obstructing programs that could create jobs and start rebuilding the middle class. What they will not recognize is the abject failure of Reaganomics. Read the Article What to Expect During the Cease-Fire Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Our real economic problem continues to be a dearth of good jobs along with widening inequality...The President has now scored a significant victory over extremist Republicans. But the fight will continue. He mustn't relinquish ground during the upcoming cease-fire," writes Reich. Read the Article Jim Hightower | Health Care Hypocrisy Jim Hightower, Other Words: Senator Ted Cruz declined taxpayer-funded coverage because of his wife's Cadillac policy. Read the Article Hawaii: A Voice For Sovereignty Staff, Making Contact National Radio Project: Hawaii is rich with a history of opposition to US occupation. From sacred sites, to indigenous language, Hawaiians are fighting hard to protect their traditions, and their future. Read the Article It's Time to Put an End to Israel's "Don't Ask-Don't Tell" Nuclear Policy Pam Bailey and Medea Benjamin, PinkTank: "Neither the world, nor Israel, is served legally or morally by continuing to condone a practice of don't ask-don't tell for an issue that is so central to global security and safety. As long as Israel refuses to acknowledge its possession of nuclear weapons...it is difficult, if not impossible, to engage it in any meaningful arms control or other nuclear-related diplomacy," writes Bailey and Benjamin. Read the Article | 
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