The Coming Domestic Drone Wars Candice Bernd, Truthout: The ongoing integration of drone technology into domestic airspace may prompt a public outcry as ubiquitous drone surveillance by law enforcement agencies and corporations becomes the norm over US skies. Read the Article The Trans-Pacific Partnership: We Won't Be Fooled by Rigged Corporate Trade Agreements Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout: Agreements passed by fast track - the way the president would have Congress pass the "corporate coup against people and the planet" disguised as a trade agreement, or Trans-Pacific Partnership - have caused the loss of US jobs, lowered wages and created higher trade deficits. Read the Article There Is No Such Thing as the Tea Party; There Is Only a Collection of Billionaires The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The Tea Party is a creation of billionaires intent on destroying our government, preventing Americans from getting access to health care, and sabotaging any attempt to regulate Wall Street or the oil industry. Read the Article Conservatives Celebrate Shutdown of Government They Hate Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: Republicans are exercising the one power that the American people have not yet been able to take away from them: the power to destroy. Conservatives are "giddy" over shutting down the government. This is who they are. Read the Article The Story of Solutions Annie Leonard and Staff, The Story of Stuff Project: In the current 'Game of More', we're told to cheer a growing economy - more roads, more malls, more stuff! - even though our health indicators are worsening, income inequality is growing and polar ice caps are melting. But what if we changed the point of the game? Watch the Video and Read the Article The Big Push: Putting Tar Sands Through Old Oil Pipelines Roger Drouin, Truthout: Rushing to convert older pipelines, oil companies are avoiding lengthy reviews and public scrutiny but bringing tar sands risks. Read the Article Crazy Like Foxes Heather Parton, Campaign for America's Future: One of the major misunderstandings of this budget mess is that it's about Republicans just running around willy-nilly screaming "nonononono" like toddlers having a temper tantrum. That's not what's happening. This is a strategy. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obamacare Is Off to a Great Start, and More In today's On the News segment: Obamacare is off to a great start; after flooding, Colorado is being hit hard by the government shutdown; New York's top prosecutor is holding the banksters accountable; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Five Ways the Government Shutdown Hurts Women Most Robin Marty, Care2: Despite Republicans' insistence that Democrats are "focused on birth control and sex rather than making sure the government doesn't shut down," it's becoming clear that women will be harmed regardless of what path the GOP takes. Read the Article Henry A. Giroux | Hardened Cultures and the War on Youth Tyler J. Pollard, McMaster Humanities: This interview was conducted at the McMaster Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest's 2013 "War on Youth" Summer Institute, Summer 2013. Watch the Video | 
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