Bill Ayers Weighs in on Democracy, Selfhood and His "Unrepentant Terrorist" Alter-Ego Maya Schenwar, Truthout: Bill Ayers' Public Enemy demonstrates the potential of memoir to infuse politics with humanity, conflict with compassion, backlash with love. The book paints an intricate and humiliating picture of the forces that have driven the tragedies of our past. Read the Article Jerry Brown Wants to Be a Climate Leader - and to Frack for a Lot of Oil Claire Sandberg, Truthout: Despite the fact that California Gov. Jerry Brown claims he wants to be a leader in the climate change movement, he continues to give his blessing to a dramatic expansion of fracking in his state's massive oil shale formations, which underlie a large area of the state from southern to central California. Read the Article The Obama Pledge on Keeping Your Insurance Dean Baker, Truthout: While President Obama's recent apology over the cancellation of health insurance policies under the ACA has put him in a bad light, many of the cancellations can be attributed to insurers misleading clients by withholding information. Read the Article NSA Spying Scandal Roils US-EU Trade Negotiations Mary Bottari, PR Watch: Ironically, with the tension of the NSA surveillance scandal looming overhead, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which would deregulate many international consumer and environmental protections laws, might be in danger of falling through. Read the Article Bill de Blasio: Mayor of Two Cities Steven Wishnia, Truthout: While income inequality was a central theme of Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign, what specific ideas, programs and policies does he have, and what can New York City's mayor do that is not circumscribed by political reality? Read the Article Myths of Economic Statistics Salvatore Babones, Inequality.org: While the US economy is slowly growing, our corporate focused structure continues to widen the gap of inequality and push Americans into deeper and more uncontrollable debt. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Voters in Switzerland Have the Chance to End Outrageous Corporate Compensation, and More In today's On the News segment: Jim Javinsky asks Americans to celebrate the sacrifice of our veterans today by putting an end to perpetual war; elevated radiation levels are being detected around our nation; voters in Switzerland have a chance to put a cap on outrageous executive compensation; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Student Debt Is Crushing the Economic Future of the Young Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism: If the job market was not bad enough, the amount of debt that college students are accruing will hinder their overall ability to create wealth in their lifetimes, thus putting the future of the US economy at risk. Read the Article The Super Rich Reinvent US Capitalism Shamus Cooke, Workers Action: While politicians are calling for massive cuts to social programs like food stamps on the basis that we do not have the money to support them anymore, corporations continue to amass millions in tax-free wealth. Read the Article Robert Pollin: America Has an Industrial Policy - It's Run by the Pentagon Paul Jay, The Real News Network: Robert Pollin, the co-director of the Policy Economic Research Institute, speaks about the Pentagon and how we need an industrial policy aimed at jobs and a green economy, not massive public spending on the military. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript |
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