| Out of Hurricane Sandy Devastation, Free Photographic Book Combines Art With Generosity Mark Karlin, Truthout: Since 2008, Concord Free Press has printed free limited-edition books that have resulted in more than $325,000 of donations to causes. The current Concord book, The Rockaways, is a stunning archival witness to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Read the Article Trans-Pacific Partnership: "We Will Not Obey"; Building a Global Resistance Movement Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout: We must build a broad-based, movement of movements that sends a clear message to Washington, DC: "If you pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership, we will not obey." Read the Article Monsanto and Junk Food Companies Spend Millions to Fight GMO Labeling in Congress Mike Ludwig, Truthout: The biggest names in biotechnology and processed food products have spent millions of dollars fighting efforts in Washington and California to label genetically engineered foods, and they are spending big to fight labeling efforts in Congress as well. Read the Article Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Citizens and Hibakusha David Krieger, Truthout: At the fifth Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, David Krieger described how nuclear weapons have been legitimized, the new ethic required to ensure planetary security and what can be accomplished by anti-nuclear activism. Read the Statement NY Judge Renews "Order of Protection" Barring Drone Protesters From Air Base Candice Bernd, Truthout: Typically an "Order of Protection" is used in domestic violence cases, but a judge in DeWitt, New York, recently renewed 17 activists' "Orders of Protection," which bar them from the Hancock Air Base, where they were arrested last year during a protest over military drones. Read the Article Does Germany's New Law About "No Gender" Babies Go Far Enough? Kristina Chew, Care2: Germany has become the first country in Europe to allow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both genders as being neither male nor female. But banning cosmetic genital surgeries for newborns is really the issue that needs to be addressed. Read the Article Privatizing Our Vote: The Ultimate Crime The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Over the past decade or so our elected representatives have slowly but surely handed the power to decide our elections over to a handful of giant, mostly Republican-connected corporations. And they've done so by giving them the right to count our votes. Read the Article Dark Money's New Frontier: State Judicial Elections John Light, Moyers & Company: In America, we expect that our courts are fair and impartial. But increasingly, state high courts are falling prey to the same out-of-control, post-Citizens United election spending that has plagued legislative and executive races during the past two election cycles. Read the Article Six Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here's What We Still Don't Know Cora Currier, ProPublica: Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. In a speech, Obama vowed that the United States would use force against only a "continuing and imminent threat to the American people." How much has changed since the president's speech? Read the Article What Happens When Parents Stand Up and Say No to Testing? Elizabeth Hines, AlterNet: Parents in one New York City school have decided to do more than complain about the perils of testing young children. They're taking action, en masse, and getting results. Read the Article Take Roots Action: We stopped the missiles, but we haven't stopped the guns flowing into Syria from the US government under the label of "military aid." And we haven't sent humanitarian aid at nearly the levels needed. (Email Congress, the president and the United Nations now!) | 
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