How Dede Adnahom Didn't Get Deported Victoria Law, Truthout: Giday "Dede" Adnahom was granted permanent US residency after forming a group called Who You Callin' Illegal, which analyzed the intersections between incarceration and immigration, including mass deportation and the coordination between ICE and the Seattle police department. Read the Article The Promise of Violence in the Age of Catastrophe Brad Evans and Julian Reid, Truthout: Since 9/11, we have been conditioned for resilience - to expect vulnerability to violence and catastrophe rather than imagine a future of security and community. Read the Article John Pilger | India Is a Dystopia of Extremes, but Resistance Is Stirring John Pilger, Truthout: The worldwide assault on social democracy and the collusion of major parties has produced in India a dystopia of extremes, but the great popular resistance that gave India its independence is stirring. Read the Article Drones Will Be Tested in 10 US States - Is Yours One? Kristina Chew, Care2: At least ten states will be sites for testing drones in the next couple of years. Six institutions have been authorized to operate test locations for the use of drones and for studying how they will interact with air traffic systems. Read the Article Corporations Control Our Lives Thom Hartmann, The Thom Hartmann Program: Corporate power has a stranglehold on the entire American existence, and it has turned our entire lives into a profit-making venture. We must regain our power by declaring that corporations are not people and money is not speech. Read the Article Truthout TV Interviews Bruce Melton About Global Climate Change Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Bruce Melton and Ted Asregadoo discuss global climate change and the way in which the media amplifies climate change deniers out of "fairness." They highlight a technology called "sky mining" that may be the best approach to reducing carbon in the atmosphere. Watch the Interview Could 2014 Be Year One of the Pay Ratio Era? Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: In the year ahead, nurses and college students just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic - and growing - income inequality. Read the Article The New Financial Scam Driving Workers Deep Into Debt Dave Johnson, AlterNet: There's a new game in town: workplace loans, which should really be called company rip-offs. Read the Article Four Surefire Tips for Following the Money in Your State Andy Kroll, Moyers & Company: Here are four easy-to-use tips for following the money in your state - and throwing some sunlight on the mega-donors trying to sway your elections. Read the Article Audit: FEC Still in "Significant" Danger of Hacking Dave Levinthal, The Center for Public Integrity: The Federal Election Commission's computer and IT security continues to suffer from "significant deficiencies," and the agency remains at "high risk," according to a new audit of the agency's operations. Read the Article South Korea: Rail Workers, Repression and Resistance Eric Lee, Open Democracy: An almost unreported strike in South Korea, which has just come to an end, epitomizes how a "free" market can be incompatible with the liberty of workers to defend their own security. Read the Article This week in Speakout: David Palumbo-Liu suggests a break from discussing the American Studies boycott; John Morlino defends his animal brethren in Montgomery County, Maryland; Marilyn Vogt-Downey sheds light on the US government's continuing influence in Iraq; Shepherd Bliss reports on a protest by Mothers in White for slain teenager Andy Lopez; Fatima Bacot laments our corporate-serving society; and more. Read the Articles |
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