Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism Tony Kashani, Truthout: Bob Dylan's SuperBowl commercial for Chrysler opens, "Is there anything more American than America?" Answer: Maybe this commercial - and not necessarily in a good way. Read the Article On Fred Korematsu Day: From Evacuation to Deportation on the Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment Sarah Macaraeg, Truthout: What have we learned since the internment of Japanese-Americans in desert concentration camps and converted race tracks? Other brown-skinned peoples are detained in the desert and deported. Read the Article Rage Against the Dying of a Light: Stuart Hall (1932-2014) Lawrence Grossberg, Truthout: "It is difficult for me to write a farewell to Stuart Hall, my teacher, mentor, interlocutor and friend… I do not wish to sanctify him. My grief is both deeply personal and intensely political." Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Democrats Are Done Waiting on Republicans, and More In today's On the News segment: Congressional Democrats are done waiting on Republicans; scientists are taking a closer look at the deep-sea impacts of the BP oil spill; a federal judge says Kentucky must respect same-sex marriages from other states; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Building the Morale of Missileers David Krieger, Truthout: We wonder how the conversation went when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called six Air Force nuclear launch officers during their shifts at underground launch control centers recently. Read the Article Kansas Takes the Sanctity of Marriage a Little Too Far Mindy Townsend, Care2: The Kansas legislature is going to do whatever it takes to make sure marriage in Kansas remains oppressive and exclusively hetero. Their new tactic? Eliminate no-fault divorce. Read the Article Ten Reasons to Call for More Than $10.10 as a Minimum Wage Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: President Obama signed an executive order on Wednesday raising the minimum wage for some federally contracted workers to $10.10. This move illustrates the fact that we need a higher minimum wage for all workers. Read the Article No Fast Track to TPP: Fix NAFTA First Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future: It is not only the wrong time to bring fast track up for a vote in Congress, it is time to scrap the TPP agreement. Instead we need to fix NAFTA first. Read the Article The Dangers of Stereotyping Lawrence Davidson, Consortium News: Ignorance in the form of stereotyping people from other parts of the world can have unpredictable consequences, sometimes leading to mass suffering that a more enlightened view might have avoided, as Lawrence Davidson reflects. Read the Article Lying to Survive at the Air Force Academy: An Open Letter to Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson Mikey Weinstein, AlterNet: "There is only one accepted aroma in the pack. It's the unforgiving stench of brutal evangelism, fundamentalism, restriction, and judgment." Read the Article Foodopoly: Big Agribusiness and the Monopoly on the Food Industry George Lavender, National Radio Project: We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate, but when a handful of companies control most of the brands you see at the grocery store, what choices are really left? Listen to the Radio Segment and Read the Article |
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