| Coal Ash: The Dan River Spill and the Power Industry's Toxic Legacy Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Duke Energy's massive coal ash spill in North Carolina that filled the Dan River with toxic sludge is not the first disaster caused by the power industry's legacy of waste. More than 1,000 ponds and landfills full of contaminated coal ash waste are kept next to rivers and streams across the country and remain largely unregulated by the federal government. Read the Article and View the Photos Federal Prosecutions Fail To Bring Justice in New Orleans Jordan Flaherty, Truthout: After years of struggle to bring New Orleans police violence to light and to justice, community members find that they can't rely on the criminal justice system to police itself. But continued activism may result in positive change. Read the Article Time to End the Cheney/Halliburton Loophole The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: If any industry in the country needs regulation, it's the fracking industry. But, thanks in large part to Dick Cheney, it's exempt from having to follow most important environmental laws on the books. Read the Article America Has Forgotten That We Don't Have Freedom if We Don't Have Free Time Lynn Parramore, AlterNet: The debate about voluntary work reduction points to some deeper philosophical questions about the nature of work and what kind of society we want to live in. To explore these, we need to get beyond the political spin of both parties. Read the Article Meeting With the Enemy: Vietnam From a Vietnamese Perspective Camillo Mac Bica, Truthout: A veteran of the Vietnam War meets a survivor of the American War in an intense exchange of experiences from opposite sides. Read the Article What Is Climate Geoengineering? Word Games in the Ongoing Debates Over a Definition Rachel Smolker, Truthout: The precise details of the definition of "geoengineering" are vitally important and, among other things, will determine what technologies and practices will be subject to intense scrutiny and potentially complex legal processes governing a global-scale climate tweak effort. Read the Article Bill Bratton: NYPD Huckster? Nick Malinowski, Truthout: When NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton spoke Monday at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Conference on Crime in America, he seemed to see his role as dampening controversy over the force's tactics, not rooting out tactics that are criminal or ineffective. Lipstick on a pig? Read the Article Better Way To Keep Track of Taxpayer Dollars Lauren-Brooke Eisen, Brennan Center for Justice: Amid larger discussions of government spending surrounding the debt ceiling, farm bill and Murray-Ryan budget compromise, it's easy to forget that Congress’ appropriation of funds for agencies and programs is only the beginning. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: West Virginia Is Dealing With Another Coal-Related Toxic Spill, and More In today's On the News segment: West Virginia is dealing with another coal-related toxic spill; Florida Republicans blocked efforts to make voting easier for college students; Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee is suspending that state's death penalty; and more.. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript If Obama Orders the CIA To Kill a US Citizen, Amazon Will Be a Partner in Assassination Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: President Obama is now considering whether to order the Central Intelligence Agency to kill a US citizen in Pakistan. That's big news this week. But hidden in plain sight is the fact that Amazon would be an accessory to the assassination. Read the Article Food Fights, Corporate Trade Agreements and States' Rights: Democracy or Corporatocracy? Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association: Fearing that more and more counties will launch citizen ballot initiatives, Big Ag interests in at least a dozen states have passed so-called "Right-to-Farm" legislation designed to protect the interests of corporate agribusiness, over those of local citizens. Read the Article | 
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