| The New Citizens United: Supreme Court Strikes Down Political Spending Limits for Rich Donors Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Demonstrations were held across the country Wednesday as the Supreme Court continued chipping away at federal campaign finance reforms, striking down the federal cap on the total amount of money an individual donor can spend supporting candidates and political parties during a two-year election cycle. Read the Article Homeland Security Study Praises Occupy Sandy, With Murky Intentions Thomas Hintze, Truthout: A new study praises Occupy Sandy, the grassroots relief network that emerged following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy. The report offers comprehensive analysis of Occupy Sandy's "Success Drivers" and juxtaposes its findings with the "Limitations of Traditional Relief Efforts." Sounds great, right? There's just one problem: the study was conducted for the Department of Homeland Security. Read the Article Discrimination Against Children of Color Begins in Preschool, New Study Says Judy Molland, Care2: The racial disparities in American education, from access to high-level classes and experienced teachers to discipline, were highlighted in a report released March 21 by the Education Department's civil rights arm. Turns out, black students are more likely than other racial groups to be suspended from US public schools, even as preschoolers. Read the Article Two Log Jail Time To Stop Logging, Strip Mine Expansion in Illinois James Anderson, Truthout: Police arrested two activists at a blockade set up on Rocky Branch Road in Harrisburg, Illinois, last month, to stop Peabody Energy from continuing logging operations as part of the company's strip mine expansion. Daniel Goering, 20, and Alice Fine, 19, laid down a tarp on the road to block the route to be used for logging that day. Read the Article In Fracking Fight, a Worry About How Best To Measure Health Threats Naveena Sadasivam, ProPublica: Opponents of gas drilling say regulators are slow and unprepared in responding to air-quality complaints. How the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection handles those complaints has worsened the raw and angry divide between fearful residents and the state regulators charged with overseeing the burgeoning gas drilling industry. Read the Article US Falling Emissions a Mirage: Offshoring and Fracking Bruce Melton, Truthout: America's emissions are not falling, as suggested by the US Energy Information Administration. The two main reasons are offshored goods and services and fracked natural gas. The administration does two things that obscure reality when evaluating emissions. Read the Article The Firm Behind Anti-UAW Videos in Chattanooga John Logan, Truthout: The "union avoidance industry" has been at the epicenter of the sustained, sophisticated and largely successful assault on unions and collective bargaining, with consultant firms such as Projections playing a central role in the development and popularization of tactics now standard in antiunion campaigns. Read the Article Charles Keating and the Lessons of the Savings and Loan Crisis The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program Charles H. Keating Jr., one of the most notorious fraudsters in American history, died yesterday at the age of 90. Tens of thousands of everyday Americans, many of them senior citizens, lost millions of dollars on the junk bonds Keating sold to them. Read the Article Why Religious Leaders Are Speaking Up in Support of Universal Contraceptive Access Valerie Tarico, Away Point: When the Supreme Court took up the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods cases March 25, attorneys for the business owners argued that their religious freedom (and that of the corporations!) is being violated by the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. But not all religious leaders agree. Read the Article Police Killing Inflames San Francisco Community, Revealing Further Divides Joseph Mayton, Occupy.com: A police shooting of 28-year-old Alejandro Nieto in San Francisco last Friday has left the city divided, angry and uncertain over the fast-changing social and economic landscape of the Bay Area. On Tuesday, frustration boiled over at a community meeting led by police Chief Greg Suhr. Read the Article Wall Street Journal Spins Facts for Scott Walker Aide Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: The Wall Street Journal opinion page has a new installment in its campaign against Wisconsin's "John Doe" campaign finance probe, this time in an effort to resuscitate the image of Kelly Rindfleisch, a top aide to Scott Walker implicated in two John Doe investigations. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Reaganomics Has Created Poverty, and More In today's On the News segment: Three decades of Reaganomics has left half of our entire nation in poverty; last week, the Connecticut General Assembly voted to increase the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour; Walmart has admitted that it depends on corporate welfare to keep making a profit; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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