| William Rivers Pitt | "WTF Bombs?": Taking Back the Boston Marathon William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Boston is recovering, but has not yet recovered. All of us who were in the city on that terrible day, and the days that followed, are changed for having been through it…. The new American pastime is being blasé about blowing up strangers in faraway places, until it happens to your town, your friends, your heart." Read the Article Salvatore Babones | Workplace Democracy Salvatore Babones, Truthout: We need a whole new approach to labor law in the United States that provides workers more freedom and democracy in the workplace than the present untenable, unfair and un-American prohibitions, which represent substantial infringements on workers' rights to free association and freedom of action. Read the Article John Pilger | Celebrating Resistance on the Anniversary of South Africa's First Democratic Vote John Pilger, Truthout: On the upcoming 20th anniversary of the first democratic vote on April 27, 1994, it is the resistance, the force for justice and real democratic progress, that should be celebrated, while its betrayal and squandering should be understood and acted upon. Read the Article TurboTax Maker Linked to "Grassroots" Campaign Against Free, Simple Tax Filing Liz Day, ProPublica: The only Computer and Communications Industry Association member that's involved with tax preparation software is Intuit, and it's also the only member of the group that has taken a public position on return-free tax filing. Intuit and its allies have long worked against return-free filing. Read the Article Surveillance State and This Year's "High-Risk" Boston Marathon Sarah Rosenblatt, Truthout: After last year's violence, this year's Boston Marathon will be a "high-risk event," but that should not justify any and all intrusions by the surveillance state. View the Comic Pot Economics: What's the Future of the American Marijuana Market? Dan Schneider, Dollars & Sense: The jury is still out on what the ultimate financial impact of legalization would be, but in the past few years a growing body of research has explored the possible contours of a new marijuana economy. This can give us a good sense of how the plant might or might not live up to its proponents' expectations. Read the Article Amy Goodman | Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on American Injustice Gap From Wall Street to Main Street Amy Goodman and Aaron Mate, Democracy Now!: Award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi is out with an explosive new book that asks why the vast majority of white-collar criminals have avoided prison since the financial crisis began, while an unequal justice system imprisons the poor and people of color on a mass scale. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple Eisa Ulen, Truthout: Black activist professors are not just eased out of the academy; they are chopped down. One black leader with the ax aimed at his knees is Dr. Anthony Monteiro. In this exclusive interview with Truthout, Monteiro tells his version of the events that led to his ouster. Read the Interview Why Ordinary Citizens Have No Say The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: If our politics and democratic process weren't owned by corporate interests and the wealthy elite, if we had an actual democracy instead of an oligarchy, we could be leading the world when it comes to phasing out fossil fuels, and creating a clean and green economy. Read the Article Paul Krugman | The Lack of Courage Among Policymakers Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: The nature of our current economic situation is that smart policy requires that you ignore what supposedly responsible people, who sound as if they know what they're talking about, have to say. And no government of the moderate left has had the intellectual and moral courage to do that. Read the Article Washington Fights Fire With Fire in Libya: How Not to End Violence in a War-Torn Land Nick Turse, TomDispatch: There may be no nation that can get things entirely right when it comes to Libya but one nation has shown an unnerving ability to get things wrong. Whether outside of Tripoli, in Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, or elsewhere, should that country really be the one in charge of the delicate process of building a cohesive security force to combat violent, fractious armed groups? Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: Groups Held Week of Action for Better Wages, and More In today's On the News segment: Last year, median CEO pay jumped to $10.5 million, an increase of about 13 percent, however most workers didn't see their paychecks go up by a single dime; corporate lobbyists say that most Americans support the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but it turns out that their claims are a bunch of hype; Oregon state Sen. Mark Hass says, "Higher education for kids should not break families down"; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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