| Gaza's Doctors Struggle to Provide Basic Care Amid Strikes on Ambulances, Health Workers, Hospitals Nora Barrows-Friedman, Truthout: Two major international human rights organizations have called for immediate investigations into possible war crimes committed by Israel, after evidence has emerged of the Israeli army's targeted killing of Palestinian medical staff and rescue workers in Gaza. Read the Article How the Mainstream Media Helped Kill Michael Brown Aaron Cantú, Truthout: It took three days for the mainstream media to report any version of events surrounding Michael Brown's killing in Ferguson, Missouri, beyond what the police had to say. This distorted coverage, which favors the authorities' narrative, is not an aberration for dominant media outlets. Read the Article As Iraq Unravels, US Repeats Mistakes Matthew Schweitzer, Truthout: The United States' invasion essentially created sectarian politics in Iraq. Airstrikes will not mold the country into a stable or inclusive state, which is what is necessary for Iraq to face the challenges before it. Read the Article Abolishing the Broken US Juvenile Justice System Hannah K. Gold, Truthout: In her second book, Burning Down the House, Nell Bernstein focuses on the criminalization of American young people, from the mid-1980s when the trend first exploded to the present day when the United States incarcerates more of its kids than any other industrialized nation. Read the Review Truths and Falsehoods About Ralph Nader's New Book Bruce E. Levine, Truthout: Readers of Ralph Nader's new book, Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State, may not conclude that liberal-libertarian alliances are inevitable, but will come to see how they can be profoundly productive. Read the Review Advice for "Meet the Press" The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: Going on "Meet the Press" shouldn't be a walk in the park. Lawmakers and guests should be grilled. Instead of asking the same old beltway regulars the same old questions and relying on boring panels, "Meet The Press" should be talking to experts on the issues. Read the Article Justice Ginsburg Wants "Equal Dignity" for Women in Court Decisions Karin Kamp, Moyers & Company: Supreme Court rulings on gay rights are progressively pushing forward, while decisions related to women's equality are moving in the opposite direction, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says. Read the Article and Watch the Video Critical Moment to Stop the TPP and Other Rigged Trade Agreements Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: The moment facing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, its sibling the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the future approach to trade is reaching a critical stage. These new trade agreements are meeting significant opposition and obstacles. We can stop the "fast track," and defeat corporate trade. Read the Article Blown Chances in Gaza: Israel and the US Miss Many Chances to Avoid War Sandy Tolan, TomDispatch: Alongside the toll of death and broken lives, perhaps the saddest reality of the latest Gaza war is how easy it would have been to avoid. For the last eight years, Israel and the United States had repeated opportunities to opt for a diplomatic solution in Gaza. Read the Article Federal Investigators Crack Down on Two Virginia Schools' Use of Restraints Heather Vogell, ProPublica: Federal investigators have faulted two Virginia schools for pinning down and isolating disabled students improperly, saying the schools used the practices routinely as a "one-size fits all" response to disruptive behavior despite evidence they didn't work. Read the Article Paul Krugman | Solving the Poverty Problem With Magic Asterisks Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Ezra Klein recently asked the wrong question in an article on Vox: Why should anyone trust Paul Ryan's poverty plan? That's easy: Nobody should. This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions. Read the Article The Mass Destruction of Iraq: The Disintegration of a Nation: Why It Is Happening and Who Is Responsible Truthout writers William Rivers Pitt and Dahr Jamail have collaborated on a new e-book that examines the history behind the chaos in Iraq. From PNAC to Bush, with vivid reporting from the scene, this book definitively explains why this is happening. Order The Mass Destruction of Iraq for Kindle now! Get the E-Book | 
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