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213.489.1971 Dahr Jamail | On Climate Disruption, Washington Governor Inslee Vows "Disruptive Change" Dahr Jamail, Truthout: In Washington State, the Chehalis River Valley is the site of some of the worst floods in the Pacific Northwest. Gov. Jay Inslee recently toured the region to meet with people affected by extreme weather events resulting from climate disruption, and emphasized policy solutions over political ideology. Read the Article The Uncertainty of Access: Reproductive Health in the Rio Grande Valley Katie Klabusich, Truthout: As goes reproductive health-care access in Texas, so may go the nation. The tireless work of the activists in the Rio Grande Valley should be informing national organizing because it's effective and because the legal challenge to Texas law HB2 will likely land in front of the Supreme Court. Read the Article Author Nora Barrows-Friedman Chronicles Rise of Student Movement for Justice in Palestine Charlotte Silver, Truthout: Nora Barrows-Friedman, author of In Our Power, discusses what makes the Students for Justice in Palestine movement sustainable, why it's growing in the face of an amply funded opposition, and how the BDS strategy is a game changer. Read the Interview Dean Baker | The Ebola Vaccine, Traffic Congestion and Global Warming Dean Baker, Truthout: While the spread of Ebola and needless traffic congestion are both areas where many have paid a price from their determination not to help others, the greatest cost comes in the context of global warming. There is a real cost of having determined selfishness as a fundamental political principle. Read the Article In Midterm Elections Farce, Public Ignored by Both Parties Michael Meurer, Truthout: With both parties representing big money rather than competing economic visions, voters are opting out, and the 2014 midterm elections have devolved into an empty and expensive spectacle in which trivia such as White House chicken-wing recipes take center stage. Read the Article Bill Moyers | The Fight - and the Right - to Vote Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: The Lone Star state's voter ID law is part of a nationwide effort to suppress the vote as demographic changes are altering the electoral landscape. Close to half the states in the United States have passed laws restricting the right to vote. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Not Feeling Up for That Hanky Panky? There's a Pill for That Mara Kardas-Nelson, Truthout: The pharmaceutical industry is pressuring the FDA to approve a pill for "Female Sexual Disorder" that isn't significantly better at increasing the frequency of "satisfying sexual events" than a placebo and comes with some significant side effects for many women. Read the Article This City Came Up With a Simple Solution to Homelessness: Housing Kara Dansky, The Nation: Salt Lake City was spending $20,000 per homeless resident per year. Homelessness was not going down. Instead, for for $7,800 a year, through a new program called Housing First, the city found it could provide a person with an apartment and case management services. The initiative has reduced chronic homelessness by 72 percent. Read the Article When It Comes to Torture, Silence Is Bipartisan Victoria Bassetti, Brennan Center for Justice: Torture politics makes for strange bedfellows. For those of you who think the Obama administration doesn't know how to work with Republicans, think again. North Carolina's Republican Senator, Richard Burr, may soon be one of the administration's best friends. Read the Article Still on the Thank-You Tour-of-Duty Circuit 13 Years Later Rory Fanning, TomDispatch: Many veterans enlisted in the military thinking that they were indeed serving a noble cause, and it's no lie to say that they fought with valor for their brothers and sisters to their left and right. Unfortunately, good intentions at this stage are no substitute for good politics. Read the Article Amy Goodman | Former Weapons Inspector in Iraq Questions Claims That Iran Hiding Nuclear Tests Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Six world powers leading nuclear negotiations with Iran have set a November deadline to reach a deal to constrain Iran's nuclear program in exchange for easing Western sanctions. Earlier this month, a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency found Iran is meeting its commitments under a temporary deal. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript On the News With Thom Hartmann: In the US, Wealth Accumulation Outpacing Income, and More In today's On the News segment: The US has added more than $31 trillion of household wealth since the crash of 2008, but that's not necessarily something to celebrate; many retailers have opened earlier and earlier on Thanksgiving Day to draw in customers for Black Friday sales; the Social Security Administration announced the cost-of-living adjustment for 2015 benefits; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript | 
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