A Year After Congressional Testimony, Drone Strike Victims Still Searching for Justice Candice Bernd, Truthout: Despite a recent finding that fewer than 4 percent of drone strike casualties in Pakistan have been confirmed as members of al-Qaeda, critics fear the program will continue with impunity and even be boosted to combat the Islamic state. Read the Article Marjorie Cohn | Prosecutor Manipulates Grand Jury Process to Shield Officer Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Robert McCulloch has a history of bias in favor of police involved in altercations with black men. But, ignoring the pleas of 7,000 residents in and near Ferguson who signed a petition, McCulloch refused to recuse himself in the Darren Wilson case. Read the Article Deciphering 10(j) Injunctions at the National Labor Relations Board's Website Ellen Dannin, Truthout: The NLRB has launched a new website as part of an effort to beef up employee rights. But how many workers who need to know their rights can read and understand it? Read the Article Native-American Youth Are in Crisis and Need Protection Jessica Ramos, Care2: Centuries after the first pilgrims and Native Americans came together in peace to give thanks (so the story goes), Native-American youth have nothing close to peace. A new 120-page report from the Attorney General's Advisory Committee screams that they are in crisis. Read the Article Government Data Sharpens Focus on Crude-Oil Train Routes Isaiah Thompson, ProPublica: An analysis of federal government data adds new details to what's known about the routes taken by trains carrying crude oil. Local governments are often unaware of the potential dangers they face. Read the Article Obama's Immigration Action Doesn't Go Far Enough Diana Anahi Torres, OtherWords: Farmworkers don't qualify for reprieve under President Obama's recent executive action on deportation unless they've lived in the United States for five years and have kids who are US citizens or permanent residents with green cards. Read the Article Asia Smiles for the Cameras John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus: Washington needs to recognize that its Pacific pivot is adding insecurity to the region, not stability. With its arms sales and encouragement of ally assertiveness, the United States is bringing peace to the region just like the Colt .45 "Peacemaker" brought peace to the Wild West. Read the Article GOP on Wrong Side of History on Immigration Leo Gerard, Campaign for America's Future: Suffering amnesia about their personal histories, nativist Republicans want to expel the 11.7 million unauthorized immigrants, the people who harvest the United States' Thanksgiving vegetables and care for US toddlers and grannies. Read the Article New Pope Can End Church Cover-Up of Child Abuse Robert Weiner and Florian Prommer, Mass Live: Pope Francis has just announced he will be coming to the US next year for a conference on families. The new Pope is widely popular, but he and the Church must take stronger actions than ones to date on the victims and perpetrators of clerical child abuse. Read the Article The Real Cost of Fracking: How the US Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets and Food Allison Wilson, Independent Science News: Michelle Bamberger and Robert Oswald's new book, The Real Cost of Fracking: How America's Shale Gas Boom Is Threatening Our Families, Pets, and Food describes the results of their research on fracking's health impacts. Read the Book Review |
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