| Dahr Jamail | Are Humans Going Extinct? Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Some scientists, Guy McPherson included, fear that climate disruption is so serious, with so many self-reinforcing feedback loops already in play, that humans are in the process of causing our own extinction. Read the Interview Lawsuit Challenges Radioactive Fracking Waste Facilities in Ohio Mike Ludwig, Truthout: Environmentalists say state regulators allow fracking waste facilities to operate with little regulatory oversight. Ohio, they say, has become fracking's "dumping ground," as the industry crosses state lines to take advantage of lax regulations. Read the Article US Support for Mexico's Drug War Goes Beyond Guns and Money Mike LaSusa and Angelika Albaladejo, Truthout: While the United States goes well beyond simply providing diplomatic, financial and technical support for Mexico's fight against organized crime and puts its own personnel on the front lines, corruption and violence characterize both US and Mexican security forces. Read the Article The GOP Is Coming for Obamacare by Any Means Necessary Robin Marty, Care2: The GOP is coming for Obamacare, just as everyone expected. But they aren't waiting until their new compatriots are sworn into office. Now that the midterms are settled and no one is in danger of losing a seat, House Republicans are filing a lawsuit against Obamacare. Read the Article Dean Baker | The Paid Vacation Route to Full Employment Dean Baker, Truthout: If we can't take steps to increase the demand for labor, we can go the other way and try to reduce the supply. Specifically, we can try to increase the number of people employed by reducing the average number of hours worked. Read the Article Who Will Police the Police? The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: As the nation continues to react to the events in Ferguson, Missouri, many people are asking themselves, "Where do we go from here?" It's time to bring community policing back to the United States, and add an impartial system for accountability when a cop goes rogue. Read the Article Victory for Climate Justice Activists Matt Smith and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: In a successful court appearance recently, government prosecutors were unable to proceed with charges against six activists involved in a weeklong blockade in early November of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Headquarters in Washington, DC. Read the Article Why Is the IAEA Getting Iran Wrong? Yousaf Butt, National Interest: With the deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran looming, US and EU officials met their senior Iranian counterparts in Oman earlier this week to try to hammer out a compromise. The deal may still fall through, in part because of mismanagement at the International Atomic Energy Agency. Read the Article Obama's Immigration Plan May Give Economy a Little Boost Sherrie Kossoudji, The Conversation: Besides improving the immigrants' well-being, what is the economic effect of the president's immigration plan? One direct impact is a likely boost in pay of undocumented residents who qualify when wages rise because workers have access to promotions they may otherwise not have received. Read the Article Amy Goodman | Novelist Isabel Allende on Her Literary Career and Memories of Chile During the CIA-Backed Coup Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Isabel Allende is one of Latin America's and the United States' greatest novelists. Just this week she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She speaks about her literary career and her memories of Chile before and during a US-backed coup. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Wealth Gap in the US Is Putting People Out of Work, and More In today's On the News segment: The wealth gap in our country isn't just increasing inequality, it's also putting people out of work; Seattle's socialist city council member wants homeless people to have access to the internet; Walmart is asking employees to donate food to coworkers who can't survive on poverty wages; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Handing More Control to Patients Could Just Be Cost-Cutting in Disguise Lisa Kidd and Andy Cassidy, The Conversation: Where British health care is concerned, there clearly have to be changes in service delivery. That patients are living longer and with increasingly complex conditions demonstrates the abilities of our health service, but it also places an ever-increasing burden on it. As such, economic restrictions are often essential. Read the Article | 
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