Life at Louisiana’s Toxic Sinkhole: An Eco-Disaster Continues With No End in Sight
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: A year after a toxic sinkhole caused by one of Texas Brine’s salt caverns either drove neighborhood homeowners in Louisiana out of their houses or left them with ongoing health issues, citizens come to grips with a never-ending eco-disaster and a company planning to expand operations.
The Courage of Bradley Manning Will Inspire Others to Seize Their Moment of Truth
John Pilger, Truthout: The achievements of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and the remarkable young people of WikiLeaks, are unparalleled in their ability to inspire a future generation of truth-tellers.
State-Sanctioned Rape in Texas: Business as Usual
Candice Bernd, Truthout: From police officers performing illegal body cavity searches on women to rape and sexual assault in county jails and prisons, it’s clear that misogyny is running rampant in Texas law enforcement.
If a Business Won’t Pay a Living Wage, It Shouldn’t Exist
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: “A living wage isn’t just something corporations owe their workers, it’s something corporations owe America. If a corporation won’t pay a living wage, then it shouldn’t have the right to exist. Period. End of story.”
Broad US Terror Alert Mystifies Experts; “It’s Crazy Pants,” One Says
Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers: Counterterrorism experts are questioning recent security measures that US officials are enacting in an incongruous set of nations.
The Missing Discourse in Immigration Reform
Erika L. Sánchez, Truthout: The immigration reform bills presently under consideration ignore how US policy has caused Mexican immigration and the economic benefits of making citizenship more easily accessible.
Judges’ “Mitigation of Damages” Doctrine Harms Injured Employees
Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges, Truthout: Judicial amendment of the NLRA violates public and personal rights by denying wrongfully fired employees remedies to make them whole.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: One in Eight Are Defaulting on Their Student Loans, and More
In today’s On the News segment: ALEC is holding its annual conference in Chicago; one in every eight who have taken out student loans are in default on their debt; Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott is preparing to kick minority voters off the voter rolls; and more.
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The Third Carbon Age: Don’t for a Second Imagine We’re Heading for an Era of Renewable Energy
Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch: For all President Obama’s talk of a green technology revolution, we remain deeply entrenched in a world dominated by fossil fuels.
Egypt Under Empire: Dancing Between Dictatorship and Democracy
Andrew Gavin Marshall, The Hampton Institute: Real democracy in the Arab world is not in the American interest.
Protesters Condemn ALEC’s Push to Privatize Public Education
Jaisal Noor, The Real News Network: Six people were arrestedMonday when protesters descended upon the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago to push back against the impending visit of ALEC.
