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US House Passes Stringent Abortion Restrictions
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Obama Says Treating Drug Use as a Criminal Problem Is "Counterproductive"
Advocates Call for State Investigation Into Shooting of Black Man in Traffic Stop
US Militarization and the "War on Terror" Create a Tinderbox of Violence
Anti-Muslim Incidents Soar in France
King Dies, New Tyrannical Leader for Saudi Arabia
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Candice Bernd, Truthout: Concluding a case which has lasted more than two years, and which has frightening implications for journalists and researchers of all stripes, a federal judge in Dallas sentenced journalist and transparency activist Barrett Brown to 63 months in prison on Thursday.
James Kilgore, Truthout: What are some of the possibilities and tensions in the mass uprisings and new social movements that have appeared in the wake of the murder of Michael Brown?
Iara Lee, Truthout: The catastrophic oil spill in Sundarbans tidal mangrove forest has mobilized activists to work even harder to prevent construction of a planned coal plant nearby.
Carlos Davidson and Cynthia Kaufman, Truthout: Fossil fuel divestment is emerging as a powerful strategy in the fight against climate change. It is crucial that activists focus on the political impact of divestment, and not get distracted by the economics.
Bernie Sanders, Campaign for America's Future: "For many years we have underfunded the maintenance of our nation's physical infrastructure. That has to change. It is time to rebuild America. I will soon be introducing legislation for a $1 trillion investment, over five years, to modernize our country's physical infrastructure."
Sikivu Hutchinson, The Feminist Wire: The lessons of Selma itself are relevant to DuVernay's "omission" from the Academy Awards nomination for Best Director. True to Frederick Douglass' assertion that "power concedes nothing without demand," the snub of DuVernay is criminal, but of course, not unprecedented.
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: In President Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address, the only mention of nuclear weapons was in relation to the agreement the Obama administration is seeking to negotiate with Iran.
Mariana Chilton, Moyers & Company: This is supposed to be the year when the US ends its child hunger crisis. That was the promise then-president-elect Obama made during his first campaign. At that time some 12.4 million children lived in homes that self-reported as food insecure. Today there are 15.8 million such children.
Kate Pickett, The Conversation: The evidence that large income differences have damaging health and social consequences is very strong, and in many countries inequality is increasing. Narrowing the gap is vital to improve our health and well-being.
Emily Yates, Emily Yates Does Everything: "When I first laid eyes on the guest column Paul Rieckhoff wrote about American Sniper, I thought I'd read the byline wrong. This has to have been written by the Department of Defense, I thought."
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episode provides updates on Obama's State of the Union speech, the European Central Bank pumping up the money supply to stimulate Europe, forgiving Greece's debts and housing extremes in the US. We also respond to questions on global wealth inequality and Switzerland's currency maneuvers. Finally, we interview Dr. Harriet Fraad on the US economy's disastrous impact on children.
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