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Pelican Bay Prison: One Year Later, Policy Remains "Debrief or Die"

Saturday 30 June 2012 Pelican Bay Prison: One Year Later, Policy Remains "Debrief or Die" Victoria Law, Truthout: "'Prisoners with medical concerns are routinely told by prison officials that if they want better medical care for their conditions or illnesses, or improved pain management, the way to obtain adequate care is to debrief,' states a federal lawsuit filed by [inmate Todd] Ashker and other SHU prisoners. On July 1, 2011, Ashker and thousands of other prisoners went on hunger strike to protest such draconian conditions." Read the Article Some States Reluctant Over Medicaid Expansion Robert Pear and Michael Cooper, The New York Times News Service: "Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states said they opposed expanding Medicaid or had serious doubts about it, even though the federal government would pick up all the costs in the first few years and at least 90 percent of the expenses after that…. Republican governors in Wisconsin and Louisiana said they would wait to see the results of November's elections before deciding whether to expand Medicaid." Read the Article Six Ways the Big Banks Are Getting Back-Door Bailouts Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: "Bankers love to rail against government interference in the ‘free market.' Even while some of them occasionally have the grace to admit that they wouldn't still be around without the massive taxpayer bailouts of 2008 … they still like to claim that they're free-market entities, subject to the whims of the invisible hand, and that the government's meddling can only be destructive. Yet those same banks are happy to make their money from the same governments about which they love to whine." Read the Article Discredited Lie Detector Technology to Be Used on Intelligence Officials to Discourage Whistleblowing Dana Liebelson and Adam Zagorin, Project on Government Oversight: "The nation's top intelligence official announced that the government is expanding its use of the polygraph to expose federal employees who leak classified information to the media. The testing could put intelligence workers at risk of being falsely stigmatized, jeopardizing their careers and their ability to contribute to the national security. It also could have a chilling effect on employees considering blowing the whistle on government wrongdoing, whistleblower advocates said." Read the Article Judicial Squeamishness and Hypocrisy William Bennett Turner, Truthout: "On June 21, the Supreme Court irresponsibly failed to put a stop to government censorship of non-obscene ‘indecent' speech - basically dirty words - on broadcast radio and television…. But the court ducked the issue that was squarely presented to it: whether the FCC's policy prohibiting broadcasters from airing non-obscene speech that it considers ‘indecent' is consistent with the First Amendment. The court essentially kicked the can down the road, refusing to decide the very issue presented by the parties." Read the Article Are We at a Tipping Point? Mark Brenner, Labor Notes: "Despite 16 million members and $10 billion plus in dues revenue, labor's reach is dwindling. In most industries - even bastions like auto and construction - we don't control enough of the market to win decent contracts, so we're not attractive to new members. Are we at a tipping point, where unions are no longer able to play their historical role of creating a shared working-class common sense? Can we still influence conditions for all?" Read the Article Prison Crisis: Local Solution? George Lavender, National Radio Project: "The United States imprisons more people than any other country. But In California, the money is finally running short, and a new policy aims to reduce the number of people in state prison. It's called ‘re-alignment' and the state says it's working. On this edition, Making Contact producer George Lavender investigates: is re-alignment the answer to the prison crisis? Could the incarceration nation finally be slowing down?" Listen to the Radio Program Money, Power and Politics Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, Countercurrents: "There has been much talk recently about the impact of money on politics, especially in the wake of the Citizens United ruling … And many have assumed that the relation of money to politics is like a law of nature: the more money one has, the more political power one can wield. When it is a question of the efficacy of money in politics and workers fail to put up a fight, money prevails. The moral is: money counts - but only if we let it." Read the Article The End Is Near David Swanson, War Is a Crime: "Apocalypse has been given a bad name…. But our species is living beyond its means. If we continue down this path, the planet, our food supplies, our climate, and life as we know it will collapse. If we bring population growth, consumption, and pollution under control, the damage already set in motion will play out for centuries, but complete catastrophe will likely be averted." Read the Article Bill Moyers | How Citizen Power Can Save a Library Bill Moyers, Moyers & Co.: "In this web-exclusive Bill Moyers Essay, Bill professes his lifelong love for libraries and their strong cultural value, and points to a crisis in public library funding across the country. But he also shares a unique and controversial community effort in Troy, Michigan that kept its library from becoming a political casualty, and serves as ‘a reminder of what can happen when we act together.'" Watch the Video Election Countdown 2012: The White House Is Encouraging Congressional Democrats to Go on the Offensive After Health Care Ruling, and More In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: The White House is encouraging congressional Democrats to go on the offensive after health care ruling, the presidential race stands on a knife's edge in swing states, tuition to increase at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) as university president's pay is raised, and more. Read the Article Click here for more Truthout articles BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES The BuzzFlash commentary for Truthout will return Monday, July 2nd. 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Today's Jobs from Philanthropy News Digest

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Your daily selection of IRIN Africa English reports, 6/29/2012

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Table of contents 1. KENYA: Mombasa steels itself for attacks 2. COTE D'IVOIRE: Will DDR work this time? 3. HEALTH: The hunt for new antibiotics KENYA: Mombasa steels itself for attacks MOMBASA, 29 June 2012 (IRIN) - Following three grenade attacks in recent months and a US "terror" alert, residents of the coastal Kenyan city of Mombasa are bracing themselves for the possibility of future attacks; local leaders are working towards better disaster preparedness and improvements in the emergency services. Read report online COTE D'IVOIRE: Will DDR work this time? ABIDJAN, 29 June 2012 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of combatants who fought in the 2010-2011 post-election conflict in Côte d’Ivoire remain armed and potentially dangerous, says the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), and is calling for a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme to be urgently set up. Read report online HEALTH: The hunt for new antibiotics LONDON, 29 June 2012 (IRIN) - Almost one in every five deaths worldwide occurs as a result of infection, but many bacterial illnesses will become incurable as the efficacy of current antibiotic drugs wanes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Read report online

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10 Things That Really Divide Americans | NYPD Acts Like the CIA | 10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries

 

 

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	Corporate Profits at All-Time High; Wages at All-Time Low: Can We Call it Class War Yet? The middle class is being hollowed out; increasingly, there are the super-super-rich, and there are the rest of us.READ MORE Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet George Lakoff: How Right-Wingers Scam People Into Buying Their Toxic Philosophy Here is what progressives can learn from right-wing messaging. READ MORE Joshua Holland / AlterNet How the NYPD Acts Like the CIA with its Vast Spy Network The New York Police Department has been engaged in a vast domestic spying operation targeting Muslims for surveillance, mapping and infiltration. READ MORE Ramzi Kassem / The Nation -- - Forget Politics, Here Are 10 Things That Really Divide Americans Americans aren't as divided over politics as the pundits say. But they disagree on everything else. READ MORE By David Sirota / Salon - Born Evil: That's What the Mormon Church Taught Me as a Brown and Female Child The daughter of a Navajo mother and a white father, tells a painful story of racism and sexism in the Mormon Church. READ MORE By Neeta Lind / Daily Kos - 4 Reasons Why Republicans Won't Be Able to Repeal Obamacare Unless the GOP wins a super majority in the Senate, it can do little more than weaken Obamacare's regulations and defund some of its provisions. READ MORE By Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress - Why There Has Been an Explosion in Bipolar Diagnoses When patents ran out on the big-selling tricyclic antidepressants in the mid-90s, bipolar became the recipient of Big Pharma marketing budgets. READ MORE By Darian Leader / The Guardian - Bernie Sanders, Nurses: We Still Need 'Medicare for All' The healthcare ruling doesn't mean the fight is over to fix our broken health-care system. READ MORE By John Nichols / The Nation - 10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries This Week You may have had a bad week, but you can be thankful that a squid didn't try to knock up your face. This, and other science news. READ MORE By Liz Langley / AlterNet - Trans-Pacific Partnership: Under Cover of Darkness, a Corporate Coup Is Underway The highly secretive pact, dubbed "NAFTA on steroids," is so invasive it would even limit how governments can spend tax dollars. READ MORE By Lori Wallach / AlterNet Colbert to CNN and Fox: “You Suck at News!” By Angela Lee | AlterNet   "Conscience Clause" Allows Prison Guard to Confiscate a Rape Victim's Morning After Pill By Robin Marty | RH Reality Check   Egyptians to Military: Hand Over Power Now By Alex Kane | AlterNet   Forced Transvaginal Ultrasounds and Fetus Burials? 5 Healthcare Mandates Republicans Want By Annie-Rose Strasser | Think Progress   Colombia Will Decriminalize Small Amounts of Weed and Cocaine By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet   City Living Boom for Young Adults Spells Doom For the GOP By David Atkins | Hullabaloo   How Right-Wingers Are Trying to Scuttle the House Transportation Bill By Meteor Blades | Daily Kos You are subscribed as: sdinjacksonville@gmail.com --
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Julie Lévesque: HAITI - Humanitarian Aid for Earthquake Victims Used to Build Five Star Hotels

Julie Lévesque: HAITI - Humanitarian Aid for Earthquake Victims Used to Build Five Star Hotels.

HAITI: Humanitarian Aid for Earthquake Victims Used to Build Five Star Hotels By Julie Lévesque

Global Research, June 28, 2012

URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=31646

As some 500 000 Haitians still live in displaced camps, five star hotels are being built amid shanty towns. As part of the country's "Reconstruction", The Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund recently invested $2 million in the Royal Oasis Hotel, a deluxe structure to be built in a poverty-stricken metropolitan area "filled with displaced-persons camps housing hundreds of thousands”. Royal Oasis belongs to a Haitian investment group (SCIOP SA) and will be managed by the Spanish chain Occidental Hotels & Resorts.

Community Foundation Update (6/30/12)

June 30, 2012 The following article has been posted to Philanthropy News Digest: Community Foundation Update (6/30/12) News and staff announcements from community foundations around the country.... More» Foundation Center • 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 • (212) 620-4230

11th Council Gathering, July 26th - 29th 2012, Lame Deer, Montana

 

11th Council Gathering July 26-29, 2012 Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Lame Deer, Montana   "Gratitude Brings Freedom" This is my gratitude to my spiritual ancestors for the expression of freedom to come home. Gratitude is the most direct way to spiritual growth.                          - Grandmother Margaret Behan   Honoring Grandmother Margaret Behan "Red Spider Woman" And the CHEYENNE-ARAPAHO PEOPLE Once again the whole Council will be convining for prayers, teachings, and alliance building. REGISTRATION, PAYMENTS and EVENT DETAILS   Click here The Grandmothers want everyone to be able to attend the Gathering. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please donate to the Scholarship Fund so that we can extend the Grandmothers' hospitality to as many people as possible. DONATE TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND   The Ride Home A 1,391 Mile Commemorative Journey by Horseback, Tracing the Exodus of the Cheyenne in 1878     Culminating at the 11th Grandmothers' Council Gathering in Lame Deer, Montana     Fundraiser for the documentary and webseries  by Atma Cornelius   Grandmother Margaret of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers envisioned this modern horseback ride retracing the historic route of the tragic and heroic Cheyenne Exodus of 1878. On June 1st, six riders of diverse backgrounds and eight wild mustangs rescued from slaughter are embarking on this journey to fulfill the Grandmothers' vision of mourning, healing, offering and forgiveness.       Help Manifest this Historic Documentary!   DONATION and PROJECT DETAILS  Click here      The Ride Home Web Series _ Episode 1   The Ride Home Web Series _ Episode 2

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Weekly Feminist Jobs Digest: 6/25/2012 - 6/29/2012

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The Righteous Road to Ruin by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad

The Righteous Road to Ruin by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad.

by Chris Hedges
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June 28, 2012

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“The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”

A book by Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion” trumpets yet another grand theory of evolution, this time in the form of evolutionary psychology, which purports to unravel the mystery of moral behavior. Such theories, whether in the form of dialectical materialism, Social Darwinism, biblical inherency or its more bizarre subsets of phrenology or eugenics, never hold up against the vast complexity of history, the inner workings of economic and political systems, and the intricacies of the human psyche. But simplicity has a strong appeal for those who seek order in the chaos of existence.

Did Roberts betray conservative justices at the last moment?

Read the top news stories for Friday, June 29, 2012 Top 6 hyperbolic responses to the health care ruling Fox News Host: Dems ‘playing the race card’ during Holder contempt vote Moms and Dads for Marijuana Regulation unveil new Colorado billboard Hidden ocean discovered on Saturn’s Titan Man convicted of violating copyright for linking to video content For African-Americans and Latinos, few California high schools offer path to college: report Dramatic pre-dawn Eurozone deal sends markets soaring States already vowing to opt out of Medicaid expansion Michael Savage: Epilepsy medication to blame for Roberts’ health care ruling Doctor pulls 13cm live worm from man’s eye in India Japan finds 6.8 million tonnes of rare minerals used in electric cars, iPods and lasers William Shatner admits to dropping pants at TSA checkpoint Professor: Roberts betrayed conservative justices at the last moment Read More -> Michael Moore: ‘No going back now’ on health reform Read More -> Jon Stewart mocks reactions to the health care ruling Read More -> PANDAGON JOINS RAW STORY Read More -> Colbert to CNN and Fox: ‘You suck at news’ Read More ->  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 Raw Story Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: Raw Story Media PO Box 21050 Washington, DC 20009 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences