RSN: Restoring Louisiana's Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy, Prominent Republican: Women Need to Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands, et al

FOCUS: Robert Parry | Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass

Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "As the post-coup regime in Ukraine sends troops and paramilitaries to crack down on ethnic Russian protesters in the east, the U.S. news media continues to feed the American public a steady dose of anti-Russian propaganda, often wrapped in accusations of 'Russian propaganda.'"
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Restoring Louisiana's Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Reader Supported News
Kennedy writes: "Managing the Mississippi River Delta is a daunting challenge, but the greatest barrier to restoration and flood protection is politics."
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Robert Redford | Actor, Director and Environmental Activist
Robert Redford, Reader Supported News
Redford writes: "Four years ago this week, BP's Deepwater Horizon drill platform exploded. Eleven workers died that day."
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Ann Jones | How America's Wars Came Home With the Troops
Ann Jones, TomDispatch
Jones writes: "After an argument about a leave denied, Specialist Ivan Lopez pulled out a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun and began a shooting spree at Fort Hood, America's biggest stateside base, that left three soldiers dead and 16 wounded."
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5 Revelations From Senate Report Exposing CIA Torture
Alex Kane, AlterNet
Kane reports: "The controversy over a Senate investigation documenting the Central Intelligence Agency's post-9/11 regime of global torture continues to generate headlines - even though the report has yet to be released."
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Charter Schools, Testing Mania and Arne Duncan
Josh Eidelson, Salon
Eidelson writes: "Obama's education secretary is 'a market-based person,' his education policy manifests a 'market-based philosophy,' and 'we continue to starve public schools,' the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus charged in an interview Wednesday afternoon."
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Prominent Republican: Women Need to Be Paid Less So They Can Find Husbands
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky reports: "On Sunday, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sought to advance the GOP's rebranding effort among female voters by suggesting that Republicans have long 'led the fight for women's equality.'"
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French Parliament Bans GMO Corn
Brandon Baker, EcoWatch
Baker reports: "France moved beyond Monsanto Tuesday, approving an law with far-reaching applicability for genetically modified (GM)corn."
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