Wednesday, September 17, 2014

RSN: How to Make ISIS Fall on Its Own Sword, Republicans Unanimously Block Equal Pay for Women Bill




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Chelsea Manning | How to Make ISIS Fall on Its Own Sword
Chelsea Manning. (photo: Scott Galindez/RSN)
Chelsea Manning, Guardian UK
Manning writes: "Based on my experience as an all-source analyst in Iraq during the organization's relative infancy, Isis cannot be defeated by bombs and bullets - even as the fight is taken to Syria, even if it is conducted by non-Western forces with air support."
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Pentagon: US Ground Troops May Join Iraqis in Combat Against ISIS
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "The Pentagon leadership suggested to a Senate panel on Tuesday that US ground troops may directly join Iraqi forces in combat against the Islamic State (Isis), despite US president Barack Obama's repeated public assurances against US ground combat in the latest Middle Eastern war."
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Millions of Americans' Wages Seized Over Credit Card and Medical Debt
Chris Arnold, NPR and Paul Kiel, ProPublica
Excerpt: "Millions of Americans are still grappling with debt they've accumulated since the recession hit. And new numbers out Monday show many are having a tougher time than you might think. One in 10 working Americans between the ages of 35 and 44 are getting their wages garnished. That means their pay is being docked - often over an old credit card debt, medical bill or student loan."
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Detroit Leaves Water on in Abandoned Homes, Cuts It off for Families With Children
Joel Kurth, The Detroit News
Kurth writes: "Water from the house next door ran for more than two years before it was turned off in the burned out, boarded building on Monica near Fenkell. Its bill: $25,708. 'How in the world do you allow a bill to build like that? Then to go after me for less than $190?' asked Foster, 52, who paid his $188 bill and avoided a shutoff. 'It's totally ludicrous the way Detroit runs its water system.'"
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Here's What Happened When 13 States Raised the Minimum Wage (Hint: Job Growth Didn't Implode)
Danny Vinik, New Republic
Vinik writes: "It's very rare these days to hear any good news about wages of low-income Americans. But Elise Gould, of the Economic Policy Institute, delivered exactly that in a report at the end of August."
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Republicans Unanimously Block Equal Pay for Women Bill
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress
Covert writes: "After allowing the Paycheck Fairness Act to move forward last week, Senate Republicans turned around on Monday evening and unanimously voted to block the bill, which would ban salary secrecy and tighten rules to try to narrow the gender wage gap."
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Fighting the Fracking Barons
Nina Bunker Ruiz, YES! Magazine
Ruiz writes: "Energy companies are seeking permits to explore natural gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Mora County. But the area's traditional livelihoods, farming and ranching, rely on clean, healthy rivers and streams."
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