A SPECIAL
FUNDING APPEAL FROM MARK TWAIN: "The liberty of the Press is called the
Palladium of Freedom, which means, in these days, the liberty of being deceived,
swindled, and humbugged by the Press and paying hugely for the deception." -
Mark Twain, 1870. You have your own news source, beholden to you. What does it
take to preserve it? Precious little. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported
News
Elizabeth
Warren Heads to Iowa
Sharyn Jackson, The Des Moines Register
Jackson writes: "Elizabeth Warren, the populist U.S. senator from Massachusetts, is joining the roster of potential Democratic presidential candidates to make the trek to the Hawkeye State during the 2016 cycle."
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Sharyn Jackson, The Des Moines Register
Jackson writes: "Elizabeth Warren, the populist U.S. senator from Massachusetts, is joining the roster of potential Democratic presidential candidates to make the trek to the Hawkeye State during the 2016 cycle."
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The Right's
Sneaky New Strategy to Take Control of Women's Lives
Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet
Marcotte writes: "Recent months have revealed a scary new trend in the anti-choice movement: claiming, falsely, that anti-choice conservatives are the ones trying to give women more control over their reproductive decision-making."
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Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet
Marcotte writes: "Recent months have revealed a scary new trend in the anti-choice movement: claiming, falsely, that anti-choice conservatives are the ones trying to give women more control over their reproductive decision-making."
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Fed Chair
Janet Yellen Says Depth and Breadth of Economic Inequality a "Serious
Problem"
Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post
Mui writes: "Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday expressed deep concern over widening economic inequality in the country and called for tackling issues such as early childhood education and encouraging entrepreneurship to help narrow the gap."
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Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post
Mui writes: "Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Friday expressed deep concern over widening economic inequality in the country and called for tackling issues such as early childhood education and encouraging entrepreneurship to help narrow the gap."
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Oxfam: World
Must Do More to Stop Ebola From Becoming 'Disaster of Our Time'
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Its stark warning came as Britain and the US said the international community will be responsible for a substantial loss of life in west Africa and a greater threat across the world unless the financial and medical response to Ebola was greatly increased."
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Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Its stark warning came as Britain and the US said the international community will be responsible for a substantial loss of life in west Africa and a greater threat across the world unless the financial and medical response to Ebola was greatly increased."
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Mexico:
Protests Gather Pace With Fate of Student Teachers Still Unknown
Jo Tuckman, Guardian UK
Tuckman writes: "Pressure continues to mount on the Mexican authorities to find 43 student teachers who disappeared three weeks ago in the southern city of Iguala, many of them after being arrested by local police."
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Jo Tuckman, Guardian UK
Tuckman writes: "Pressure continues to mount on the Mexican authorities to find 43 student teachers who disappeared three weeks ago in the southern city of Iguala, many of them after being arrested by local police."
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Bill Maher |
Free Pigs From the Abusive Crates
Bill Maher, The New York Times
Maher writes: "Would you cram a dog into a crate for her entire life, never letting her out, until you took her to the pound to kill her? Of course you wouldn't."
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Bill Maher, The New York Times
Maher writes: "Would you cram a dog into a crate for her entire life, never letting her out, until you took her to the pound to kill her? Of course you wouldn't."
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Radioactive
Coyotes and Poisoned Apples: The Strange History of the Manhattan
Project
Todd VanDerWerff, Vox
Excerpt: "What I really hadn't understood was that of the thousands of people who lived in this town, this really peculiar town that was built almost overnight, the vast, overwhelming majority of them had no idea what the purpose of the town was until the day in August of 1945 when they turned on their radios and heard that this city in Japan had disappeared in the fraction of a second."
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Todd VanDerWerff, Vox
Excerpt: "What I really hadn't understood was that of the thousands of people who lived in this town, this really peculiar town that was built almost overnight, the vast, overwhelming majority of them had no idea what the purpose of the town was until the day in August of 1945 when they turned on their radios and heard that this city in Japan had disappeared in the fraction of a second."
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