Friday, April 3, 2015

RSN: Yemen as Vietnam or Afghanistan, Maggots and Fly Larvae on the Meal Line: Dispatches From Michigan's Privatized Prison Food Program




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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Indiana Is on the Wrong Side of History
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "The state took a step toward establishing an American version of Sharia law."
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Amy Davidson | On Iran, Obama Gets His Breakthrough
Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Davidson writes: "If a nuclear deal with Iran succeeds, it will be in large part because the President avoided the temptations of resentment and self-pity."
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William R. Polk | Yemen as Vietnam or Afghanistan
William R. Polk, Consortium News
Polk writes: "With U.S. intelligence help, Saudi Arabia has launched air strikes into Yemen and wants Egypt and Pakistan to invade, threatening to turn a long-simmering civil war into a regional conflict."
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Jeb Bush Lobbied Florida Pension Officials on Behalf of Campaign Donor
David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "Here was a moment that at once underscored Jeb Bush's personal attention to political allies and his embrace of the financial industry, which has delivered large donations to his campaigns."
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Maggots and Fly Larvae on the Meal Line: Dispatches From Michigan's Privatized Prison Food Program
Carimah Townes, ThinkProgress
Townes writes: "Two weeks ago Progress Michigan uncovered emails revealing that a prison food provider served cakes nibbled on by rats to inmates."
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Drug Trafficking, Theft and Rape: US Border Patrol Is Out of Control
Mary Turck, Al Jazeera America
Turck writes: "On March 20, the Michigan Attorney General's Public Integrity Unit charged two U.S. Border Patrol agents with theft and misconduct while on duty."
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California's Mandatory Water Reductions: Why Exempt the Corporate Farmers?
Cristina Maza, The Christian Science Monitor
Maza writes: "Lawns and golf courses take biggest hit in the state's first-ever mandatory statewide water reductions."
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