Tuesday, June 9, 2015

RSN: The Undercurrent: How Monsanto Gained Huge Control of the World's Food Supply, 50 Hospitals Charge Uninsured More Than 10 Times Cost of Care, Study Finds, Prosperity Gospel Is War on the Poor





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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Prosperity Gospel Is War on the Poor 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty) 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME 
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "This column isn't about Creflo Dollar and the other multi-millionaires who have cynically perverted Christ's teachings to fill their silk-lined pockets. It's about how the country shifted from the War on Poverty in the 1960s to the War on the Poor today." 
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Angola Three Prisoner Set to Be Released After Four Decades in Solitary Confinement 
Ben Quinn, Guardian UK 
Quinn writes: "A federal court has ordered the release of the longest-standing solitary confinement prisoner in the US, who has been in isolation almost without pause for 43 years." 
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The Kids of Gitmo 
Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera America 
Fenton writes: "'I have memories, but I don't know if they're mine, if they are accurate or not,' said Omar Khadr recently, recalling the events for which he was convicted by a U.S. military tribunal. Khadr, a Canadian citizen, spent almost nine years at Guantánamo Bay after being captured in Afghanistan at age 15." 
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One Year of Sisi Leaves Trail of Human Rights Abuses 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "With public protest protests banned, 1,000 protesters dead and an estimated 41,000 political dissidents and journalists behind bars and 2,280 civilians placed in military trials, the figures make for a shocking review." 
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"Unjust and Ineffective": Federal Judge Passes In-Court Criticism on Mandated Sentencing 
Eli Saslow, The Washington Post 
Saslow writes: "For more than two decades as a federal judge, Bennett had often viewed his job as less about presiding than abiding by dozens of mandatory minimum sentences established by Congress in the late 1980s for federal offenses." 
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50 Hospitals Charge Uninsured More Than 10 Times Cost of Care, Study Finds 
Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post 
Sun writes: "Fifty hospitals in the United States are charging uninsured consumers more than 10 times the actual cost of patient care, according to research published Monday." 
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The Undercurrent: How Monsanto Gained Huge Control of the World's Food Supply 
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch 
Mellino writes: "Just how much power does Monsanto wield? Well, they control 80 percent of the U.S. corn market and 93 percent of the U.S. soy market, according to Graetz." 
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