Naomi Klein | Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World
Naomi Klein, The London Review of Books
Klein writes: "Unless we radically lower emissions and lower them fast, large parts of the Middle East will likely 'experience temperature levels that are intolerable to humans' by the end of this century. And that's about as blunt as climate scientists get. Yet environmental issues in the region still tend to be treated as afterthoughts, or luxury causes. The reason is not ignorance, or indifference. It's just bandwidth."
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Naomi Klein, The London Review of Books
Klein writes: "Unless we radically lower emissions and lower them fast, large parts of the Middle East will likely 'experience temperature levels that are intolerable to humans' by the end of this century. And that's about as blunt as climate scientists get. Yet environmental issues in the region still tend to be treated as afterthoughts, or luxury causes. The reason is not ignorance, or indifference. It's just bandwidth."
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UCLA Attack Was the 186th Campus Shooting Since 2013
Dennis Romero, LA Weekly
Excerpt: "'We cannot allow shootings to become a way of life in our nation. On the eve of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, all Americans should join in proclaiming that enough is enough - and take the practical steps necessary to make us all safer.'"
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Dennis Romero, LA Weekly
Excerpt: "'We cannot allow shootings to become a way of life in our nation. On the eve of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, all Americans should join in proclaiming that enough is enough - and take the practical steps necessary to make us all safer.'"
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David Sirota | Will Cigna And Anthem Merge? How Health Insurance Companies Pump Money Into Politics
David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "Is bigger necessarily better? That age-old question is no abstraction when it comes to your healthcare premiums, as Cigna and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are pushing to merge into the largest health insurance company in America."
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David Sirota, International Business Times
Sirota writes: "Is bigger necessarily better? That age-old question is no abstraction when it comes to your healthcare premiums, as Cigna and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield are pushing to merge into the largest health insurance company in America."
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Trump University Bilked Students out of $40 Million According to New York's Attorney General
Taylor Wofford, Newsweek
Wofford writes: "Former employees and students of Trump University, Donald Trump's now-defunct, unaccredited clearinghouse for real estate courses, declared the business a scam in testimony released as part of a class-action lawsuit."
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Taylor Wofford, Newsweek
Wofford writes: "Former employees and students of Trump University, Donald Trump's now-defunct, unaccredited clearinghouse for real estate courses, declared the business a scam in testimony released as part of a class-action lawsuit."
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Donald J. Trump speaking about Trump University. (photo: AP)
ormer employees and students of Trump University, Donald Trump’s now-defunct, unaccredited clearinghouse for real estate courses, declared the business a scam in testimony released as part of a class-action lawsuit. In the sworn testimony recently unsealed by U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, two former employees described Trump University as a get-rich-quick scheme orchestrated by the reality TV star at the expense of the financially unsavvy.
The testimony, along with newly released “sales playbooks,” shows the aggressive sales tactics Trump’s employees were trained to use on the unsuspecting. The pitch began with a free 90-minute seminar designed to coax customers into paying for more courses. The prices of these courses ranged from $1,495 for the “Profit From Real Estate Workshop” to $34,995 for the “Trump Gold Elite” package, a three-day retreat.
Hundreds of documents were unsealed as part of an ongoing fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general claiming Trump bilked students out of more than $40 million. Here are five of the most shocking tactics Trump used to push Trump University courses on Americans.
1. Trump U salespeople encouraged students to put tuition on credit cards and open new credit cards if they were already maxed out.
2. Trump’s distrust of the media extended to his businesses. Trump U salespeople were told not to talk to reporters under any circumstances. “Reporters are rarely on your side and they are not sympathetic.”
3. Trump U salespeople were told to encourage prospective buyers to take money from their retirement savings to pay for Trump U courses. “Money is never a reason for not enrolling in Trump University; if they really believe in you and your product, they will find the money,” one playbook says.
4. Trump U salespeople were encouraged to take prospective buyers on a “rollercoaster of emotions,” a mishmash of pop psychology and time-honored aggressive selling.
5. In 2007, Trump U salespeople were instructed to tell potential buyers they didn’t expect a major downturn in the housing market. The housing market crashed in 2008.
The 'Pro-Life' War Against Planned Parenthood Is Actually Costing Lives
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "Anti-abortion lawmakers' dogged focus on restricting Planned Parenthood's activities - which they say is about protecting innocent lives - is actually hampering lifesaving medical research."
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Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "Anti-abortion lawmakers' dogged focus on restricting Planned Parenthood's activities - which they say is about protecting innocent lives - is actually hampering lifesaving medical research."
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Death Toll for 2016 on Migrant Sea Route to Italy Doubles in Just a Week
Griffe Witte, The Washington Post
Witte writes: "The number of people who have died this year trying to cross the central Mediterranean and reach Italian shores has doubled in the past week following a series of especially disastrous shipwrecks, aid organizations said Tuesday."
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Griffe Witte, The Washington Post
Witte writes: "The number of people who have died this year trying to cross the central Mediterranean and reach Italian shores has doubled in the past week following a series of especially disastrous shipwrecks, aid organizations said Tuesday."
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Blood and Earth: The Link Between Modern-Day Slavery and Environmental Destruction
Kevin Bales, CNN
Bales writes: "What we often fail to realize is that transportation accounts for just 14% of CO2 emissions, while other sources not only account for more, they are also easier to reduce. One of the most important of these is the deforestation that contributes 17% of all CO2 emissions - and that is where slavery comes in."
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Kevin Bales, CNN
Bales writes: "What we often fail to realize is that transportation accounts for just 14% of CO2 emissions, while other sources not only account for more, they are also easier to reduce. One of the most important of these is the deforestation that contributes 17% of all CO2 emissions - and that is where slavery comes in."
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