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4 Big Recycling Lies

America's recycling programs are in crisis—and those no-sorting-required "blue bins" are to blame for mucking up our stream. At least that's what a recent story in the Washington Post argued. But when we talked to recycling experts, we learned that the truth is a little more complicated. Here are four big recycling myths—and some suggestions for fixing our broken system, to boot.

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RSN: WHO Adds One of World's Most Popular Weedkillers to List Linked to Cancer, Major Rights Groups Beg Justice Department to Prosecute CIA, NYT's Orwellian View of Ukraine

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Robert Parry | NYT's Orwellian View of Ukraine 
 
Robert Parry, Consortium News 
Parry writes: "In the up-is-down Orwellian world that is now The New York Times' editorial page, there was no coup in Ukraine in 2014, no U.S.-driven 'regime change,' no provocation on Russia's border, just Moscow's aggression - a sign of how propaganda has taken over mainstream U.S. media." 
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Report: Freddie Gray's Death Caused by 'High-Energy Injury' 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "Leaked autopsy report finds injury likely caused when police van Gray was riding suddenly decelerated." 
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The Ransom Dilemma: Why Washington Is Softening Policy on Cash for Hostages 
Rory Carroll, Guardian UK 
Carroll writes: "While the US still will not hand over money, the decision to help families seeking to broker a loved one's release is welcomed by experts and former captives." 
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Hillary Clinton Denounces Charleston Shooting as 'Racist Terrorism' 
Paul Lewis, Guardian UK 
Lewis writes: "While campaigning near Ferguson, Clinton definitively labelled the killing of nine black churchgoers, as politicians and pundits remain divided on semantics." 
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Major Rights Groups Beg Justice Department to Prosecute CIA 
Julian Hattem, The Hill 
Hattem writes: "Three major human rights groups are issuing an urgent plea for Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the CIA's dark history of detentions and harsh interrogations." 
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Hollande Calls Emergency Meeting After Wikileaks Claims US Spied on Three French Presidents 
Kim Willsher, Guardian UK 
Willsher writes: "NSA documents appear to show that American agents spied on Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Hollande, even listening to their phone calls." 
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WHO Adds One of World's Most Popular Weedkillers to List Linked to Cancer 
Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post 
Eunjung Cha writes: "A weedkiller sprayed widely on farms and used in a number of popular lawn-care products has been designated as 'possibly' carcinogenic to humans by a World Health Organization research arm." 
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RSN: Charleston Shooting: We Need Prayer, but Also an End to This Political Genocide

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FOCUS: Rev. Jesse Jackson | Charleston Shooting: We Need Prayer, but Also an End to This Political Genocide 
 
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Guardian UK 
Jackson writes: "The shooting in Charleston is the result of institutionalized racism, centuries of dehumanisation and the current denial of economic and political equality of opportunity." 
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RSN: It's Media Terrorism to Deny Charleston Was About Race

When it comes election time, let’s remember their attack on the truth.

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FOCUS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | It's Media Terrorism to Deny Charleston Was About Race

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "By convincing Americans that racism doesn't exist, politicians are able to divert funds from programs that combat racism and create equal opportunities for everyone to other projects that would most benefit their political power base."
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RSN: It's Not Just Climate - Pope Francis Is Also Warning About the Health of Our Oceans, TPP: Back to the Ramparts,

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Marc Ash | TPP: Back to the Ramparts 
 
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News 
Ash writes: "We won a small victory on June 12, 2015. House Democrats used a tactical maneuver to derail a bill giving fast-track authority to President Obama to negotiate the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That victory will be short-lived." 
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Trevor Timm | America's Drone Policy Is All Exceptions and No Rules 
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK 
Timm writes: "The Obama administration is again allowing the CIA to use drone strikes to secretly kill people that the spy agency does not know the identities of in multiple countries - despite repeated statements to the contrary." 
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Obama Blames Gun Lobby 'Grip' on Congress for Lax US Gun Laws 
Roberta Rampton, Reuters 
Rampton writes: "President Barack Obama blamed public apathy combined with the tight 'grip' on Congress of the National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. gun lobby, for blocking stricter gun laws." 
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Harvey Wasserman | A Fitting "Life Penalty" for the Charleston Murderer 
Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News 
Wasserman writes: "One would expect in this country that the government will seek to kill this twisted young man for his having shot nine wonderful people in the coldest possible blood. It is beyond comprehension how someone - anyone! - could sit in a Bible discussion for as long as he did and then shoot those who had shown him such kindness." 
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Texas Turns Away From Criminal Truancy Courts for Students 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "Under the old law, students as young as 12 could be ordered to court for as few as three unexcused absences in four weeks. Schools were required to file a misdemeanor charge of 'failure to attend school' against students with more than 10 unexcused absences in six months. And unpaid fines landed some students behind bars when they turned 17." 
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German Police Arrest Al Jazeera Journalist in Berlin, Attorney Says 
Caroline Copley and Andrew Osborn, Reuters 
Excerpt: "A leading Al Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport Saturday at the request of Egypt, an attorney for the Qatar-based satellite network said, a move he described as part of a crackdown by Cairo on the channel." 
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It's Not Just Climate - Pope Francis Is Also Warning About the Health of Our Oceans 
Elise Shulman, ThinkProgress 
Shulman writes: "With the release of his encyclical 'Laudato Si' on Thursday, Pope Francis made headlines for recognizing the threat of human-caused climate change. But the encyclical also called attention to the world's oceans." 
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RSN: Pope Francis' Encyclical Urges Swift Action on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Climate Talks, Jeb Bush's Candidacy Is Like a Hollywood Sequel No One Wants to See

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Frank Rich | Jeb Bush's Candidacy Is Like a Hollywood Sequel No One Wants to See 
 
Frank Rich, New York Magazine 
Rich writes: "No one in America remembers anything, but surely our national amnesia doesn't extend to Jeb's lineage no matter how much he tries to bury it." 
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SPLC Statement on the Shooting in Charleston, South Carolina 
Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Center 
Cohen writes: "Since 9/11, our country has been fixated on the threat of Jihadi terrorism. But the horrific tragedy at the Emmanuel AME reminds us that the threat of homegrown domestic terrorism is very real." 
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Charleston Shooting: State Senator Clementa Pinckney Among Victims 
Matthew Weaver and Paul Bowers, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "Clementa Pinckney, a high-flying Democrat state senator who campaigned for police to wear body cameras, was one of those killed in the mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday." 
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Why a Younger Hillary Clinton May Never Have Had a Chance 
Chloe Angyal, Reuters 
Angyal writes: "Clinton is living proof of how sexism and ageism interact: when it comes to leadership positions, women always seem to be held to a higher standard than men, and by the time they've accumulated the experience to meet that standard, they're old enough to be hit with age discrimination." 
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Congress Warned That Drones Present 'A Nightmare Scenario for Civil Liberties' 
Sam Thielman, Guardian UK 
Thielman writes: "Amazon.com, the Federal Aviation Administration and privacy activists sparred in front of Congress on Wednesday over drones and the future of American airspace as one privacy expert warned few laws would stand in the way of 'a nightmare scenario for civil liberties.'" 
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Move Over, Hamilton: Woman to Appear on $10 Bill, Treasury Announces 
Dan Roberts, Guardian UK 
Roberts writes: "A woman will soon feature on US bank notes for the first time in 150 years after a successful campaign to celebrate the centenary of female suffrage. But the surprise decision comes with a catch: whoever is chosen will have to share the honor with a man." 
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Pope Francis' Encyclical Urges Swift Action on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Climate Talks 
Anastasia Pantsios, EcoWatch 
Pantsios writes: "Writing that 'the Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth,' the Pope emphasized the outsized impact failure to care for the environment has on the poor." 
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