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Top Stories - October 7, 2012
TODAY'S TOP STORIES - October 7, 2012
The Unbelievable Ways Schools Are Now Monitoring Children -- Even What They're Eating
David Rosen, AlterNet
It can't be called "education." READ MORE»
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Wall St.'s Next Profit Scheme -- Buying Up
Every Piece of Your Home Town
Michael Hudson, Michael Hudson's blog
Across America, schools, roads, and water systems are for sale to the highest Wall Street bidder. READ MORE»
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Jon Stewart Uses Spoof Debate with Bill
O'Reilly to Expose How Toxic Fox News Is for
America
Nicolas Sywak, Salon
Stewart: Fox is "the lupus of news." READ MORE»
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If America Only Knew How Much Arsenic Ends Up on the Average Dinner Plate
By Jill Richardson, AlterNet
Our government is perversely protecting the industries that release the killer chemical into society. READ MORE»
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Moyers: The Rise of Hispanic
America
By Bill Moyers, Jorge Ramos, María Elena Salinas, Moyers & Company
The growing electoral clout of the Latino constituency is getting harder for national politicians to ignore. READ MORE»
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4 Cynical Ad Campaigns by Corporations
Desperate to Persuade Us That They're Not Evil
By Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet
Corporations have turned to selling their likeability, not their products, as people grow furious at them. READ MORE»
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How the Gov’t Is Saddling Parents with
College Loans They Can’t Possibly Afford
By Marian Wang, Beckie Supiano, Andrea Fuller, ProPublica, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Exposing the dangers of the so-called "Parent Plus" loans. READ MORE»
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Why Agencies That Turn Full-Time Jobs into
Temp Work Are Suddenly Facing Huge Obstacles
By Michelle Chen, In These Times
It all starts with a little solidarity. READ MORE»
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Climate Deniers and Skeptics Get Taken
Seriously in American Newspapers... Not So Much by the Rest
of the World
By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress
America is unique when it comes to giving a platform to climate deniers and skeptics. READ MORE»
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ENDS
Being LBGTI in Asia: UNDP And ILGA World Launch The International Pride Awards, Recognising LGBTIQ+ Equality Champions
UN News: UN Teams Dispatch Aid As Deadly Flash Floods Hit Northern Afghanistan
Save The Children: It’s Not Safe And It’s Not Clean, But People Believe They Are Leaving Something Worse Behind
APEC: APEC Commits To Empowering People With Disabilities
UN News: Israeli Forces Bringing War To The West Bank, Warns UN Rights Office
UN News: 10,000 People Feared Buried Under The Rubble In Gaza