Leslie Thatcher writes about "the initial impetus" for Tom Engelhardt's new
book, "The World According to TomDispatch"; 126 casualties counted in
Baghdad
car bombing; government recruiting traumatized vets for clinical trials of
drugs "with violent side effects"; Congress moves to protect millions of
pristine acres in "wilderness renaissance"; Adam Cohen discusses the
ongoing
struggle for a fair wage for the working poor; Heidi Hartmann writes about
why
"shaky economic times always worry women more than men"; extended
emergency
room wait time "troublesome for mentally ill patients"; David Swanson
writes
about how the election process was flipped upside down; and more ...
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Leslie Thatcher | "Love, Tom"
http://www.truthout.org/article/leslie-thatcher-love-tom
Leslie Thatcher reviews Tom Engelhardt's new book, "The World According to
TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire," and talks to the author
and
animator of The Nation Institute's "TomDispatch" web site.
At Least 51 Dead in Baghdad Bombing
http://www.truthout.org/article/at-least-51-dead-baghdad-bombing
Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Ali Hamid of The New York Times re****t: "A car
bomb
set to explode during the busiest time of day killed at least 51 people
and
wounded 75 Tuesday evening as shoppers were strolling through a ****ite
neighborhood market in Baghdad. It was the deadliest attack in the Iraqi
capital in more than three months."
"Disposable Heroes": Suicide-Linked Drugs Tested on Veterans
http://www.truthout.org/article/disposable-heroes-veterans-used-test-suicide-linked-drugs
Brian Ross and Vic Walter, ABC News, say that "Mentally distressed
veterans
from Iraq and Afghanistan are being recruited for government tests on
pharmaceutical drugs linked to suicide and other violent side effects, an
investigation by ABC News and The Wa****ngton Times has found."
Congress Pushes to Keep Land Untamed
http://www.truthout.org/article/congress-pushes-keep-land-untamed
The Wa****ngton Post's Juliet Eilperin re****ts: "With little fanfare,
Congress
has embarked on a push to protect as many as a dozen pristine areas this
year
in places ranging from the glacier-fed streams of the Wild Sky Wilderness
[in
Wa****ngton] to West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest. By the end of
the
year, conservation experts predict, this drive could place as much as two
million acres of unspoiled land under federal control, a total that rivals
the
wilderness acreage set aside by Congress over the previous five years."
Adam Cohen | After 75 Years, the Working Poor Still Struggle for a Fair
Wage
http://www.truthout.org/article/after-75-years-working-poor-still-struggle-a-fair-wage
According to Adam Cohen in The New York Times, "At the height of the Great
Depression, industry convinced President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress
to
enact a law allowing companies to collude to drive up prices. To balance
out
this giveaway to big business, the law gave workers something that they
had
long been fighting for: the first federal minimum wage."
Heidi Hartmann | Shaky Economic Times Are Shakier for Women
http://www.truthout.org/article/shaky-economic-times-are-shakier-women
Heidi Hartmann, writing for The Women's Media Center, states: "Over the
last
three months, primary voters in increasing pro****tions have said this
presidential election is about the economy. In November, if recent trends
hold, women will vote in greater numbers than men. As both parties turn
from
the business of primaries to crafting their messages for the fall, they
will
need to address the economic realities of these women voters."
Mentally Ill Face Extra-Long ER Waits
http://www.truthout.org/article/mentally-ill-face-extra-long-er-waits
Julie Appleby, USA Today, re****ts: "Psychiatric patients who need
hospitalization wait for hours in emergency departments for admission
because
hospitals are dropping mental health units and beds are scarce, a new
survey
says."
David Swanson | The Biggest Election Story Not on Your TV
http://www.truthout.org/article/the-biggest-election-story-not-your-tv
In The American Chronicle, David Swanson writes: "For over half the days
during any period of years you choose to select, the biggest story in US
news
outlets is the impending most im****tant election in your lifetime. The
story,
of course, takes an infinite variety of forms, ranging from candidates'
friends and associates to their diets, wardrobes, religions, childhoods,
and
hobbies.... But what if there were a story about the entire process that
flipped the whole thing upside down, radically altering many of the
assumptions never mentioned but always assumed in all of the endless
're****ting'?"
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