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TODAY'S TOP STORIES - May 31, 2016 What Big Pharma Does Not Want You to Know About the Opioid Epidemic By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet The Pharma-driven opioid epidemic may be as big a con as the mortgage housing bubble collapse. READ MORE» 'The Nones' -- Growing Number of Americans Who Identify as Spiritual Yet Aren't Part of Organized Religion By Carlos Wilton, Religion Dispatches "American Christianity ... has largely forgotten how to seek out and visit the ad hoc places of prayer in our culture."  READ MORE» East Los Angeles's DIY Shows Prove Punk Is Alive and Well By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Angela Boatwright's riveting documentary gets deeply involved in South L.A.'s Latino and Chicano blistering scene.  READ MORE» We May Just Be This Screwed: Donald Trump Has an Easier Path to Victory Than You Think By Musa Al-Gharbi, Salon Trump and Clinton share very high negatives. Hillary's may end up being harder to turn around. READ MORE» 'That Is Unbelievable': Bernie Sanders Shocked by California's Water Woes, Compares Crisis to Flint's By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet Sanders joins a growing outrage over a crisis that is forcing people to buy bottled water.  READ MORE» Can Democrats Avoid the Circular Firing Squad? By Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post Changing that many minds seems vanishingly unlikely. However, the Sanders campaign is increasingly in a go-for-broke mood. READ MORE» Leading Primatologist Frans de Waal Weighs in on Controversy Surrounding Harambe, Gorilla Shot at Zoo By Frans De Waal, AlterNet Did Harambe really have to die? READ MORE» Meet Khalid Latif, a One-Man Crusade to Fight Bigotry and Oppression Facing Muslims in America By Sarah Aziza, The American Prospect A New York University imam has emerged as a national spokesman for a community. READ MORE» Once Middle Class, Millions Are Joining the Ranks of 'Disposable' Americans By Paul Buchheit, AlterNet Income, savings and life expectancy are in decline for broad swathes of society. READ MORE» American Parents' Obsession With Structured Playtime Is Stifling Our Kids -- Just Look at How They Do It in France By Rebecca Givens Rolland, Salon I've seen parenting up close on both sides of the pond, and we could learn a lot from their refusal to micromanage. READ MORE» Machine Bias By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica There's software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it's biased against blacks. READ MORE» Media Coverage of Sex Workers Erases Our Voices By Lily Fury, The Establishment Stories about sex work either exaggerate or ignore our real lives. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703