NAACP Is Right In Calling for Charter School Halt | Belief in Human Supremacy Is Destroying the Planet | Peeing in the Pool Is Dangerous

TODAY'S TOP STORIES - August 30, 2016 The Conservative Belief in Human Supremacy Is Destroying Our Planet By Derrick Jensen, Seven Stories Press The air around the world has recently been declared to be as carcinogenic as second hand smoke. READ MORE» 10 Reasons Why the NAACP Is Absolutely Right About a National Moratorium on Charter Schools By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet The venerable civil rights lobby has come under attack.  READ MORE» NY Times Reporter Shows What Is Fundamentally Wrong with Corporate Media By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet A tweet about Anthony Weiner illustrates the worst kind of journalism—false equivalence wrapped in a false narrative.  READ MORE» Trump Doesn't Even Know What He Thinks About His Signature Issue By Paul Waldman, The American Prospect He promised a 'deportation force,' and his supporters cheered. Now he's backpedaling, risking the right's love for him. READ MORE» Peeing in the Pool Is Grosser and More Dangerous Than You Thought By Kali Holloway, AlterNet That's not chlorine you're smelling.  READ MORE» Journalist Turned Private Eye Shows How Messed Up Our Criminal Justice System Is By Judith Coburn, TomDispatch Secrets of a journalist turned Private Eye. READ MORE» NASA Astrophysicist: Number of Potentially Habitable Planets Is Greater Than The Number of People Alive on Earth By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet New documentary "The Search for Earth Proxima" interviews scientists on the hunt for the next habitable planet.  READ MORE» 'You're Supporting a Bigot; That Makes You Part of the Bigotry': Charles Blow's Master Class in Cutting Through Trump Hackery By Chauncey DeVega, Salon The New York Times columnist's direct and unapologetic takedown of a black Trump surrogate is a model to emulate. READ MORE» Bernie Sanders Launches New Organization, But Key Staffers Quit in Protest By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Bernie Sanders and his supporters have launched a new political organization called Our Revolution. READ MORE» Video of FBI Visit of Muslim Activist Highlights Disturbing Nature of Federal Counter-Extremism Programs By Joseph Sabroski, AlterNet As Muslim youth activists in Minneapolis debate a federal counter-extremism program, one films himself resisting an FBI visit. READ MORE» Sarah Palin Falls and Cracks Her Head...and Makes It All About Hillary Clinton By David Ferguson, Raw Story Somehow this was Clinton's fault. READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Brian McFadden on Modern Medical Marvels By Brian McFadden, AlterNet Science is incredible. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com View this mailing as a webpage. SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703