 Newsletter 18 Oct 2014
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TOP STORIES THIS WEEK
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| Can Climate Change Unite the Left?
To avoid catastrophe, we must seize corporate polluters’ wealth. BY NAOMI KLEIN
A possible cure for hep-C comes at a great cost to the sick.
BY TERRY J. ALLEN
Stanley Aronowitz on how the labor movement falters–and how it might recover.
BY DAVID MOBERG
Ken Burns’ documentary about the Roosevelts is heavy on fable but light on fact. BY CHRIS LEHMANN
The film gives a view of the wide range of black identities, but can’t seem to tell a story beyond them about the nature of power in our “post-racial” society. BY MICHAEL COLLINS
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COMMENTARY
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Why is the Susan G. Komen Foundation partnering with a major fossil fuels company?
BY DAVID SIROTA Republicans are playing off of Americans’ fears by comparing Ebola and ISIS to Halloween-inspired horrors. |
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| Building Trades Chief Lauds Fracking Boom, Shrugs Off Environmental Concerns
One union president appears unconcerned about the environmental effects of fracking. BY COLE STANGLER |
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