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Friday 05.13.11 Featured... John Nichols: The Post-Wisconsin Game Plan http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-5 **************************************************** Headlines... Corporate Demands, Federal ‘Reform,’ Keep Shifting Healthcare Costs to Workers http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-6 World in the Throes of a Human Rights Revolution, Says Amnesty http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-8 Has the Peach State Become the Prison State?: Georgia's New Penal Profiteering Approach to Immigration http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-7 US Middle Class Disappearing Into Abyss? http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-5 Problems Cited With Nuclear Backup Power http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-0 Yemen's Saleh Rejects US Calls for Quick Transition http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-4 Scores Die in Pakistan Bombings http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13 Plan to Flood Fukushima Reactor Could Cause New Blast, Experts Warn http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/05/13-2 and more... **************************************************** Video... Is Assassination Justice? http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/05/13 Associate of Bradley Manning Sues Dept. of Homeland Security for 4th Amendment Violations http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/05/13-0 and more... **************************************************** Views... Amitabh Pal: New Report Confirms that Switch to Renewables Is Feasible http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-11 David Sirota: Has America Become a Nation of Cowards? http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-10 Ken Cook: Pesticide Lobby Gets Their Spray Rigs in a Twist http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-9 Marjorie Cohn: Torture Is Never Legal and Didn’t Lead Us to Bin Laden http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13 Tom Hayden: Obama Nears Key Decisions on Afghan Strategy http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-7 Glenn Greenwald: The Bin Laden Dividend http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-4 Wasim Alqershi: The Youth Will Win in Yemen http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-1 Peter Rothberg: Immigrants for Sale http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05/13-6 and more... **************************************************** Newswire... Kucinich: Possibilities for Circumventing Congress’ Constitutional Role Include Temporarily ‘Pausing’ the War http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/13-3 NLIHC: House FY12 Funding Plan Would Dismantle Housing Safety Net http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/13-1 Amnesty International: Report 2011: Amnesty International at 50 says Historic Change on Knife-Edge http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/13-9 Project on Government Oversight Database Tracks Revolving Door Between SEC and Wall Street http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/13-8 ACLU Sues Homeland Security Over Seizure Of Activist's Computer http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/13 and more...

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