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Sexual Advances That Aren’t Welcome are Harassment, Not ‘Sexual Liberation’

Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/gender/sexual-advances-arent-welcome-are-harassment-not-sexual-liberation?akid=11711.9992.uxZISn&rd=1&src=newsletter980746&t=11

The Rot of Wall Street Stints All the Way to the Bank

Jim Hightower, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/rot-wall-street-stinks-all-way-bank?akid=11711.9992.uxZISn&rd=1&src=newsletter980746&t=15

How the World’s Only Superpower is Vulnerable to Catastrophe

Emanuel Pastreich and John Feffer, The Nation

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/how-worlds-only-superpower-could-topple-any-minute?akid=11713.9992.Anfydb&rd=1&src=newsletter981271&t=5

Paying for America’s War Machine is a Terrible Waste of Tax Money

Lisa Savage, AlterNet

It’s time to redirect our resources to meet human needs.  It’s time to bring the war dollars home.

http://www.alternet.org/world/biggest-waste-your-money-taxes-are-paying-americas-war-machine?akid=11713.9992.Anfydb&rd=1&src=newsletter981271&t=15

What Made the Chicago Teachers’ Strike a Success?  Their Commitment to the Community

Emily Wilson, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/education/what-made-chicago-teachers-strike-success-their-commitment-community?akid=11721.9992.Ln8L4z&rd=1&src=newsletter982158&t=17

Yet Another Reason to Hate SCOTUS: It’s Made It Easier for Payday Lenders to Prey on the Poor

Kathleen Geier, Washington Monthly

http://www.alternet.org/scotus-makes-it-easier-lenders-prey-poor?akid=11736.9992.QGC_iq&rd=1&src=newsletter984016&t=11

How the Obscenely Wealthy are Strangling Our Democracy

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/how-obscenely-wealthy-are-strangling-our-democracy?akid=11740.9992.KYjnnu&rd=1&src=newsletter984467&t=15