Smooth-Talking Jeff Sessions Can't Hide Disturbing Record

[t]   Saturday, January 14, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters] [Tell a friend about Truthout!] [Donate Today!]   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Protest Shuts Down UC Davis Event Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos and Martin Shkreli [Read the Article at The Sacramento Bee]   CNN in Trump's Crosshairs [Read the Article at The Hill]   Arizona Republicans Move to Ban Social Justice Courses and Events at Schools [Read the Article at the Guardian US]   Total Abortion Ban Debuts in Congress [Read the Article at Rewire]   Let Her Learn: A Toolkit for Fighting Racial Bias in School [Watch the National Women's Law Center Video at BuzzFlash]   Women Visiting Loved Ones Jailed at Rikers Describe Years of Invasive Searches by Guards [Read the Article at The Intercept]   The Biggest Threat to Trump's Mar-a-Lago? Climate Change [Read the Article at The Boston Globe]     [Smooth-Talking Jeff Sessions Can't Hide Disturbing Record] Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Republicans once denied Jeff Sessions a federal judgeship for his effort to discourage voting rights for Black people in Alabama via a bogus prosecution of civil rights organizers. Sessions has consistently opposed bills protecting the rights of women, immigrants and LGBTQ people, while supporting torture and the "extreme vetting" of Muslim immigrants. [Read the Article]  [Trump's Suppression of Climate Science Echoes Restrictions Under Stalin] John de Graaf, Truthout: Various elements of the GOP may have their own self-interested reasons -- profits, religious beliefs or likely both -- for ignoring the overwhelming scientific consensus about human-caused climate change. But when ideology preempts science, as it did in the Stalinist Soviet Union, the whole world stands to lose. [Read the Article]  [401(k)s and IRAs Cannot Replace Social Security] Monique Morrissey, Economic Policy Institute: 401(k)s were never intended to replace pensions, so it should be no surprise that they aren't up to the task. This has been pointed out before, but it's nice to be reminded that even the people who came up with the 401(k) concept now "lament the revolution they started." [Read the Article]  [Wall Street's Win-Win With Trump] Mike Lofgren, Consortium News: The typical American corporate executive smells power in the way a pig locks onto a Périgord truffle. It was only a couple of months ago that virtually none of the corporate moguls supported Trump, while they fell all over themselves to back Hillary Clinton. Now they are flocking to Trump's side. [Read the Article]  [US Workers Who Make BPA Have Enormous Loads of It in Their Bodies] Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: US workers in industries that use or manufacture bisphenol-A (BPA) have, on average, 70 times more of the chemical in their bodies than the general public -- levels well above what has been shown to impact reproduction, according to a study published this month. [Read the Article]  [Trump's Health and Human Services Pick Has One of the Worst Campaign Disclosure Records in Congress] Ashley Balcerzak, Center for Responsive Politics: Rep. Tom Price, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has come under fire for buying and selling shares of companies in the health care industry whose fortunes he could affect through his perch in Congress. Critics have also accused him of intervening with regulators on behalf of some of his donors in the medical field. [Read the Article]  [How Ride-Hailing Apps Like Uber Continue the Cab Industry's History of Racial Discrimination] Yanbo Ge, Christopher R. Knittel, Don MacKenzie and Stephen Zoepf, The Conversation: Many have hoped the emergence of a technology-driven "new economy," providing greater information and transparency, would help us break from our history of systemic discrimination. Unfortunately, research shows that it may take more than just new technologies to transform attitudes and behavior. [Read the Article]  [World Is "Backsliding" on Gasoline Subsidies, Study Finds] Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief: Taxes on gasoline effectively reduce CO2 emissions, yet they are lower now than they were 13 years ago. By increasing taxes and removing subsidies for fossil fuels, governments could provide an incentive for consumers to start using cleaner alternatives. However, this mechanism is not being put to full use, say US scientists. [Read the Article]  [Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation ] Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe] | [Unsubscribe] [Privacy Policy]   [The Newspaper Guild]