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July 29, 2019

Why does participation in the federal summer meals program keep dropping?

Jessica Fu New Food Economy

Only one in 7 kids eligible for free summer lunch actually gets one. Low participation likely results from factors including lack of accessible meal distribution locations, inadequate information about free meals, and transportation barriers.

July 29, 2019

The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed

Ellen Brown Truthdig

Industrial hemp has been proved to absorb more CO2 per hectare than any forest or commercial crop, making it the ideal carbon sink. It can be grown on a wide scale on nutrient-poor soils with very small amounts of water and no fertilizers.

July 29, 2019

Herbicide Warfare Against Gaza Farmers

Maureen Clare Murphy Electronic Intifada

Israel’s spraying “has created a dead zone of entire swathes of formerly arable land.”

July 29, 2019

As Charles Koch Cultivates Anti-War Image, Koch Industries Profits from Defense Contracts

Alex Kotch Sludge

The right-wing billionaire has teamed up with unlikely ally George Soros on “military restraint,” but Koch Industries subsidiaries make millions by supplying the Navy with circuitry.

July 29, 2019

Bolsonaro: Greenwald 'May be Imprisoned', Journalist Says ' No'

teleSUR teleSUR

'Contrary to Bolsonaro's wishes, he is not (yet) a dictator. He has no power to order people arrested,' said Greenwald after the president threatened to incarcerate the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

August 22, 2014

Friday Nite Videos -- August 22, 2014

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How Economic Inequality Harms Societies. Peter Case -- House Rent Party. The Racial Wealth Gap in America. Guantanamera Around the World. The Racism of the US Criminal Justice System in 10 Charts.

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies

August 22, 2014

We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart.

Peter Case -- House Rent Party

August 22, 2014

Peter Case tells the tale of a modern day house rent party. Filmed during the Music Fog sessions at the 2010 Americana Music Festival in Nashville, TN.

The Racial Wealth Gap in America

August 22, 2014

Though the United States is one of the wealthiest countries, to many Americans this prosperity remains out of reach. Blacks and Hispanics who are striving to make a better life for themselves and their families are not given the same asset building opportunities. Full research here.

Guantanamera Around the World

August 22, 2014

Starting with Carlos Varela in Havana and featuring over 75 Cuban musicians around the world, from Havana and Santiago to Miami, Barcelona and Tokyo. Recorded and produced with Jackson Browne. More about the Playing for Change movement.