Top Stories - October 7, 2012

TODAY'S TOP STORIES - October 7, 2012

The Unbelievable Ways Schools Are Now Monitoring Children -- Even What They're Eating

David Rosen, AlterNet

It can't be called "education." READ MORE»

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Wall St.'s Next Profit Scheme -- Buying Up Every Piece of Your Home Town

Michael Hudson, Michael Hudson's blog

Across America, schools, roads, and water systems are for sale to the highest Wall Street bidder. READ MORE»

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Jon Stewart Uses Spoof Debate with Bill O'Reilly to Expose How Toxic Fox News Is for America

Nicolas Sywak, Salon

Stewart: Fox is "the lupus of news." READ MORE»

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If America Only Knew How Much Arsenic Ends Up on the Average Dinner Plate

By Jill Richardson, AlterNet

Our government is perversely protecting the industries that release the killer chemical into society. READ MORE»

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Moyers: The Rise of Hispanic America

By Bill Moyers, Jorge Ramos, María Elena Salinas, Moyers & Company

The growing electoral clout of the Latino constituency is getting harder for national politicians to ignore. READ MORE»

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4 Cynical Ad Campaigns by Corporations Desperate to Persuade Us That They're Not Evil

By Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet

Corporations have turned to selling their likeability, not their products, as people grow furious at them. READ MORE»

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How the Gov’t Is Saddling Parents with College Loans They Can’t Possibly Afford

By Marian Wang, Beckie Supiano, Andrea Fuller, ProPublica, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Exposing the dangers of the so-called "Parent Plus" loans. READ MORE»

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Why Agencies That Turn Full-Time Jobs into Temp Work Are Suddenly Facing Huge Obstacles

By Michelle Chen, In These Times

It all starts with a little solidarity. READ MORE»

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Climate Deniers and Skeptics Get Taken Seriously in American Newspapers... Not So Much by the Rest of the World

By Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress

America is unique when it comes to giving a platform to climate deniers and skeptics. READ MORE»

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