ThinkProgress: Kasich Would Let States Decide Whether To Punish Women For Abortion

...(O)n Sunday morning Kasich told on ABC’s This Week that it is up to the states to decide on punishment. Regardless of his beliefs, that stance creates an opportunity for states to create laws that punish doctors or women as they see fit....
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/04/03/3765989/john-kasich-abortion/

Israel’s Right Wing Is Trying To Squash Progressive Speech

The Israeli government has long maintained that it believes in a two-state solution. But under the right wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu, such an outcome looks less feasible than at any other time in recent history. The situation for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories has long been dire, but now activists and human rights workers say the country’s right wing has Israeli progressives in their crosshairs....
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2016/03/03/3753138/israel-attacks-progressives/

McConnell: No New Supreme Court Justice Until The NRA Approves Of The Nominee

Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president and appointed with the advice and consent of the National Rifle Association, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)....
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/20/3761908/mcconnell-no-new-supreme-court-justice-until-the-nra-approves-of-the-nominee/

The Referendum That Might Have Headed Off Flint’s Water Crisis

The tragic lead poisoning of the Flint water supply in Michigan is a study in bureaucratic bungling, racial inequity and national media inattention. But the fallout from the crisis has obscured another lesson: There are consequences when those in power are able simply to circumvent the public will....
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-referendum-that-might-have-headed-off-flints-water-crisis

‘No Access, No Choice’: A Pop-Up Museum Dedicated To Reproductive Rights

This week, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, one of the most influential abortion access cases to ever go before the court.....

 Just a few blocks from the Supreme Court, a national women’s advocacy organization set up a shipping container. It’s been there all week. Inside is an interactive exhibit, “No Access, No Choice,” where visitors can see videos of women telling their personal abortion stories, read about how abortion access has been challenged and defended throughout history, and share their own visions for what they think and hope women’s healthcare can be....
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/03/04/3756661/a-look-inside-the-abortion-access-pop-up-museum-just-blocks-from-the-supreme-court/

School Raids: Feds Investigate Ultra-Orthodox Schools For Possible Fraud

According to The Journal News of White Plains, the agents are investigating the ultra-Orthodox community’s use of the federal E-rate program to install electronic equipment and internet access in yeshivas....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/school-raids-feds-investigate-ultra-orthodox-schools-for-possible-fraud

Sanders Visits US-Mexico Border, Talks Immigration Reform

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he will fight for immigration reform while standing yards from a border fence that divides Arizona and Mexico.....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sanders-visits-us-mexico-border

Late and Telling

If you look around over the last week there are a number of highly sophisticated Republican voices arguing that Donald Trump is the sort of demagogue and potential strongman our political system was designed to prevent from gaining power in our country. They are portentous and ominous words and true in many respects. But they would be far more credible if so many Republicans - not necessarily the same writers, but countless formal and informal spokespersons including numerous high-ranking elected officials - hadn't spent the last seven years ranting that the temperamentally cautious and cerebral Barack Obama was a 'dictator' who was trampling the constitution....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/late-and-telling

Bernie Sanders was the roll call amendment king from 1995 to 2007

Bernie Sanders is often criticized for "pie-in-the-sky" proposals and impractical ideals, but his campaign argues the Vermont senator actually gets things done....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/24/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-was-roll-call-amendment-king-1995-2/

Elizabeth Warren Goes After Trump: He 'Knows He's A Loser'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump to task Monday on his preferred communicative medium: Twitter.

A shorter version of Warren’s eight-post tweetstorm? Trump’s a "loser":...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-tweetstorm

These Documents Show How Baltimore School Cops Are Trained to Be "Warriors"

The Baltimore City School Police officer who slapped and kicked a student in a hallway last week has been charged with assault, abuse, and misconduct, according to NBC News. Last week, a widely-circulated video of the incident prompted a public outcry and criticism from city officials. A second officer shown in the video has also been charged with assault and misconduct....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/03/baltimore-school-police-training-beating-video

Ted Cruz Calls For National Law To Cripple Unions

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said during a radio interview Thursday that he supports national “right-to-work” legislation, a type of anti-labor law that Wisconsin passed last year in an effort to cripple the state’s unions.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/01/3765757/cruz-right-to-work/

Trump Takes His Fourth Position On Abortion In Three Days. He’ll Need To Change This One Immediately

Trump is having a lot of trouble making up his mind about where he stands on abortion...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/01/3765914/trump-abortion-four-positions-three-days/

Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution is True and Why Many People Still Don't Believe It

Interview:
https://youtu.be/ijhQczcVJbU

#232 Debate - Matt Dillahunty vs Cliffe Knechtle - Does God Exist - 2013

Interview:
https://youtu.be/coF5Ia8be4g

Amazing: Bart Ehrman Dissects 2 Corinthians

Interview:
https://youtu.be/bEGa3BgHPwo

The bizarre optimism in Donald Trump’s theory of the economy

Trump appears to blend economic conspiracy theories with magical-thinking accounting: Stocks are a bubble inflated by "easy money"; government regulators have taken control of banks and choked off lending to everyone but the rich; the "real" unemployment rate is closer to 20 percent than 5 percent, and his crowd sizes prove it; cutting taxes and renegotiating the terms of trade will reinvigorate the economy and the middle class and somehow pay off the federal debt within eight years...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/02/the-bizarre-optimism-in-donald-trumps-theory-of-the-economy/

Nevada Prisoner Forced To Smash His Own Teeth Out | ThinkProgress

“Due to the unbearable pain that the plaintiff endured, despite his repeated and desperate cries for help, the plaintiff was forced to smash out his teeth by punching himself in the face, other macabre means, and pulling the teeth out,” the official court complaint reads.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/04/02/3765942/nevada-prisoners-forced-to-pull-out-teeth/

Faith vs. Fact

Since Galileo's lifetime house arrest in 1632 for his claim of a sun-centered solar system, the question has remained: are science and religion compatible? Evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is unequivocal. "Absolutely not," he says. He discusses his book, "Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/y6T39bz7A4w

Faith is Not a Virtue - Jerry Coyne TAM 2013

Interview:
https://youtu.be/MUJMzGrPX7M

Police: Donald Trump Supporters Grope, Pepper Spray 15-Year-Old Girl At Wisconsin Rally

Police in Janesville, Wisconsin are searching for two men who attended Donald Trump’s raucous town hall Tuesday night in the small post-industrial town: one accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was protesting Trump, and another man who pepper sprayed the 15-year-old and a 19-year-old woman. Both women were taken to local hospitals....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/30/3764717/trump-wisconsin-pepper-spray/

Trump: My Supporter Who Punched The Protester Was 'Talked To Horribly'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday that the man who allegedly punched a protester at an Arizona campaign rally for the real estate mogul over the weekend was "talked to horribly."

"He was given a certain finger on a hand. He was talked to horribly. And he was also looking at somebody that came up with somebody dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan," Trump said....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-defends-supporter-protester

The Wage Policy Hillary Clinton Calls ‘Shameful,’ Explained

While the country’s minimum wage requires most workers to be paid at least $7.25 an hour, that’s not true for those who earn tips. Their minimum wage is $2.13, a figure that hasn’t increased in more than two decades. Employers are supposed to make sure that their wages, combined with tips, equal at least the full minimum wage, but many don’t.

Calling this inequity “shameful,” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pushed to end the tipped minimum wage altogether at a rally in New York City...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/04/3756662/hillary-clinton-tipped-minimum-wage/

Poll: Two-Thirds Of Americans Want SCOTUS Nominee To Get A Hearing

Two-thirds of Americans want the Senate to hold a hearing for a potential Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Barack Obama, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Thursday....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/cnn-americans-want-scotus-nom-hearing

Get the most out of Finder views

One program you use all the time is the Finder. It's your Mac's filing system, organizational structure, and overseer. We all know how to open, move, and copy files, but most of us go about our business without ever considering the most efficient way to get these tasks done.

 As a prime example, you can use the Finder's View menu options to view files and folders in four different ways, but most people don't know why they'd bother. They stick to one view for all their windows when, in fact, there are valid reasons to use each. Here's how to use the right view at the right time, and save time and trouble in the process....
http://www.macworld.com/article/1139344/software/finderviews.html#jump

Trump’s Recent Behavior Is Even More Terrifying Than You Think

The violence at Trump’s rallies has boiled over in recent days. Trump himself canceled his rally on Friday in Chicago, citing safety concerns. He continues to rile up his supporters, however, calling protesters “bad dudes” and encouraging his fans to “punch back” to defend themselves. The spectical has generated Trump some negative press, chastising him for inciting violence at his events. But the full scope of Trump’s conduct is more extreme and much darker...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/13/3759636/trumps-recent-behavior-is-even-more-terrifying-than-you-think/

Week In The News: Trump On Abortion, Sanders Scores Three More, Blast In Lahore (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Presidential politics in motion again this week. Bernie Sanders takes three states and lines up strong in Wisconsin. Trump says he would punish women for abortion, and looks like he could stumble in the Badger State. Nothing’s over here. In California, New York — fifteen dollar minimum wage deals. North Carolina, Georgia — LGBT battles. An Easter bombing in Pakistan. And the FBI cracks that phone without Apple. This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/04/01/trump-abortion-sanders-election-2016-lahore-attack

Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show, 2016-04-01)

Anger erupts over legislation being called anti-LGBT in North Carolina, Mississippi and elsewhere. The Supreme Court deadlocks on a union dues case, delivering a major victory to organized labor. And the Court hints it’s seeking to avoid a 4-4 split in the case of the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate. A tough week for Donald Trump, who caused outrage with comments on abortion, and trails Ted Cruz in the polls ahead of the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday. And the FBI unlocks the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, ending a legal battle with Apple. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top national news stories.
Interview: 
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-04-01/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Friday News Roundup – International (Diane Rehm Show, 2016-04-01)

President Obama hosts a nuclear security summit in Washington with world leaders from more than 50 nations. One goal is to strengthen ways to keep nuclear material out of the hands of terrorists. North Korea apparently fires another short-range missile into the sea – just after a meeting between President Obama and the presidents of South Korea and Japan. Pakistan makes hundreds of arrests in the Easter bombing at a park and playground that killed dozens. And in Myanmar, a new era begins as the nation swears in its first democratically elected president after more than half a century of military rule. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week’s top international news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-04-01/friday-news-roundup-international

Here's how to lock your notes with a password or a fingerprint in iOS 9.3

As we decided to explore this new feature in depth and were left a bit flabbergasted by where to find and enable it, we felt that it's fair to give you heads up on how to lock noted in iOS 9.3 with your fingerprint or a password for that matter...
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Heres-how-to-lock-your-notes-with-a-password-or-a-fingerprint-in-iOS-9.3_id77635

Nixon’s Drug War Was (and Still Is) a Racist Policy Tool to Disrupt and Neutralize Black Communities

Earlier this week, the drug policy field was set ablaze with a Harper’s front-page story titled, “Legalize It All: How to win the war on drugs,” a narration of U.S. drug policies, past and present, and a call for reform to legalize drugs.

Front and center was a previously overlooked quotation from former top Nixon adviser John D. Ehrlichman, who died in 1999, but admitted in an interview in 1994 that the administration’s war on drugs was actually a reprehensible scheme to target antiwar protesters and African Americans....
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/nixons-drug-war-was-and-still-racist-policy-tool-disrupt-and-neutralize-black-communities

Kasich Bashes Clean Energy And Climate Action At Ohio Town Hall

At a town hall event in Ohio’s manufacturing hub on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich criticized Secretary of State John Kerry for traveling to Paris to fight climate change, and said clean energy was too expensive for the region. The Ohio governor’s remarks came in response to a constituent who asked how he would “implement clean energy and green jobs” in Youngstown if elected president. The questioner noted that clean energy was important to fighting human-caused climate change, and that Kerry had recently travelled to Paris to negotiate an international deal to reduce emissions...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/14/3759893/kasich-clean-energy-climate-change-ohio/

Secular Coalition releases bracket for 2016 Bad Bill Madness!

Today the Secular Coalition unveiled its selections for 2016 Bad Bill Madness! This year's field features sixteen of the worst bills threatening the separation of church and state in America, from restricting reproductive rights to making the Bible a state's official book. Your vote will decide which bill wins the dishonorable distinction of worst bill in America....
http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9241bef44976519ab9f9dff94&id=fdd300a9fa&e=077f8ff121

7 Things To Know About Presidential Appointments To The Supreme Court

Republicans, who currently control the Senate, have said they don't think Obama should nominate anyone in this election year — even though Obama still has 11 months in office. With that, here are seven things to know about the presidential appointment process...
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/14/466723547/7-things-to-know-about-presidential-appointments-to-the-supreme-court?sc=tw

Sanders And Clinton Offer Different Solutions For Nevada’s Sabotaged Solar Industry

At a small event in Reno, Nevada on Saturday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wondered aloud why the 25 former solar workers in front of him had lost their jobs. “This should be a leading industry here,” the Vermont senator said. “You should be leading America — you should be leading the world in encouraging people to move toward solar panels.” But Nevada is not leading anything when it comes to solar power, despite its abundant and mostly unobstructed sunlight.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/16/3749765/bernie-sanders-nevada-solar-workers/

Ex-Mexican President Says Trump 'Reminds Me Of Hitler'

Former Mexican President Vincente Fox slammed Donald Trump again on Friday, telling CNN that the Republican presidential candidate reminds him of Adolf Hitler.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/vincente-fox-trump-hitler

Michigan Republicans Are Trying To Change Election Law To Stop Liberal Ballot Initiatives | ThinkProgress

“They are trying to stop [us] cold,” said LuAnne Kozma of the Committee to Ban Fracking In Michigan. “They are trying to cut us off and force us into court.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/24/3762667/michigan-republicans-fracking-ban-legal-marijuana/

Watch: Jimmy Kimmel's Fake Ad Hilariously Points out Cruz and Trump Are One and the Same | Alternet

When both of your options are awful, it can be hard to find the silver lining...
http://www.alternet.org/media/watch-jimmy-kimmels-fake-ad-hilariously-points-out-cruz-and-trump-are-one-and-same

British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Has Been So Successful That Businesses Want To Increase It

A carbon tax may be a controversial topic in the United States, but in one Canadian province, this eight-year-old policy has been such a success that on Wednesday more than 100 businesses said they support a tax increase...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/31/3765312/canadian-business-support-carbon-tax-increase/

Alabama’s ‘Family Values’ Governor Might Get Impeached Over An Extramarital Affair

Now, Bentley has found his own crumbling marriage under scrutiny (his wife, Dianne Bentley, filed for divorce last year). Last week, the 73-year-old governor admitted to having sexually suggestive conversations with his senior political advisor, 44-year old Rebekah Mason, who is also married. The conversations took place in 2014, before Bentley’s divorce proceedings began...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/31/3764800/alabama-robert-bentley-governor-sex-scandal-family-values/

Study Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution

This latest research from the journal Nature underscores that what the nation and the world do in the next decade or two will determine whether or not cities like Miami, Boston, New York, or New Orleans have any plausible chance to survive by 2100...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/31/3765266/coastal-cites-carbon-pollution/

Donald Trump Says His Very Rich Muslim Friends Won't Be Banned From The Country | ThinkProgress

Pressed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews whether Trump’s friends could even get into the country with a ban on Muslims, Trump conceded. “They’ll come in,” he said. “They’ll come in, and you’ll have exceptions.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/31/3765216/trump-muslim-friends-immigration/

A Colorado School District Will Give Away Satanic and (Censored) Atheist Literature to Students

The School District has complained about two FFRF pamphlets: “An X-Rated Book: Sex and Obscenity in the Bible” and “What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?” 

Both of them are being limited to just the local high schools. The School District objects to the cartoon cover of “An X-Rated Book,” which shows a bible groping a young woman. 

“It is inappropriate in a school setting; we would not allow any of the high school students to wear or otherwise display such a cartoon,” says School District Attorney Andrew Clay. “Why would we allow them to carry it in the building? It may also qualify as hate literature, demeaning women.“

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/04/01/a-colorado-school-district-will-give-away-satanic-and-censored-atheist-literature-to-students/

The Police Force: America’s New Gangsters

America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, and RT’s Ed Schultz discuss the DOJ’s reinstitution of the civil asset forfeiture program, which allows police officer to seize cash and property related to a crime. Police can then keep those assets even if never convicted of a crime...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/Qv34jM0hLZw

Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 1, 2016

Interview:
https://youtu.be/8GAqRXNrpVk

Mississippi could now legalize discrimination against people who have premarital sex

...But as this bill is actually written, though, a whole lot of people in Mississippi besides sexual minorities could face discrimination, too — like the vast numbers of people who have had sex outside of marriage...
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/mississippi-could-now-legalize-discrimination-against-people-who-have-premarital-sex/

5 Things To Know About President Obama's Budget

President Obama unveils his 2017 budget proposal today. It's an aspirational blueprint that details how he would set priorities if he controlled the government's checkbook ... which he doesn't. "This budget is not about looking back at the road we have traveled," Obama said. "It is about looking forward." But congressional Republicans are looking past the president. House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed the budget as "a progressive manual for growing the federal government at the expense of hardworking Americans." Here are five big things you need to know about Obama's eighth budget blueprint.
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/09/466143593/five-things-to-know-about-president-obamas-budget?sc=tw

ACSJ Presents Professor Sheldon W. Helms: Gay Conversion Therapy

Sheldon will be speaking on the topic of Gay Conversion Therapy, providing us with a brief history of the efforts to alter people’s sexual orientation both through religion and therapy, some evidence of the potential risks these processes pose to victims, as well as an overview of the problem in the social, legal, and political domains. Sheldon Helms is a Professor of Experimental Psychology at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA where he serves as senior faculty member in the psychology department. He holds a master’s degree in psychology, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at Alliant International University...
https://youtu.be/1llnklBbfuE

Fetal Tissue Research Uncovers New Information About Zika | ThinkProgress

New medical research has quickly advanced doctors’ understanding of how the Zika virus infects a fetus and how to detect its presence much earlier in a woman’s pregnancy. These findings — released Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine — would have been impossible to uncover without the help of one crucial, yet controversial, resource: tissue collected from an aborted fetus infected by Zika...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/03/31/3765233/fetal-tissue-zika-study/

Elizabeth Warren Accuses Banks Of Lying

On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accusing banks of lying about the pending rule requiring financial advisers to put clients’ interests ahead of their own, thus potentially violating securities laws...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/31/3765249/warren-banks-fiduciary-standard/

Blustering Barton: Religious Right Pseudo-Historian Claims Tithing Will Make Your Car And Clothes Last Longer

It’s alarming that a guy with these views and who has been accused of stretching the truth time and time again remains allied with politicians and is so beloved by the Religious Right...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/blustering-barton-religious-right-pseudo-historian-claims-tithing-will-make

Anti-Choicers Try to Exploit Donald Trump's Gaffe by Pretending Their Misogynist Views Are 'Moderate'

Anti-choicers are using Trump's comments to portray themselves as nicer to women, but in fact, they are worse...
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/anti-choicers-try-exploit-donald-trumps-gaffe-pretending-their-misogynist-views-are

Bernie Sanders Has an Interesting Theory About Why the Republican Party Exists

"I think if we had a media in this country that was really prepared to look at what the Republicans actually stood for rather than quoting every absurd remark of Donald Trump, talking about Republican Party, talking about hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks for the top two tenths of 1 percent, cuts to Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid, a party which with few exceptions doesn't even acknowledge the reality of climate change, let alone do anything about it, a party which is not prepared to stand with women in the fight for pay equity, a party that is not prepared to do anything about a broken criminal justice system or a corrupt campaign finance system, I think, to be honest with you—and I just don't, you know, say this rhetorically, this is a fringe party. It is a fringe party. Maybe they get 5, 10 percent of the vote."

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/bernie-sanders-interesting-theory-on-gops-existence

https://youtu.be/2vDAGRQ4__c

Trump's Abortion Comments: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump's controversial statement that there should be "some form of punishment" for women who seek abortions.
https://youtu.be/VpGJlZinFxk

Is This the Most Astonishing Obamacare Result Ever?

...the very instant that penalties begin for high readmission rates, everything stabilizes again. Apparently America's hospitals unanimously decided that once they'd hit a certain level, that was good enough and they wouldn't bother trying to improve even more...
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/03/most-astonishing-obamacare-result-ever

Kansas Bill Would Pay Students A $2,500 Bounty To Hunt For Trans People In Bathrooms

The complementary bills (SB 513 and HB 2737) declare in no uncertain terms that transgender students are going to harm other students just by using the same facility alongside them. “Allowing students to use restrooms, locker rooms and showers that are reserved for students of a different sex will create potential embarrassment, shame, and psychological injury to students,” they read...
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/03/22/3762490/kansas-transgender-ransom-bathrooms/

If Addiction is a Disease, Why is It Criminal? Maia Szalavitz Envisions a Compassionate Drug Policy

http://democracynow.org - President Obama has unveiled a series of steps aimed at addressing the epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States. We speak with journalist Maia Szalavitz about her new book, "Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction," and about her own experience of overcoming addiction. "We need to create a more compassionate and loving drug policy," Szalavitz says. "Nobody is going to believe that addiction is a disease as long as the behavior is criminal." Szalavitz is one of the leading journalists covering addiction in the United States...
https://youtu.be/D11C8ciFQ9A

Michigan Is The Best Example of How Destructive Republican Government Can Be

If you want to know how horrible Republican leadership can be, just take a look at the state of Michigan. Not only have the Republicans helped create the water crisis in Flint, but they’re now allowing corporations to undermine the state Constitution and the will of the voters. This has become the standard for how Republican politicians operates...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/pHWBHSLNOF0

What's a 702(j) retirement plan? Should you get one?

A 702(j) plan is not actually a retirement plan at all; it's a life insurance contract. But the idea of using it to supplement retirement income isn't new.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2016/0227/What-s-a-702-j-retirement-plan-Should-you-get-one

Recycling sunlight: a solar cell revolution? - CSMonitor.com

Scientists have found a way to recycle sunlight and boost the amount of energy captured from the sun's rays.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0324/Recycling-sunlight-a-solar-cell-revolution

Donald Trump says Iran military will have nuclear weapons as soon as enrichment limits expire

Donald Trump: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-iran-military-will-have-nuclear/

Fueling Fascism: The Secret History of How Texaco Supplied Oil to Fascists in Spain

http://democracynow.org - While thousands of Americans fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War, some chose to back Franco’s fascist regime. The most notable was the CEO of the American oil giant Texaco. He violated U.S. law by selling Franco’s regime discounted oil on credit. Also in violation of U.S. law, the oil was transported to Spain on U.S. ships. For more on this remarkable story, we’re joined by Adam Hochschild, the author of the sweeping new history book, "Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939."
Interview:
https://youtu.be/ROe6oNRoJHY

Top U.S. & World Headlines — March 31, 2016

Interview: https://youtu.be/MF0uk_58gF8

Spoiler Alert: Women Are Already Being Punished For Having Abortions | ThinkProgress

Multiple U.S. women -- with few options to get themselves to one of their state's dwindling legal clinics -- have been arrested for illegal abortions after they bought abortion-inducing medication online. And thanks to the growing number of laws aimed at protecting “fetal rights,” other women have been punished for doing activities that allegedly harmed their pregnancies. Americans have been charged with murder for allegedly seeking to harm their fetuses by attempting suicide, using illicit drugs, or even falling down the stairs...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/03/30/3765073/women-punished-abortion/

Why didn't Flint treat its water? An answer, at last

...But testimony at a legislative hearing this week from the city's utilities chief may help explain: When Flint began to pump drinking water from the Flint River, the city's water treatment plant wasn't capable of adding corrosion control treatment, not without equipment upgrades the broke city couldn't afford...
http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/2016/03/30/flint-water-crisis/82421546/

FDA Updates Label For Abortion Drug, Making Access Easier In Some States

"The updated label is more aligned with evidence-based medicine and has the potential to expand abortion access for Ohio women," Chrisse France, executive director of the Preterm clinic in Ohio, said in a statement. "We are pleased to announce that as of today we will be offering medication abortion to more women, with fewer required visits."... 
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/30/472413911/fda-updates-label-for-abortion-drug-making-access-easier-in-some-states

Zika Is Headed For States With Harsh Abortion Restrictions. What Happens When It Gets There?

Zika’s Spread Across The U.S. May Change The Narrative Around Abortion.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/03/30/3764270/zika-comes-to-anti-abortion-states/

Transparent Trickery: Claims Of ‘Persecution’ In Idaho Fail To Sway Court

ADF’s stunt was extremely transparent. It had two goals: One, exempt the Hitching Post from having to perform same-sex marriages and two, try to create a case in which a Christian ministry was being persecuted for its beliefs.
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/transparent-trickery-claims-of-persecution-in-idaho-fail-to-sway-court