Common Dreams Highlights September 25, 2014

September 25, 2014 by ohnwentsya Leave a comment

News & Views | 09.25.14 Featured… Broken Dreams: Amidst Economic Insecurity, Americans Can’t Get Ahead http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/broken-dreams-amidst-economic-insecurity-americans-cant-get-ahead Headlines… Civilian Deaths Mount as US Bombing of Syria Expands http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/civilian-deaths-mount-us-bombing-syria-expands Despite Video Evidence, Grand Jury Refuses to Indict on Ohio Walmart Killing http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/despite-video-evidence-grand-jury-refuses-indict-ohio-walmart-killing Study: Natural Gas Expansion Will Raise Emissions, Worsen Climate http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/study-natural-gas-expansion-will-raise-emissions-worsen-climate US to Pay Navajo Nation Over $550 Million in Landmark Settlement http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/us-pay-navajo-nation-over-550-million-landmark-settlement ‘Ebola Is Winning’: Sierra Leone Quarantines 1.2 Million People http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/ebola-winning-sierra-leone-quarantines-12-million-people With No Freedom in Sight, Illegally Jailed Inmates in Mississippi Demand Answers http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/25/no-freedom-sight-illegally-jailed-inmates-mississippi-demand-answers and more… **************************************************** Views… Nick Turse: American “Success” and the Rise of West African Piracy http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/american-success-and-rise-west-african-piracy Geneviève Lavoie-Mathieu: The Time Has Come for Agroecology http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/time-has-come-agroecology Paul Pillar: Hoping Bombs Will Fix Mess That Bombs Created in Iraq and Syria http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/hoping-bombs-will-fix-mess-bombs-created-iraq-and-syria Joeva Rock: Militarizing the Ebola Crisis http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/militarizing-ebola-crisis Glenn Greenwald: Inside the Shadowy Manipulation of American Journalists by Former Treasury Officials on the UAE’s Payroll http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/25/inside-shadowy-manipulation-american-journalists-former-treasury-officials-uaes **************************************************** Newswire… Reprieve: UK Government Claims in Rendition Case ‘Highly Unlikely,” Says Ex- US Ambassador… http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/25/uk-government-claims-rendition-case-highly-unlikely-says-ex-us-ambassador US PIRG: Statement in Response to the Resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/25/statement-response-resignation-attorney-general-eric-holder Sharing Cities Network: #MapJam Returns for a Second Year to Put the New Economy on the Map! http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/09/25/mapjam-returns-second-year-put-new-economy-map and more…