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Grace Davie, Op-Ed: When I was eight and he was 17, he would try to coerce my parents into giving him what he wanted with threats like, "Well, I'm just going to drive the car off a bridge!" Once he pretended to strangle my cat in front of me. I can't recall why. And, when I was around nine or ten, and very interested in boys and curious about sex, he said ominously, "You know, you're not really my sister!" (He and my older sister were adopted; I was not.) 
Cora Currier, News Report: "The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Times have both filed multiple Freedom of Information Act requests for documents relating to the CIA's drones. As part of a lawsuit challenging the CIA's response, the ACLU collected nearly two hundred on- and off-the-record statements to the media by current and former U.S. officials about the CIA's use of drones for targeted killing." 
Thomas Magstadt, Op-Ed: "What we fear most in the mountains is not a terrorist attack, but something that terrorizes everyone who lives there all the time. Fire. And wind. For forest-dwellers in rugged terrain, the combination of fire and wind presents a terrifying prospect. Clouds and rain spell salvation, except for one thing. Fire from the sky. Lightning. So everyone is alert to any danger or sign of fire – like, you know, smoke." 
Zack Beauchamp, News Report: "USDA would be forced to occupy a multiple-month holding pattern, temporarily stopping many services and programs. Program administration involves a certain amount of planning and preparation, stakeholder input, rule making, and outreach. Even if program opportunities aren't announced until later in the year, the preparation work that leads up to announcements takes time and certainty." 
Robert Reich, Op-Ed: "When it comes to health insurance, employees increasingly have to choose between health-insurance policies with sky-high premiums or with sky-high co-payments and deductibles. And since they can't afford the former they're opting for the big co-payments and deductibles – or no insurance at all. The result is fewer visits to the doctor and less use of other medical services." 
News Report: "The reason I am occupying Monsanto and willing to put myself at risk of arrest is because Monsanto has genetically engineered food crops to contain novel untested compounds that result in more weed killer sprayed on our food, without informing consumers. Unlike most industrialized countries including every country in Europe, Japan and even China, in America right now there are no labels on our food informing us whether we are eating GMOs or not." 
Amy Goodman, Video Report: "In Philadelphia, it has been estimated that 18 percent of voters lack the proper ID. At least one Republican politician, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, has already boasted that the new voter ID law will help Mitt Romney win the state. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments on whether to allow the controversial law to go into effect, or to approve a preliminary injunction." 
Richard (RJ) Eskow, Op-Ed: "That's how the game is played. Depending on the number and type of hospitals available, the impact of suspending a doctor's privileges can range from inconvenient to devastating. And it certainly sends a message: It lets other doctors know there's a price to be paid for disclosing problems. And it tells employees, and the world, how degraded the corporate culture has become." 
Carey L. Biron, News Analysis: "Recent moves by the U.S. Supreme Court and several state legislatures have, in the eyes of many, significantly exacerbated this situation of political inequality in the United States. In addition to the court's Citizens United decision in January 2010, several states have recently passed restrictive voter-identification laws that opponents suggest will have a disproportionate negative impact on several marginalized groups." 
Froma Harrop, Op-Ed: "What we see here is social engineering gone haywire. The federal government should not care whether you buy or rent your residence. Because lower-income people are more likely to rent, they are left out. Because higher-income people are more likely to have bigger houses with bigger mortgages, they benefit disproportionately. Meanwhile, the deduction is useless to those who don't itemize, which is most taxpayers." 
Michael Beckel and Rachael Marcus, News Report: Prosperity First's television spot encourages people to vote for Altschuler and attacks Bishop as a "pawn" of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The spot claims Bishop voted with Pelosi 97 percent of the time — a statistic backed up by the Washington Post, which calculated that Bishop voted 97 percent of the time with the Democratic Party while Pelosi was House Speaker during the 111th Congress. --
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