| Florida Okays Execution of Schizophrenic Man in Direct Violation of Supreme Court Ruling Rania Khalek, Truthout: The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state can proceed with the execution of 64-year-old John Erroll Ferguson, despite its finding that he is a paranoid schizophrenic. The decision will be appealed to the US Supreme Court. Read the Article Big Oil and the US Chamber of Commerce Fight to Keep Foreign Bribery Flourishing Sara Jerving and Mary Bottari, PRWatch: In a new lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), big energy extractors are alleging that a new disclosure rule violates their corporate "First Amendment" rights. Read the Article Texas Promises to Shut Down Women's Health Program if It Includes Planned Parenthood Andrea Grimes, RH Reality Check: Despite the fact that Planned Parenthood has historically provided care to more than half of the Women's Health Program enrollees, Executive Commissioner Kyle Janek said he was "confident" the state could find providers to fill the gap. Read the Article TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports Michael Grabell, ProPublica: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been quietly replacing its x-ray body scanners from major airports with machines that radiation experts believe are safer. However, the x-ray scanners are being moved to smaller airports. Read the Article Why Process Matters in the Military Commission at Guantanamo Bay Jenny Carroll, Truthout: All this week, the motions hearings for the 9/11 detainees are proceeding before the military commission at Guantanamo Bay. How these trials are conducted is a reflection of our values as a people and a country. Will we recognize the value of dignity and humanity even in those we may ultimately execute? Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Jersey Becomes the 9th State to Call for an End to Citizens United, and More In today's On the News segment: The New Jersey State Assembly signed a resolution to support amending the Constitution to get rid of the Citizens United ruling; after winning the Nobel Prize, the European Union is trying to force indebted nations to privatize critical natural resources; the new revolving door is at Mitt Romney's campaign headquarters; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript Transcending the Wedge Issue That Divides Democracy Activists: To Vote or Not to Vote? Bruce E. Levine, Counterpunch: Many nonvoting democracy activists argue that participating in US national elections only maintains the illusion of democracy, and 40 to 50 percent of Americans opt out of voting in presidential elections. However, not voting doesn't change the fact that the Democrats or Republicans still win. Read the Article Vanishing Glaciers, Then and Now James Balog, Moyers & Company: Photographer James Balog has been risking his life to document the receding of glaciers as climate change begins taking its toll at the earth's extremities. These pairs of images show the transformation of glaciers in Switzerland, Canada, Iceland and Greenland since 2006. View the Photo Essay This week in SpeakOut: Jill Scheiderman advocates for "spiritual scientists" who connect their work and their bodies to the betterment of the environment; Dr. Roberto Rodriguez discusses the war the state of Arizona is waging against Raza studies and its supporters; six reasons why privatization and outsourcing will further destroy the American middle class; ProPublica presents a musical history of the influence of campaign finance from Nixon to Obama; and more. Read the Articles | 
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