Left Side of the Aisle #207

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of June 11-17, 2015

This week:

Good News: Court tosses suit against pollution-control rule
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/us/coal-epa-clean-power-plan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Good News: Some justice for same-sex couples in Arkansas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/arkansas-gay-marriage_n_7547496.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-arkansas-recognize-state-sex-marriages-31648493

Good News: Thailand school embraces gender diversity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/bangkok-university-dress-code_n_7544894.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/thailand-third-gender-_n_6476582.html

Not Good News: Appeals Court upholds extreme Texas anti-choice law
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/09/ga-woman-jailed-on-murder-charge-after-taking-abortion-pill/21193671/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/09/us-usa-abortion-texas-idUSKBN0OP24120150609
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/texas-abortion-law-_n_7545710.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/us/perry-signs-texas-abortion-restrictions-into-law.html?_r=0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Congress_of_Obstetricians_and_Gynecologists
http://www.workers.org/articles/2014/10/10/texas-judges-curtail-abortion-rights/

Everything You Need to Know: About the maldistribution of justice in the US in two sentences
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/20/1386356/-Cleveland-Police-charged-12-y-o-Tamir-Rice-w-the-crimes-of-aggravated-menacing-inducing-panic
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cleveland/2015/06/03/tamir-rice-investigation-complete-to-be-handed-over-to-prosecutor/28406351/

Obama's Lovely Little War grows a little more
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/additional-450-us-troops-iraq/story?id=31668735
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/top-news/state-dept-spokesman-saving-iraq-could-take-3-5-ye/nmYqT/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-sending-450-troops-iraq/story?id=31660805

Clown Award: Jon Hilsenrath of the Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/06/02/grand-central-a-letter-to-stingy-american-consumers/
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-swelling-the-ranks-of-involuntary-part-timers/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/29/1388789/-Stunning-maps-showing-how-much-you-need-to-earn-in-each-state-to-afford-a-two-bedroom-rental-unit
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-corporate-profits-sink-59-biggest-drop-since-2008-2015-05-29
http://www.smarteranalyst.com/2015/05/12/a-look-at-corporate-profit-margins/
http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2015/06/08/ceos-scaling-back-on-2nd-half-hiring-expansion-survey/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

Update: TPP and fast-track

Outrage of the Week: Obama thinks TPP more important than stopping slavery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/human-trafficking-tpp_n_7323044.html?1432060355
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/241227-is-free-trade-more-important-than-ending-forced-labor