Thursday's Daily Brief: Minority Birth Rate, Pinterest Funding, Mitt Romney Fundraising, Plus Marlo Thomas, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Moyers

Thursday, May 17, 2012 Minorities Make Up More Than Half Of U.S. Births POLITICS Law With 'Chilling Impact On First Amendment' Ruled Unconstitutional TECHNOLOGY $1.5 BILLION? POLITICS Romney Announces Much Bigger Haul WORLD Mladic War Crimes Trial Suspended 'Indefinitely' COMEDY Jon Stewart vs. Fox News Pundits On 'The Daily Show' BLOG POSTS Marlo Thomas: Tech Apps: A Few of My Favorite Things I'm all plugged in at this point. And now I'm constantly discovering new apps, gadgets and gizmos that I just love. Barbara Ehrenreich: Preying on the Poor Lenders, including major credit companies as well as payday lenders, have taken over the traditional role of the street-corner loan shark, charging the poor insanely high rates of interest. James Kwak: Because They Can It seems as if the Republicans are trying to turn the national debt back into a major political issue. Despite their abysmal record when it comes to fiscal responsibility, it could still turn out to be smart politics, for a few reasons. Bill Moyers: Is JPMorgan's Loss a Canary in a Coal Mine? "The fact that JPMorgan Chase lost so much money in a relatively benign moment compared to what we've seen in the past and what we're likely to see in the future suggests that we are absolutely on the path towards another financial crisis of the same order of magnitude as the last one." Bob Cesca: Black-on-White Crime and the Reasons for a Media Double-Standard Yes, there's a double-standard. And until there's full equality and the long slow process of racial healing is completed, the double-standard has to remain.

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Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Fox Revives Deceptive Editing Of Anita Dunn Clip More than two years after Glenn Beck used his Fox News show to deceptively edit then-Obama administration official Anita Dunn's comments referencing Mao Zedong, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld echoed Beck's false portrayal of what Dunn said by airing a similarly edited clip. Read More Fox Champions Discriminatory Bill That Would Leave Domestic Abuse Victims Unprotected Fox News is decrying the inclusion of needed provisions in the Violence Against Women Act that would protect immigrants, Native Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals from domestic abuse. Critics contend that not extending these protections would render victims more vulnerable to domestic violence. Read More

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Wednesday's Daily Brief: Arianna Interviews The Dalai Lama, Greece Sets Election Date, Debt Showdown Looms, Plus Valerie Jarrett, Mohamed A. El-Erian, Marlo Thomas

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Arianna Huffington: My Conversation With the Dalai Lama: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality Arianna Huffington: Since 1987, the Dalai Lama has been organizing dialogues between scientists and Buddhist thinkers on a range of subjects, from physics and astronomy to empathy and compassion. "These are times," he says, "when destructive emotions like anger, fear and hatred are giving rise to devastating problems throughout the world. But I believe we have a valuable opportunity to make progress in dealing with them, through a collaboration between religion and science." When the two come together, the result is the cultivation of connection -- of empathy and compassion. At the heart of this approach is the Buddhist belief in the mutability of consciousness -- the idea that we can, through certain practices, change our inner being. "It means that the cultivation of loving-kindness can over a period diminish the force of hate in the mind," he explains. POLITICS Obama's 'Perfect Beast' vs. Romney's 'Hard Times' Pitch WORLD Greece Sets Date For Crucial Elections POLITICS Republicans Grip Up For Another Debt Showdown BUSINESS JPMorgan Unit Responsible For Huge Loss Played By Different Rules TECHNOLOGY 6 People Mark Zuckerberg Burned On His Way To The Top BLOG POSTS Valerie Jarrett: Just Plain Wrong: House Republican Bill Undermines the Violence Against Women Act A bill being considered in the House today seeks to roll back existing protection that keep women safe from the threat of violence. That is just plain wrong. Keeping women safe isn't about which political party you support -- it's about protecting basic human rights. Mohamed A. El-Erian: The Global Economy: What the Next Three Years Will Look Like Uncertainty, even of the unusual variety, does not -- and should not -- translate into investor paralysis. Dr. Peggy Drexler: Obama and the Bully: The Cornering of Mitt Romney To a generation of current and future voters, Barack Obama has deftly offered a choice: a respectful and inclusive voice of the future; versus a schoolyard tormenter aligned with the intolerant voices of the past. Not bad for a community organizer. Robert Reich: Romney Has Public and Private Morality Upside Down Mitt Romney doesn't want to regulate where regulation is necessary -- at the highest reaches of the economy. Yet he wants to regulate where regulation is least appropriate -- at the level of the individual, in bedrooms and other intimate spaces. Marlo Thomas: Fifty Shades of... Buzz! I couldn't get away from it. My girlfriends were talking about it; columnists were writing about it; Saturday Night Live was spoofing it. It was all I heard about.

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