What We’re Reading – Monday, September 28, 2015
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Rising Rents a Problem for Increasing Number of Atlantans
AJC and Politifact (TRUE rating for Atlanta Progressive News’s Editor on Atlanta housing)
Atlanta City Council: Decriminalize Cannabis Possession
Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/atlanta-city-council-decriminalize-cannabis-possession
USDA Bans Gay, Georgia
Fox 5 Atlanta television news
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-team/22759413-story
Public Records Group Countersues Georgia in Copyright Fight
Fulton County Daily Report
A Longtime Anonymous Donor Reveals Her Identity
Saporta Report
http://saportareport.com/a-longtime-anonymous-donor-reveals-her-identity/
DeKalb Animal Shelter May Be Demolished for Atlanta United Soccer Field
WABE radio
http://wabe.org/post/dekalb-animal-shelter-may-be-demolished-atlanta-united
China to Announce Cap-and-Trade Program to Reduce Emissions
New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-president-obama-summit.html
Why Some Scientists are worried about a Cold Blob in the North Atlantic Ocean
Washington Post
A Quarter of All Renters Spend Half of Income on Housing
PBS television
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/severely-burdened-renters/
Criminalizing Homelessness Can Now Cost Cities Federal Money
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/09/22/3704274/hud-homelessness-criminalization-funding/
Nine Massive Companies Pledge to go Renewable
Think Progress
Pope Apologizes for Catholic Church’s “Offenses” against Indigenous Peoples
White Wolf Pack
http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2015/07/pope-apologizes-for-catholic-churchs.html
Albuquerque council passes marijuana decriminalization amendment
KOB 4 television news
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3912267.shtml#.VgEzHyP3aJI
Brain Dead Teen, Only Capable of Rolling Eyes and Texting, to be Euthanized
The Onion (satire)
http://www.theonion.com/video/brain-dead-teen-only-capable-of-rolling-eyes-and-t-27225
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