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Carl Gibson | How President Obama's Coldness Toward Heating Assistance Ended Up Killing a Vietnam Vet in Michigan

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Carl Gibson | How President Obama's Coldness Toward Heating Assistance Ended Up Killing a Vietnam Vet in Michigan 
Vietnam veteran John Skelley, who died of hypothermia after his utility company shut off heat to his Michigan apartment over an unpaid bill. (photo: Skelley family photo)

Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
Gibson writes: "If President Obama had prioritized adequately funding the low-income heating assistance program (LIHEAP) as much as he did funding military interventions overseas, a retired veteran might still be alive today."
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2014 Midterms Most Expensive Election at $3.77 Billion, but Fewer Donors Contributed
Russ Choma, Open Secrets
Choma writes: "The final figures are in: The 2014 election was the most expensive midterm election in history, costing a grand total of $3.77 billion."
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Deep Freeze Sets Records Across Eastern US and Causes 11 Deaths in Tennessee
Jessica Glenza, The Guardian
Glenza writes: "As cold-weather records continued to fall across the eastern US, under the influence of the polar vortex, the human toll mounted."
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Malcolm X Remembered 50 Years After Assassination
Herb Boyd, Democracy Now!
Boyd writes: "This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century."
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Apache Sacred Land Handed to Mining Conglomerate in Arizona
Serene Fang and Adam May, Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "A place of great natural beauty, popular among rock climbers and campers, a part of Tonto National Forest known as Oak Flat has been under federal protection from mining since 1955, by special order of President Eisenhower."
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World's Biggest PR Firm Calls It Quits With American Oil Lobby
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
Goldenberg writes: "The world's largest public relations firm is ending its lucrative relationship with America's powerful oil lobby - after more than a decade and at least $327m in billings."
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