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DAN SAVAGE, a leading voice of gay America: “Savage Love” sex advice columnist, and award-winning author now of AMERICAN SAVAGE. There are 50,000 “It Gets Better” videos: WATCH the very first, with Dan and Terry: itgetsbetter.org/#7IcVyvg2Qlo .
Other favorites: Ke$ha www.itgetsbetter.org/#DV4EmSviDfQ ;
Stephen Colbert www.itgetsbetter.org/#BThRZbCs-p8 .
Also: EDWARD SNOWDEN has set off a worldwide debate about the spying practices of the US. TOM ENGELHARDT says that, as a result, the US is losing the public opinion battle globally. Tom is the legendary editor of TomDispatch.com.
Plus: Plutonium is the most dangerous substance on the planet. The US manufactured it in Hanford, Washington, and the Soviets manufactured it in Ozersk, Russia. Now we have an amazing history from the ground up of the two plutonium production projects: PLUTOPIA: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters. The author is KATE BROWN—she teaches at the U of Maryland Baltimore County.
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Today in History: how the President of Purdue tried to ban the books of Howard Zinn: HERE.
