The Real News / 14 Mars 2018

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• Students Demand Leaders Address the Root Causes of Gun Violence
  As part of #Enough, the National School Walkout, hundreds of Baltimore high school students marched to demand gun control, increased accountability for the police force, and more funding for the school system
• Newly Tapped Sec of State Mike Pompeo Comes with Deep Ties to the Koch Brothers
  “If I were on the confirmation committee, I would be asking Mike Pompeo exactly how much money the Koch network has invested in him that has not been publicly disclosed,” says Lisa Graves of Documented
• The CIA’s New Torturer-in-Chief
  Gina Haspel, President Trump’s new pick to head the CIA, has played a key role in the agency’s torture program — and in covering it up, says Marcy Wheeler
• Does Pompeo at State Mean War on Iran?
  President Trump’s ouster of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State in favor of Mike Pompeo is a step closer to US war on Iran, says national security reporter Marcy Wheeler
• Western Governments Whitewash Saudi Dictator MBS as ‘Reformer’
  While the U.S. and European governments claim Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is dedicated to “reform,” analyst Ali al-Ahmed says this is propaganda that covers up his crimes in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
• Israel Lobby Doesn’t Want Al Jazeera to Spill its Secrets
  Qatar is under pressure to bury an undercover Al Jazeera documentary that exposes the Israel Lobby in the US. Asa Winstanley of the Electronic Intifada says the film’s key revelations include the close cooperation between the neocon Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Israeli government

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• Wilkerson: Trump Won’t Make Peace with North Korea
  It is possible to make a peace deal that would denuclearize North Korea, but don’t expect Donald Trump to deliver it, says Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
• Elites Impose Education Policies They Would Never Accept for their Children
  In the final part of our interview with author Noliwe Rooks, we examine some of the reforms that the likes of Betsy DeVos have mandated for poor children but would never be accepted for the wealthy
• Student Debt Cancellation a Viable Option, Economists Say
  A new in-depth study on the consequences of cancelling all student debt in the US shows that it would help the economy far more than it would cost. We talk to Stephanie Kelton, one of the study’s co-authors
• Will Trump Help Saudi Arabia Build a Nuclear Program?
  Media reports say the U.S. is considering selling nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia. Analyst Ali al-Ahmed is skeptical, and says Trump has just removed the fig leaf of concern for human rights abuses by the Gulf dictatorship