The Real News / 18 January 2017

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• How MLK Went From ‘National Threat’ to ‘National Hero’
  Corporation for Enterprise Development’s Dedrick Asante-Muhammad explains the whitewashing of Martin Luther King’s legacy, transforming him from a leader for racial and economic justice who died in struggle to a post-racial patriot who died in victory
• Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is a ‘Horrifying Prospect’ for Public Schools
  Responding to the DeVos confirmation hearings, award-winning Chicago public school teacher Erika Wozniak says bi-partisan support for school privatization paved the way for Trump’s Education Secretary
• Nationwide Protests Planning to Disrupt Trump’s Inauguration
  Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets during the week when Donald Trump becomes president. While actions are planned to disrupt his inauguration, the Women’s March on Washington is expected to have a larger turnout on the following day.
• Helen Thomas on her one question for Obama
  DC’s most experienced journalist says Obama lost credibility when he dodged question on Israeli nukes
• Tillerson Refuses to Acknowledge ExxonMobil’s Efforts to Deceive the Public on Climate Change
  Kathy Mulvey of the Union of Concerned Scientists says the oil giant is continuing to avoid accountability for its disinformation campaign
• Investors Bet Big on Trump for Big Pharma
  Even with the recent tremendous drop in the stock market, the actual net rise for the pharmaceutical sector is two and a half times positive since the election, says economist Bill Black

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• Jeff Sessions a ‘Nightmare’ for Marijuana and Sentencing Reform, Advocate Says
  We could see a dramatic reversal in the positive steps made by President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder to reform drug policy, says Drug Policy Alliance’s