RSN: Ukraine Is About Oil. So Was World War I, Six Ways America Is Like a Third-World Country, Businesses Should Stand Up to Climate Change Deniers, et al

Edward Snowden | What Europe Should Know About US Mass Surveillance

Edward Snowden, Reader Supported News
Snowden writes: "The suspicionless surveillance programs of the NSA, GCHQ, and so many others that we learned about over the last year endanger a number of basic rights which, in aggregate, constitute the foundation of liberal societies."
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Elizabeth Warren: Let's Tax Millionaires to Allow Students to Refinance Their Debt
Mason Atkins, ThinkProgress
Atkins reports: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) laid out a new plan that would tax millionaires and use that revenue to help students refinance their student loans."
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Ukraine Is About Oil. So Was World War I
Robert Freeman, Common Dreams
Freeman writes: "Ukraine is a lot more portentous than it appears. It is fundamentally about the play for Persian Gulf oil. So was World War I. The danger lies in the chance of runaway escalation, just like World War I."
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Six Ways America Is Like a Third-World Country
Sean McElwee, Rolling Stone
McElwee writes: "Although the U.S. is one of the richest societies in history, it still lags behind other developed nations in many important indicators of human development - key factors like how we educate our children, how we treat our prisoners, how we take care of the sick and more."
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The NSA Has an Advice Columnist, Seriously
Peter Maass, The Intercept
Maass writes: "What if the National Security Agency had its own advice columnist? What would the eavesdroppers ask about? You don't need to guess."
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Richard Branson | Businesses Should Stand Up to Climate Change Deniers
Richard Branson, Reader Supported News
Branson writes: "I'm enormously impressed with Apple CEO Tim Cook for his strong words on climate change deniers, and demanding business should have benefits for people and the planet, beyond just profit."
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