A DISTAIN FOR
CONTRIBUTION: We are still struggling with a readership that values what we do
but is, on the whole, looking for any way to avoid contributing financially. No
it's not the ten dollars a month. That is for most of our readers easily
manageable. Donations will grudgingly be given if the situation appears dire,
but only then and reluctantly so. Often with significant resentment. Our overall
rate of participation in the funding drives remains illogically poor, based on
the enthusiasm the readers show for the content and issues. People seem to
accept paying for telecommunication services, internet services and cable
entertainment services. Not yet for a news agency that serves the public good.
The future of Reader Supported News depends on our ability to change that. We
will try. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News
Steve Weissman
| Welcome to Spy Wars
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
"Major Vasili Mitrokhin cut a strange figure in his time, and continues to do so, much like the living dead. A long-time Soviet spook in the Middle East, he went on to work as a senior archivist of foreign intelligence at the KGB. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - SIS or, more popularly, MI-6, their CIA - 'exfiltrated' him and his family from Russia in 1992."
READ MORE
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
"Major Vasili Mitrokhin cut a strange figure in his time, and continues to do so, much like the living dead. A long-time Soviet spook in the Middle East, he went on to work as a senior archivist of foreign intelligence at the KGB. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - SIS or, more popularly, MI-6, their CIA - 'exfiltrated' him and his family from Russia in 1992."
READ MORE
Progressives
Turn from Obama to Embrace Warren
Robert Costa, The Washington Post
Costa writes: "Populist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) got a rock-star reception during a standing-room-only campaign rally here Monday, as hundreds of liberal activists cheered her broadsides against corporate interests and voiced hopes that her presence might shift the political winds in an increasingly Republican state."
READ MORE
Robert Costa, The Washington Post
Costa writes: "Populist Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) got a rock-star reception during a standing-room-only campaign rally here Monday, as hundreds of liberal activists cheered her broadsides against corporate interests and voiced hopes that her presence might shift the political winds in an increasingly Republican state."
READ MORE
Comcast
'Embarrassed' by the Service Call Making Internet Rounds
Elise Hu, National Public Radio
Hu writes: "When a customer service call is described as 'Kafkaesque' and 'hellish,' you pretty much know how it's going to go down before even taking a listen."
READ MORE
Elise Hu, National Public Radio
Hu writes: "When a customer service call is described as 'Kafkaesque' and 'hellish,' you pretty much know how it's going to go down before even taking a listen."
READ MORE
Nurse Refuses
to Force-Feed Gitmo Detainees
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt" "A rights lawyer and a U.S. official say a Navy nurse has refused to participate in force-feeding of prisoners who are on an extended hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay, the first known refusal of its kind."
READ MORE
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt" "A rights lawyer and a U.S. official say a Navy nurse has refused to participate in force-feeding of prisoners who are on an extended hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay, the first known refusal of its kind."
READ MORE
Pope Francis:
Migrant Children Must Be 'Welcomed And Protected'
Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress
Jenkins writes: "Pope Francis directly addressed the growing crisis surrounding unaccompanied children on the U.S. border this morning, speaking up on behalf of the young immigrants and calling on the international community to do more to care for their needs."
READ MORE
Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress
Jenkins writes: "Pope Francis directly addressed the growing crisis surrounding unaccompanied children on the U.S. border this morning, speaking up on behalf of the young immigrants and calling on the international community to do more to care for their needs."
READ MORE
Federal
Government Releases New Guidelines on Pregnancy Discrimination
Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America
Taylor writes: "For the first time in more than 30 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance on Monday clarifying the terms of the federal pregnancy discrimination law, emphasizing that employers must offer their pregnant employees reasonable accommodation if they're temporarily unable to do their jobs."
READ MORE
Marisa Taylor, Al Jazeera America
Taylor writes: "For the first time in more than 30 years, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance on Monday clarifying the terms of the federal pregnancy discrimination law, emphasizing that employers must offer their pregnant employees reasonable accommodation if they're temporarily unable to do their jobs."
READ MORE
Rupture of
Aging Tar Sands Pipeline Beneath Great Lakes Would Devastate People, Planet and
Economy
University of Michigan, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "Because the strong currents in the Straits of Mackinac reverse direction every few days, a rupture of the oil pipeline beneath the channel would quickly contaminate shorelines miles away in both lakes Michigan and Huron, according to a new University of Michigan (U-M) study commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation."
READ MORE
University of Michigan, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "Because the strong currents in the Straits of Mackinac reverse direction every few days, a rupture of the oil pipeline beneath the channel would quickly contaminate shorelines miles away in both lakes Michigan and Huron, according to a new University of Michigan (U-M) study commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation."
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment