Sunday, April 19, 2015

RSN: The Grand Canyon Is Getting a Mall, Prison Labor Company Features Promo Video Touting "Best-Kept Secret in Outsourcing"




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Charles Pierce | The Price of Free Trade
Senator Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bill. (photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Senator Bernie Sanders, who may or may not be running for president, was on with Thom Hartmann for their usual Friday chat."
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Prison Labor Company Features Promo Video Touting "Best-Kept Secret in Outsourcing"
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "Though FPI markets itself as an opportunity for inmates to obtain skills training, critics have attacked the program as exploitative."
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Israeli Ambassador Totally Cut Off From Obama's Senior Staff
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Ravid writes: "Data released by the U.S. administration reveals the extent of the disconnect with the Israeli ambassador."
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Missouri Prosecutor Ignores Grand Jury, Drops Shooting Charges Against Cop
Kevin Murphy, Reuters
Murphy writes: "A Missouri prosecutor on Friday dismissed charges against a Kansas City police officer indicted in February by a grand jury for the non-fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man last summer."
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John Legend's Crusade to End Mass Incarceration
Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast
Suebsaeng writes: "The musician is joining hands with the ACLU to end mass incarceration in America."
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How Hillary Jilted Wall Street
Michael Hirsh, Politico
Hirsh writes: "By bringing in Gary Gensler, scourge of the big banks, she's fending off liberal challenges."
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The Grand Canyon Is Getting a Mall
James Joiner, The Daily Beast
Joiner writes: "Investment interests want to build a multi-tier mall at the Grand Canyon, and they're paying off Navajo leaders - at least one who years ago resigned in disgrace - to do so."
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