Monday, July 20, 2015

RSN: 35,000 Gallons of Oil Spills After Montana Train Derailment, 'Still a Racist Nation': American Bigotry on Full Display at KKK Rally in South Carolina, Bernie, Hillary, and O'Malley Take Aim at the GOP




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Scott Galindez | Bernie, Hillary, and O'Malley Take Aim at the GOP 
Democratic presidential candidates, from left, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley and Hillary Rodham Clinton stand on stage during the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner, Friday, July 17, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo: Charlie Neibergall/AP) 
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News 
Galindez writes: "For the first time in their race for nomination as the Democratic Party's candidate for president, all five of the major declared candidates shared the same stage Friday night. The presidential hopefuls came together at the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Hall of Fame Dinner, a gathering of more than 1,300 Iowa Democrats." 
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'Still a Racist Nation': American Bigotry on Full Display at KKK Rally in South Carolina 
Max Blau, Guardian UK 
Blau writes: "'Hate groups are as common as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and racism in America,' Randolph said. 'America is still a racist nation. South Carolina is still a racist state ... We're in denial and won't admit it.'" 
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At Least Six US States Move to Arm National Guard Offices 
Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "The governors of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Indiana on Saturday ordered National Guard members at offices and other facilities to be armed in the wake of attacks that left five servicemen dead in Tennessee." 
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Jessica Valenti | Ellen Pao Isn't Harassed Because She's Female. It's Because She's a Feminist 
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK 
Valenti writes: "You'd be hard-pressed to find a female boss in Silicon Valley who hasn't faced some sort of harassment, but it's difficult to imagine that anyone has gotten more hate than former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao." 
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In Greek Crisis, One Big Unhappy EU Family 
Paul Taylor, Reuters 
Taylor writes: "The latest paroxysm of Greece's debt crisis has exposed growing rifts in the euro zone which, unless addressed soon, could lead to the break-up of European monetary union, the EU's most ambitious project." 
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US Aid to Yemen Has Been Rotting Away in Virginia Warehouse for 8 Years 
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept 
McLaughlin writes: "Two hundred parcels of U.S. taxpayer-paid supplies intended to help Yemen protect itself from terrorists have been literally rotting away in a private storage facility in Virginia since 2007." 
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35,000 Gallons of Oil Spills After Montana Train Derailment 
Center for Biological Diversity 
Excerpt: "Three tank cars continued to leak crude oil on Friday in rural, northeastern Montana in the wake of a 21-car derailment that downed a power line, closed a major highway and forced the evacuation of a town." 
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