Monday, September 7, 2015

RSN: California Police Killings Database Reveals ‘Clear Racial Disparities’, Trump Is Right on Economics




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Paul Krugman | Trump Is Right on Economics 
Paul Krugman. (photo: The New York Times) 
Paul Krugman, The New York Times 
Krugman writes: "Mr. Bush hasn’t focused on what’s truly vicious and absurd — viciously absurd? — about Mr. Trump’s platform, his implicit racism and his insistence that he would somehow round up 11 million undocumented immigrants and remove them from our soil. Instead, Mr. Bush has chosen to attack Mr. Trump as a false conservative." 
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Labor Day 2015: Uncertain Times for American Workers
The Los Angeles Times 
Excerpt: "Being a worker in America today isn't what it was a decade ago, and not all the changes can be blamed on the recession, though that certainly was economically cataclysmic for millions of people." 
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California Police Killings Database Reveals ‘Clear Racial Disparities’ 
Ciara McCarthy and Nadja Popovich, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "Black men have been killed by police in California at eight times the rate of other residents over the past decade, according to records released under the first in a series of new state initiatives to disclose data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement." 
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An American Family Saved Their Son From Joining the Islamic State. Now He Might Go to Prison. 
Adam Goldman, The Washington Post 
Goldman writes: "His family had saved him from an uncertain fate in Syria, but not legal jeopardy in the United States. Fifteen months later, in May 2015, the FBI charged Khan with conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State." 
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Al-Jazeera Journalists Jailed for Airing 'False News', Egyptian Court Ruling Says 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling on Sunday on why it sentenced three journalists working for al-Jazeera English to three years in prison for airing what it described as 'false news' and biased coverage." 
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Experts Dismiss Mexico's Official Account of Student Massacre 
Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters 
Diaz writes: "Mexico's official account of the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students last year does not add up, a team of international experts said on Sunday, citing deep flaws in the government's investigation and dismissing its claims that the victims were incinerated in a garbage dump." 
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California's Climate Fight Comes Down to Late Negotiations 
Judy Lin, Associated Press 
Lin writes: "Governor Jerry Brown has made climate change the centerpiece of his final tenure by laying out the most aggressive benchmark in North America, which would reduce California's carbon footprint and boost the state's renewable energy use to 50 percent in 15 years." 
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