Wednesday, September 16, 2015

RSN: Is Your Retirement Invested in Fossil Fuels?, Sanders at Liberty College, The Address, Britain's Cameron Seeks Votes to Launch Airstrikes in Syria



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Sanders at Liberty College, The Address 
Bernie Sanders. (photo: Arun Chaudhary) 
Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News 
Sanders: "I understand that the issues of abortion and gay marriage are issues that you feel very strongly about. We disagree on those issues. I get that, but let me respectfully suggest that there are other issues out there that are of enormous consequence to our country and in fact to the entire world, that maybe, just maybe, we do not disagree on and maybe, just maybe, we can try to work together to resolve them." 
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Kathy Kelly | Which Side Are We On? 
Kathy Kelly, teleSUR 
Kelly writes: "Anyone called upon to support wars or warlords should learn the priorities embraced at the Borderfree Center - and switch sides." 
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As Scott Walker's Candidacy Fizzles, He Returns to What Made Him a Conservative Darling: Attacking Unions 
Don Gonyea and Domenico Montanaro, NPR 
Excerpt: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose battles with labor unions in his own state made him a hero to Republicans, is now proposing huge restrictions on unions nationally as he seeks to revitalize his presidential campaign." 
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Amanda Marcotte | Woman Arrested at OB-GYN's Office for Being an Undocumented Immigrant 
Amanda Marcotte, Slate 
Marcotte writes: "Amid increasing levels of anti-immigrant furor, it seems inevitable that something like this would happen. The Houston Press reported on Friday that the staff at a gynecological office in suburban Houston allegedly led a patient who was an undocumented immigrant into an exam room under the pretense that she was going to get her annual exam, but instead sprung law enforcement on her." 
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Lawsuit Could Set Precedent for War Criminals Living in the US 
Richard Luscombe, Guardian UK 
Luscombe: "Ruling due to be made in Virginia on Wednesday could render impotent the Alien Tort Statute, legislation widely used to prosecute human rights abuses." 
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Britain's Cameron Seeks Votes to Launch Airstrikes in Syria 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Monday to obtain the votes necessary for the House of Commons to approve an airstrike campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria." 
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Is Your Retirement Invested in Fossil Fuels? 
Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch 
Spear writes: "With more than 91 million Americans having $5.6 trillion invested in the five major fund families that control record keeping at 75 percent of all employer-sponsored retirement plans, you've got to figure that many people are investing in companies not aligned with their values." 
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