Robert Reich | Kick Out the Kooks and Bigots
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Following months of a Republican presidential primary filled with racial and ethnic bigotry, abject narcissism, and obscene amounts of campaign money, comes a Pope reminding us America has been a nation of tolerance, humility, and fairness."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Following months of a Republican presidential primary filled with racial and ethnic bigotry, abject narcissism, and obscene amounts of campaign money, comes a Pope reminding us America has been a nation of tolerance, humility, and fairness."
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Edward Snowden Inspires Global Treaty for Online Privacy
David Miranda and Joseph Huff-Hannon, Rolling Stone
Excerpt: "The documents leaked by Edward Snowden made crystal clear how far surveillance had gone off the rails in the United States. The same is true internationally."
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David Miranda and Joseph Huff-Hannon, Rolling Stone
Excerpt: "The documents leaked by Edward Snowden made crystal clear how far surveillance had gone off the rails in the United States. The same is true internationally."
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Republicans and Democrats Agree: End Mass Incarceration
Inimai Chettiar, Al Jazeera America
Chettiar writes: "Research has conclusively shown that mass incarceration is not necessary to keep down crime. While bipartisan agreement on this has grown in recent years, 2015 has seen a number of leading politicians speak out on the justice system's failures."
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Inimai Chettiar, Al Jazeera America
Chettiar writes: "Research has conclusively shown that mass incarceration is not necessary to keep down crime. While bipartisan agreement on this has grown in recent years, 2015 has seen a number of leading politicians speak out on the justice system's failures."
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Daraprim 'Profiteering' Controversy Lifts Lid on Soaring Cost of Prescription Drugs
Suzanne McGee, Guardian UK
McGee writes: "Until this week most of us had never heard of Daraprim, a drug that fights toxoplasmosis. But after the decision of the drug's new owner, Turing Pharmaceuticals, to boost its cost per pill from $13.50 to a whopping $750, we're all unlikely to forget its name or the name of Turing's owner, 32-year-old Martin Shkreli."
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Suzanne McGee, Guardian UK
McGee writes: "Until this week most of us had never heard of Daraprim, a drug that fights toxoplasmosis. But after the decision of the drug's new owner, Turing Pharmaceuticals, to boost its cost per pill from $13.50 to a whopping $750, we're all unlikely to forget its name or the name of Turing's owner, 32-year-old Martin Shkreli."
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Records Show that Chicago Police Spied on Activists Since 2009
Mick Dumke, Chicago Sun-Times
Dumke writes: "The Chicago Police Department has routinely spied on activist groups during the past six years, police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show - including union members, anti-Olympics protesters, anarchists, the Occupy movement, NATO demonstrators and critics of the Chinese government."
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Mick Dumke, Chicago Sun-Times
Dumke writes: "The Chicago Police Department has routinely spied on activist groups during the past six years, police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show - including union members, anti-Olympics protesters, anarchists, the Occupy movement, NATO demonstrators and critics of the Chinese government."
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The Baghdad City of Peace Carnival
Alice Fordham, NPR
Fordham writes: "'Everybody was taking it as a joke and never taking us seriously,' she says, 'because, like, in Baghdad? Celebrating peace?'"
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Alice Fordham, NPR
Fordham writes: "'Everybody was taking it as a joke and never taking us seriously,' she says, 'because, like, in Baghdad? Celebrating peace?'"
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Kumi Naidoo: 'We Stand 100% With the Pope' and His Call to Climate Action
Cole Mellino, EcoWatch
Mellino writes: "Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace International, spoke Thursday at the Washington, DC rally on Moral Action for Climate Change. The event took place as Pope Francis gave a first-ever papal address to Congress."
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Cole Mellino, EcoWatch
Mellino writes: "Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace International, spoke Thursday at the Washington, DC rally on Moral Action for Climate Change. The event took place as Pope Francis gave a first-ever papal address to Congress."
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