FOCUS: Scott Galindez | The Summer of the Bern
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "As the end of summer approaches, we find Bernie Sanders with the wind at his back building a political revolution that has the establishment starting to get nervous."
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Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "As the end of summer approaches, we find Bernie Sanders with the wind at his back building a political revolution that has the establishment starting to get nervous."
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FOCUS: Paul Gottinger | Despite 14 Years of the US War on Terror, Terror Attacks Have Skyrocketed Since 9/11
Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
Gottinger writes: "Terror attacks have jumped by a stunning 6,500% since 2002, according to a new analysis by Reader Supported News."
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Paul Gottinger, Reader Supported News
Gottinger writes: "Terror attacks have jumped by a stunning 6,500% since 2002, according to a new analysis by Reader Supported News."
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Bernie Sanders Overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa
Gabriel Debenedetti and Nick Gass, Politico
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton's Iowa edge is gone. Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among Iowa Democrats likely to caucus in February, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll unveiled Thursday morning - the latest in a string of surveys that show a tightening race in the Hawkeye State."
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Gabriel Debenedetti and Nick Gass, Politico
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton's Iowa edge is gone. Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among Iowa Democrats likely to caucus in February, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll unveiled Thursday morning - the latest in a string of surveys that show a tightening race in the Hawkeye State."
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Another Brutal Police Killing Goes Unpunished
Jamiles Lartey and Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Three police officers in Washington state who shot and killed a Mexican man earlier this year during a controversial encounter that was captured on cellphone video will not face criminal charges."
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Jamiles Lartey and Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Three police officers in Washington state who shot and killed a Mexican man earlier this year during a controversial encounter that was captured on cellphone video will not face criminal charges."
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US Spy Chief's 'Highly Unusual' Reported Contact With Military Official Raises Concerns
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "Barack Obama's intelligence chief is said to be in frequent and unusual contact with a military intelligence officer at the center of a growing scandal over rosy portrayals of the war against the Islamic State, the Guardian has learned."
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Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman writes: "Barack Obama's intelligence chief is said to be in frequent and unusual contact with a military intelligence officer at the center of a growing scandal over rosy portrayals of the war against the Islamic State, the Guardian has learned."
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New York Seals Deal on $15 Minimum Fast Food Wage
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money
Excerpt: "A controversial decision to require large food franchises to pay workers a $15 minimum wage in New York State got final approval Thursday, after the State Labor Commissioner signed the order."
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money
Excerpt: "A controversial decision to require large food franchises to pay workers a $15 minimum wage in New York State got final approval Thursday, after the State Labor Commissioner signed the order."
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Apple, Microsoft Appear to Back the Government Off on Data Warrants
Matt Apuzzo, David E. Sanger and Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times
Excerpt: "In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages between suspects using iPhones. Apple's response: Its iMessage system was encrypted and the company could not comply."
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Matt Apuzzo, David E. Sanger and Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times
Excerpt: "In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages between suspects using iPhones. Apple's response: Its iMessage system was encrypted and the company could not comply."
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The United States Agrees to Take In More Syrian Refugees, but Not by Much
Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
Salhani writes: "The White House has announced that the U.S. is preparing to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. for the 2016 fiscal year, which starts on October 1, 2015. The order comes from President Obama in light of international pressure on the U.S. to do more to help the international refugee crisis."
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Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress
Salhani writes: "The White House has announced that the U.S. is preparing to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. for the 2016 fiscal year, which starts on October 1, 2015. The order comes from President Obama in light of international pressure on the U.S. to do more to help the international refugee crisis."
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Bill McKibben on "Victory for People's Uprising": U. of California Divesting From Coal and Tar Sands
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The University of California has announced that it has sold off more than $200 million worth of investments in coal and tar sands companies."
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Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The University of California has announced that it has sold off more than $200 million worth of investments in coal and tar sands companies."
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