Wednesday, February 10, 2016

RSN: Economist: Bernie Sanders' Economic Plan Would Boost Jobs, New Study Shows Global Warming May Push Temperatures Past Threshold for Human Survival



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Bill McKibben | Getting Change Wrong 
Climate activist Bill McKibben. (photo: 350.org) 
Bill McKibben, Reader Supported News 
McKibben writes: "In the mounting, panicky attempts of elites to derail the Sanders candidacy, one strand dominates. You find it woven through every sage piece from the old-school pundits of the Times and the hip insider websites like Vox." 
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Hacker Fulfills Threat to Dump Data on 20K FBI Agents 
Katie Bo Williams, The Hill 
Williams writes: "An anonymous hacker on Monday made good on his threat to post the details of 20,000 FBI employees online, less than 24 hours after he dumped the data for 10,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel." 
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Economist: Bernie Sanders' Economic Plan Would Boost Jobs 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "In an interview with teleSUR English, economist Gerald Friedman said that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' economic plan would improve the lives of working class people by reducing income inequality along with taxing the country's top income earners." 
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Rick Snyder May Be Recalled for His 'Unconstitutional' Takeover of Schools 
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress 
Quinlan writes: "Michigan officials have approved the circulation of a petition seeking to recall Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) - but not over the Flint water crisis that has been dominating the headlines in recent weeks. Instead, the petition focuses on his decision to take control of schools." 
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How Washington's New Rich Live 
Mike Lofgren, Consortium News 
Lofgren writes: "The twin explosions of post-9/11 national security extravagance and Citizens United political spending bonanza have reshaped Washington - not only in its political outlook but physically, with this New Class preferring lavish McMansions to show off their newfound wealth." 
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The Deadly Treatment of Refugees in Europe 
Aleksandar Hemon, Rolling Stone 
Hemon writes: "My first cousin Ljilja is married to a man named Muhamed. They used to live in Bijeljina, a Bosnian border town overrun at the start of the 1992 war by the Serb troops gunning to cleanse the country of its Muslims." 
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New Study Shows Global Warming May Push Temperatures Past Threshold for Human Survival 
Cheryl Katz, National Geographic 
Katz writes: "If greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, rising temperatures and humidity wrought by global warming could expose hundreds of millions of people worldwide to potentially lethal heat stress by 2060, a new report suggests." 
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