Scott Galindez | Democracy Spring: Thousands Descend on US Capitol, Over 400 Arrested
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "Thousands of Americans have descended on Washington to launch one week of civil disobedience under the banner Democracy Spring. Their main demand is to get money out of politics."
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Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "Thousands of Americans have descended on Washington to launch one week of civil disobedience under the banner Democracy Spring. Their main demand is to get money out of politics."
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Oxfam: Most of World Bank's Private Investments Linked to Tax Havens
teleSUR
Excerpt: "As the Panama Papers continue to shed light on the widespread issue of tax evasion around the globe, Oxfam has revealed that the World Bank is also complicit in promoting tax havens with the majority of its private investments going to companies with offshore accounts, according to a new report released Monday."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "As the Panama Papers continue to shed light on the widespread issue of tax evasion around the globe, Oxfam has revealed that the World Bank is also complicit in promoting tax havens with the majority of its private investments going to companies with offshore accounts, according to a new report released Monday."
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School Officer Fired After Video Showed Him Body-Slamming a 12-Year-Old Girl
Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post
Bever writes: "A Texas school police officer who became enmeshed in controversy after he was captured on video seemingly body-slamming a sixth-grade girl has been fired from the San Antonio Independent School District."
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Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post
Bever writes: "A Texas school police officer who became enmeshed in controversy after he was captured on video seemingly body-slamming a sixth-grade girl has been fired from the San Antonio Independent School District."
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Attorneys General Come Down on Accreditor of For-Profit Colleges
Annie Waldman, ProPublica
"Twelve state attorneys general have asked the federal Department of Education to revoke the recognition of the much-criticized Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools."
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica
"Twelve state attorneys general have asked the federal Department of Education to revoke the recognition of the much-criticized Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools."
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Boko Haram Increasingly Using Children in 'Suicide' Attacks, UNICEF Says
Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "Boko Haram used four children in such attacks in 2014 - and 44 in 2015, according to a report from UNICEF. Nearly one out of every 5 suicide attack conducted by Boko Haram used a child, and more than two-thirds of the children were girls."
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Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "Boko Haram used four children in such attacks in 2014 - and 44 in 2015, according to a report from UNICEF. Nearly one out of every 5 suicide attack conducted by Boko Haram used a child, and more than two-thirds of the children were girls."
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'What Happened in World War II Is Happening Again': Immigrant Detention Centers Through the Eyes of a Therapist
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "The metal fence was what she noticed first, miles of tall barrier topped by barbed wire strung across the south Texas pastures - just like the internment camp nearby where she had been held as an infant. And on the other side of the fence, again, 71-year-old Satsuki Ina saw mothers and children: this time, Central Americans."
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "The metal fence was what she noticed first, miles of tall barrier topped by barbed wire strung across the south Texas pastures - just like the internment camp nearby where she had been held as an infant. And on the other side of the fence, again, 71-year-old Satsuki Ina saw mothers and children: this time, Central Americans."
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People Still Don't Get the Link Between Meat Consumption and Climate Change
Annick de Witt, Scientific American
Excerpt: "A new kind of messaging could make it easier to appreciate the enormous benefits of moving away from a meat-heavy diet."
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Annick de Witt, Scientific American
Excerpt: "A new kind of messaging could make it easier to appreciate the enormous benefits of moving away from a meat-heavy diet."
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