Reader Supported News | 21 April 16
Today Everyone Is Ignoring Fundraising
We have a very bad day of fundraising underway, and we can't afford one. We need a few good donors to step up.
Quite serious now.
Marc Ash
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Robert Reich | The Mainstream Media Proclaims Democrats' Race Over, but Ignore Undemocratic Primary Process
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "As I predicted, the mainstream media this morning are saying the race is essentially over. But so far, no article I've read about yesterday's New York primary mentions that independents weren't allowed to vote in it."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "As I predicted, the mainstream media this morning are saying the race is essentially over. But so far, no article I've read about yesterday's New York primary mentions that independents weren't allowed to vote in it."
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Nick Turse | How a Simple Request Got Me Blacklisted by the Pentagon
Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "The Department of Defense has a lot of problems - a series of wars in Iraq that never seem to fully end, a conflict in Afghanistan that just won't end, quasi-wars in Pakistan and Yemen and Somalia with no end in sight; a proliferation of terror groups around the globe; and its numerous failed, failing, and scuttled training efforts to create local proxy armies. And then there's me."
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Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "The Department of Defense has a lot of problems - a series of wars in Iraq that never seem to fully end, a conflict in Afghanistan that just won't end, quasi-wars in Pakistan and Yemen and Somalia with no end in sight; a proliferation of terror groups around the globe; and its numerous failed, failing, and scuttled training efforts to create local proxy armies. And then there's me."
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Judge Drastically Reduces Jail Time for Officers Who Shot Unarmed People Fleeing Hurricane Katrina
Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress
Shen writes: "The people on the bridge were unarmed and frightened, fleeing homes left uninhabitable by Hurricane Katrina. Suddenly, a squad of plainclothes police officers drove up and opened fire, killing two and wounding four. The officers later conspired to cover up the whole affair with planted evidence and fabricated stories."
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Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress
Shen writes: "The people on the bridge were unarmed and frightened, fleeing homes left uninhabitable by Hurricane Katrina. Suddenly, a squad of plainclothes police officers drove up and opened fire, killing two and wounding four. The officers later conspired to cover up the whole affair with planted evidence and fabricated stories."
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Head of Accreditor for For-profit Colleges Leaves Amid Growing Scrutiny
Annie Waldman, ProPublica
Waldman writes: "The resignation of Albert Gray, who served as ACICS' president and chief executive officer for the past seven years, comes at a precarious time for the accreditor. Last week, a dozen state attorneys general called on the Department of Education to revoke the accreditor's recognition. Without recognition, the hundreds of mostly for-profit colleges that the accreditor oversees could lose access to the federal student aid that makes up the majority of their revenue."
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica
Waldman writes: "The resignation of Albert Gray, who served as ACICS' president and chief executive officer for the past seven years, comes at a precarious time for the accreditor. Last week, a dozen state attorneys general called on the Department of Education to revoke the accreditor's recognition. Without recognition, the hundreds of mostly for-profit colleges that the accreditor oversees could lose access to the federal student aid that makes up the majority of their revenue."
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Sanders Will Be Democrat for Life, Campaign Says
Harper Neidig, The Hill
Neidig writes: "Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will remain with the party if he does not get the nomination, his campaign manager said Wednesday."
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Harper Neidig, The Hill
Neidig writes: "Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will remain with the party if he does not get the nomination, his campaign manager said Wednesday."
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US Denies Entry to Syrian Aid Worker Who Came to Receive Humanitarian Award
Somini Sengupta and Anne Barnard, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The leader of a Western-backed rescue organization that searches for survivors of bombings in Syria was denied entry into the United States this week, where he was to receive an award recognizing his contributions to humanitarian relief."
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Somini Sengupta and Anne Barnard, The New York Times
Excerpt: "The leader of a Western-backed rescue organization that searches for survivors of bombings in Syria was denied entry into the United States this week, where he was to receive an award recognizing his contributions to humanitarian relief."
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Fracking Exec Admits Targeting the Poor, Because They Don't Have 'The Money to Fight'
Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hopey writes: "Two environmental organizations will ask the state's Office of Environmental Justice to review Range Resources' past and future shale gas development practices to determine if the company has avoided drilling in wealthier neighborhoods and targeted poorer areas of the state."
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Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hopey writes: "Two environmental organizations will ask the state's Office of Environmental Justice to review Range Resources' past and future shale gas development practices to determine if the company has avoided drilling in wealthier neighborhoods and targeted poorer areas of the state."
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