Reader Supported News | 15 April 16
Indifference Can Be Lethal
Over the years we have made a lot of powerful enemies, and withstood their collective wrath. Indifference to the organization's funding by the community it serves is by every measure a far more dangerous enemy than all the others combined.
Indifference, the true enemy. In all things.
Marc Ash
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Glenn Greenwald | To Protect Clinton, Democrats Wage War on Their Own Core Citizens United Argument
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "For years, the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United was depicted by Democrats as the root of all political evil. But now, the core argument embraced by the Court's conservatives to justify their ruling has taken center stage in the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders - because Clinton supporters, to defend the huge amount of corporate cash on which their candidate is relying, frequently invoke that very same reasoning."
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Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "For years, the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United was depicted by Democrats as the root of all political evil. But now, the core argument embraced by the Court's conservatives to justify their ruling has taken center stage in the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders - because Clinton supporters, to defend the huge amount of corporate cash on which their candidate is relying, frequently invoke that very same reasoning."
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How Wall Street Profits From Student Debt
Raul Carrillo, Rolling Stone
Carrillo writes: "As the presidential primaries rumble on, the candidates - especially Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton - have debated college affordability and Wall Street greed. Unfortunately, no one is confronting the links between the two."
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Raul Carrillo, Rolling Stone
Carrillo writes: "As the presidential primaries rumble on, the candidates - especially Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton - have debated college affordability and Wall Street greed. Unfortunately, no one is confronting the links between the two."
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Chicago Police Have 'No Regard' for Minority Lives, Report Finds
Don Babwin and Jason Keyser, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Police in Chicago have 'no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color' and have alienated blacks and Hispanics for decades by using excessive force and honoring a code of silence, a task force declared Wednesday in a report that seeks sweeping changes to the nation's third-largest police force."
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Don Babwin and Jason Keyser, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Police in Chicago have 'no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color' and have alienated blacks and Hispanics for decades by using excessive force and honoring a code of silence, a task force declared Wednesday in a report that seeks sweeping changes to the nation's third-largest police force."
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Feds Charge Texas AG Ken Paxton With Fraud
Lauren McGaughy, The Dallas Morning News
McGaughy writes: "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday of breaking federal securities laws, yet another blow to the first-term Republican, who faces three criminal indictments and a state bar complaint."
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Lauren McGaughy, The Dallas Morning News
McGaughy writes: "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday of breaking federal securities laws, yet another blow to the first-term Republican, who faces three criminal indictments and a state bar complaint."
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'The Trump Effect': Report Says 2016 Campaign Is Causing an 'Alarming Level of Fear and Anxiety' for Children of Color
Emma Brown, The Washington Post
Brown writes: "The anti-immigrant and 'juvenile' rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign is driving an increase in bullying and fear among students in the nation's schools, according to a new report by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center."
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Emma Brown, The Washington Post
Brown writes: "The anti-immigrant and 'juvenile' rhetoric of the 2016 presidential campaign is driving an increase in bullying and fear among students in the nation's schools, according to a new report by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center."
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Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced Into Slave Labor
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Up to 70 percent of Syrian refugee children are being forced into child labor in Lebanon, the anti-slavery Freedom Fund group said in a report Tuesday. The report also pointed to the prevalence of Syrian refugee girls being forced into child marriage and sex slavery as their families fail to cope with economic burdens."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Up to 70 percent of Syrian refugee children are being forced into child labor in Lebanon, the anti-slavery Freedom Fund group said in a report Tuesday. The report also pointed to the prevalence of Syrian refugee girls being forced into child marriage and sex slavery as their families fail to cope with economic burdens."
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Fracking's Total Environmental Impact Is Staggering, Report Finds
Samantha Page, ThinkProgress
Page writes: "The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities."
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Samantha Page, ThinkProgress
Page writes: "The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities."
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