Sanders Names Cornel West, Bill McKibben and Other Key Rights Activists to DNC Platform Committee
Anne Gearan, The Washington Post
Gearan writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders was given unprecedented say over the Democratic Party platform Monday in a move party leaders hope will soothe a bitter split with backers of the longshot challenger to Hillary Clinton - and Sanders immediately used his new power to name a well-known advocate for Palestinian rights to help draft Democratic policy."
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Anne Gearan, The Washington Post
Gearan writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders was given unprecedented say over the Democratic Party platform Monday in a move party leaders hope will soothe a bitter split with backers of the longshot challenger to Hillary Clinton - and Sanders immediately used his new power to name a well-known advocate for Palestinian rights to help draft Democratic policy."
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Paul Krugman | The GOP Is Not America, Clinton Is Not Rubio
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "In the end, it will be a race between a tough, smart lady and someone who is obviously a yuge, um, Antonin Scalia School of Law. And voters will notice."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "In the end, it will be a race between a tough, smart lady and someone who is obviously a yuge, um, Antonin Scalia School of Law. And voters will notice."
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Report: Software Used Across US to Predict Future Criminals Is Racially Biased
Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica
Excerpt: "Scores - known as risk assessments - are increasingly common in courtrooms across the nation. They are used to inform decisions about who can be set free at every stage of the criminal justice system."
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Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica
Excerpt: "Scores - known as risk assessments - are increasingly common in courtrooms across the nation. They are used to inform decisions about who can be set free at every stage of the criminal justice system."
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DoD Source Reveals How Pentagon Ruined Whistleblower's Life and Set Stage for Snowden's Leaks
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Everyone knows how Edward Snowden revealed the government spying on hundreds of millions of people around the world. But if you want to know why Snowden did it, and the way he did it, you need to know the story of John Crane, who worked 25 years for the Department of Defense Inspector General's Office."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Everyone knows how Edward Snowden revealed the government spying on hundreds of millions of people around the world. But if you want to know why Snowden did it, and the way he did it, you need to know the story of John Crane, who worked 25 years for the Department of Defense Inspector General's Office."
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Long Live the Picket Line
Elizabeth Mahony, Jacobin
Mahony writes: "Renewed negotiations could bring to a close the largest US strike in five years, which has seen nearly forty thousand workers - mostly landline technicians but also some call-center and retail employees - walk out for more than a month."
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Elizabeth Mahony, Jacobin
Mahony writes: "Renewed negotiations could bring to a close the largest US strike in five years, which has seen nearly forty thousand workers - mostly landline technicians but also some call-center and retail employees - walk out for more than a month."
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A Party Founded by Nazis Just Lost the Austrian Election - Barely
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Beauchamp writes: "In runoff results announced on Monday morning, the Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost to the Green Party's Alexander Van der Bellen - by a 0.6 percentage point margin."
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Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Beauchamp writes: "In runoff results announced on Monday morning, the Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost to the Green Party's Alexander Van der Bellen - by a 0.6 percentage point margin."
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Legalization of Industrial Hemp in America Is a No-Brainer, Says New Film
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "There are plenty of reasons why industrial hemp should be legalized, from its substantial health benefits to its potential to lower the environmental impacts of textile production."
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Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "There are plenty of reasons why industrial hemp should be legalized, from its substantial health benefits to its potential to lower the environmental impacts of textile production."
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