Bernie Sanders: Corporate Media Is a Threat to Democracy
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The point is there are a lot of people hurting in this country. And their pain doesn't get on CBS or NBC. And some of them, mistakenly, thought that Trump was talking to them."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The point is there are a lot of people hurting in this country. And their pain doesn't get on CBS or NBC. And some of them, mistakenly, thought that Trump was talking to them."
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Trump's Treasury Pick Excelled at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes
Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica
Excerpt: "OneWest has foreclosed on at least 50,000 people, often in circumstances that consumer advocates say run counter to federal rules and common sense. President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary has prompted new scrutiny of OneWest's foreclosure practices. Mnuchin was the lead investor and chairman of the company during the years it ramped up its foreclosure efforts."
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Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica
Excerpt: "OneWest has foreclosed on at least 50,000 people, often in circumstances that consumer advocates say run counter to federal rules and common sense. President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary has prompted new scrutiny of OneWest's foreclosure practices. Mnuchin was the lead investor and chairman of the company during the years it ramped up its foreclosure efforts."
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Attention Fox News, Food Stamp Fraud Is Not 'at an All-Time High'
Aria Velasquez, ThinkProgress
Velasquez writes: "SNAP usage overall is actually down to its lowest levels since 2011, and current program costs are slightly higher than they were in 2010. In spite of the prevailing conservative narrative, SNAP is not a wasteful program."
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Aria Velasquez, ThinkProgress
Velasquez writes: "SNAP usage overall is actually down to its lowest levels since 2011, and current program costs are slightly higher than they were in 2010. In spite of the prevailing conservative narrative, SNAP is not a wasteful program."
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'It Made Me Hate the Police': Ugly Encounters With Officers Fuel Loss of Trust, Costly Payouts
Theresa Vargas and Kimbriell Kelly, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "But for Briggs, and many people like her across the country, their trust in the police was eroded long before videos of police shootings were going viral on Facebook and Twitter. It was destroyed in moments that were not caught on camera and that might have gone unnoticed if they hadn't been reported."
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Theresa Vargas and Kimbriell Kelly, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "But for Briggs, and many people like her across the country, their trust in the police was eroded long before videos of police shootings were going viral on Facebook and Twitter. It was destroyed in moments that were not caught on camera and that might have gone unnoticed if they hadn't been reported."
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Union Behind Fight for $15 Braces for Funding Crisis Under Trump
Cora Lewis, BuzzFeed
Lewis writes: "The union that has bankrolled the Fight for $15 movement is slashing spending in preparation for a multi-pronged attack that could choke off its funding."
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Cora Lewis, BuzzFeed
Lewis writes: "The union that has bankrolled the Fight for $15 movement is slashing spending in preparation for a multi-pronged attack that could choke off its funding."
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John Kerry Delivers Eulogy for a Two-State Solution Between Israel/Palestine
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada
Abunimah writes: "Whether he intended it or not, Kerry also delivered a eulogy for the two-state solution and set the stage for the emergence of the one-state solution as the most realistic path to justice and peace in historic Palestine."
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Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada
Abunimah writes: "Whether he intended it or not, Kerry also delivered a eulogy for the two-state solution and set the stage for the emergence of the one-state solution as the most realistic path to justice and peace in historic Palestine."
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President Obama Establishes Two New National Monuments
Jason Mark, The Sierra Club
Mark writes: "Christmas came a few days late for conservationists, but the presents were welcome nevertheless: Today President Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish two new national monuments in the Southwest."
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Jason Mark, The Sierra Club
Mark writes: "Christmas came a few days late for conservationists, but the presents were welcome nevertheless: Today President Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish two new national monuments in the Southwest."
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