Jelani Cobb | Prodigy of Hate: Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof
Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
Cobb writes: "The federal trial of Dylann Roof was commencing, eighteen months after he shot and killed nine African-American congregants at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, during evening Bible study, a crime he had confessed to on video in horrific detail and without remorse."
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Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
Cobb writes: "The federal trial of Dylann Roof was commencing, eighteen months after he shot and killed nine African-American congregants at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, during evening Bible study, a crime he had confessed to on video in horrific detail and without remorse."
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Trump Cites Religious Freedom as Justification for Immigration Ban
Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump defended his order to temporarily bar entry to people from seven majority-Muslim nations, which has come under intense criticism at home and abroad, saying on Thursday it was crucial to ensuring religious freedom and tolerance in America."
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Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump defended his order to temporarily bar entry to people from seven majority-Muslim nations, which has come under intense criticism at home and abroad, saying on Thursday it was crucial to ensuring religious freedom and tolerance in America."
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Documents Confirm Trump Still Benefiting From His Business
Rosalind S. Helderman and Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Before taking office, President Trump promised to place his assets in a trust designed to erect a wall between him and the businesses that made him wealthy. But newly released documents show that Trump himself is the sole beneficiary of the trust and that it is legally controlled by his oldest son and a longtime employee."
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Rosalind S. Helderman and Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Before taking office, President Trump promised to place his assets in a trust designed to erect a wall between him and the businesses that made him wealthy. But newly released documents show that Trump himself is the sole beneficiary of the trust and that it is legally controlled by his oldest son and a longtime employee."
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For the Protesters at Standing Rock, It's Back to Pipeline Purgatory
Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker
Kormann writes: "As the Standing Rock Sioux quickly noted in a written response, the Dakota Access permit has not been granted. 'The congressman jumped the gun,' Jan Hasselman, the attorney representing the tribe, told me. The acting Secretary of the Army, Robert Speer, had only instructed the Army Corps of Engineers to grant the permit, beginning the process outlined in the Presidential directive."
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Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker
Kormann writes: "As the Standing Rock Sioux quickly noted in a written response, the Dakota Access permit has not been granted. 'The congressman jumped the gun,' Jan Hasselman, the attorney representing the tribe, told me. The acting Secretary of the Army, Robert Speer, had only instructed the Army Corps of Engineers to grant the permit, beginning the process outlined in the Presidential directive."
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Report: Steve Bannon Had to Be Reminded He Wasn't the President Amidst Travel Ban Infighting
Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon tried to order Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly to not issue a waiver exempting green card holders from President Trump's travel ban executive order, according to a new report in the Washington Post."
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Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon tried to order Department of Homeland Security secretary John Kelly to not issue a waiver exempting green card holders from President Trump's travel ban executive order, according to a new report in the Washington Post."
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Catholic Church Calls Duterte's War on Drugs a 'Reign of Terror'
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' for creating a 'reign of terror.'"
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's 'war on drugs' for creating a 'reign of terror.'"
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Radiation at Fukushima Spikes to Highest Levels Since 2011
True Activist, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "Nearly six years after the initial explosion caused a catastrophic meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan, the situation has suddenly taken a drastic turn for the worst."
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True Activist, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "Nearly six years after the initial explosion caused a catastrophic meltdown at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan, the situation has suddenly taken a drastic turn for the worst."
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