Tuesday, June 6, 2017

RSN: Paul Krugman | Making Ignorance Great Again




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Paul Krugman | Making Ignorance Great Again 
Economist Paul Krugman. (photo: Getty Images) 
Paul Krugman, The New York Times 
Krugman writes: "Donald Trump just took us out of the Paris climate accord for no good reason. I don't mean that his decision was wrong. I mean, literally, that he didn't offer any substantive justification for that decision." 
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It's Time to Bust the Myth: Most Trump Voters Were Not Working Class 
Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "What deserves to die isn't America's working-class communities. It's the myth that they're the reason Trump was elected." 
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Somali Woman in US Beaten Unconscious by White Man While Trying to Help Another Muslim Woman 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A Somali woman was brutally beaten by a white man after she intervened when he was harassing another Muslim woman Saturday night, according to the Columbus chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations." 
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At $75,560, Housing a Prisoner in California Now Costs More Than a Year at Harvard 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "The price for each inmate has doubled since 2005, even as court orders related to overcrowding have reduced the population by about one-quarter." 
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Backers of Honduran Dam Opposed by Berta Caceres Withdraw Funding Completely 
Nina Lakhani, Guardian UK 
Lakhani writes: "The international funders behind the hydroelectric dam opposed by murdered Honduran environmentalist Berta Cáceres are withdrawing from the project." 
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Fear Penetrates Kabul After Deadly Cycle of Violence 
Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera 
Qazi writes: "The cycle of violence began on Wednesday when a powerful truck bomb ripped through the city's diplomatic zone." 
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How Absurd Are Trump's Lies About Coal? The Entire Industry Is Hiring Less Than Tesla. 
Daniel Gross, Slate 
Gross writes: "The numbers, and the eagerness of coal partisans to inflate the importance of coal employment, only serve to highlight how irrelevant coal is becoming - as an economic force, to be sure, but also as an employment force." 
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