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Garrison Keillor | The Gentle People Shall Prevail
Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post
Keillor writes: "In spite of everything, I still believe that the gentle people will prevail over the bullies and braggarts, fascinating though they be."
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Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post
Keillor writes: "In spite of everything, I still believe that the gentle people will prevail over the bullies and braggarts, fascinating though they be."
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Zuckerberg Blew Off Russian Troll Warnings Before the Attack on America
Katie Zavadski and Ben Collins, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The 2016 presidential election wasn't the first time Russian trolls used Facebook to mess with another country's political system. And it wasn't the first time Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a weak defense of his company's role in facilitating Russian online aggression."
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Katie Zavadski and Ben Collins, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The 2016 presidential election wasn't the first time Russian trolls used Facebook to mess with another country's political system. And it wasn't the first time Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a weak defense of his company's role in facilitating Russian online aggression."
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White Nationalism Is as Much a Threat to US as ISIS, According to FBI Investigations
Harriet Sinclair, Newsweek
Sinclair writes: "The threat of white nationalist violence in the U.S. is at least as big a threat as that posed by terror groups such as ISIS, the FBI revealed Wednesday."
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Harriet Sinclair, Newsweek
Sinclair writes: "The threat of white nationalist violence in the U.S. is at least as big a threat as that posed by terror groups such as ISIS, the FBI revealed Wednesday."
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Puerto Rico Officials Say 'People Are Going to Die' After Hurricane Maria
Joe Difazio, International Business Times
Difazio writes: "'It's life or death,' San Juan mayor Carmen Cruz told CBS News Tuesday 'People are starting to die already. People are really dying. I've put them in the ambulances when they're gasping for air.' At least 18 have died in the U.S. territory so far."
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Joe Difazio, International Business Times
Difazio writes: "'It's life or death,' San Juan mayor Carmen Cruz told CBS News Tuesday 'People are starting to die already. People are really dying. I've put them in the ambulances when they're gasping for air.' At least 18 have died in the U.S. territory so far."
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Neil Gorsuch's Speeches Raise Questions of Independence
Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Barnes writes: "No member of Congress was more essential to Neil M. Gorsuch's ascent to the Supreme Court than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocked President Barack Obama's nominee for the job and then spearheaded the confirmation process for Gorsuch. Last week found McConnell (R-Ky.) and Gorsuch traveling the Bluegrass State together for a tour of the senator's alma maters."
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Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Barnes writes: "No member of Congress was more essential to Neil M. Gorsuch's ascent to the Supreme Court than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who blocked President Barack Obama's nominee for the job and then spearheaded the confirmation process for Gorsuch. Last week found McConnell (R-Ky.) and Gorsuch traveling the Bluegrass State together for a tour of the senator's alma maters."
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Like Tom Price, Scott Pruitt Spent More Than $58K on Noncommercial Flights
Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "Earlier this week, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she found it 'stunning' that her successor Tom Price spent $400,000 on at least 24 flights on private charter planes, as she only took one private flight - to remote Alaskan villages - during her entire five-year tenure. Now Price has a new defense: He's not the only Trump official spending large sums of taxpayer money on noncommercial flights."
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Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine
Hartmann writes: "Earlier this week, former HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she found it 'stunning' that her successor Tom Price spent $400,000 on at least 24 flights on private charter planes, as she only took one private flight - to remote Alaskan villages - during her entire five-year tenure. Now Price has a new defense: He's not the only Trump official spending large sums of taxpayer money on noncommercial flights."
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Hidden Costs of Climate Change Running Hundreds of Billions a Year
Stephen Leahy, The National Geographic
Leahy writes: "Extreme weather, made worse by climate change, along with the health impacts of burning fossil fuels, has cost the U.S. economy at least $240 billion a year over the past ten years, a new report has found. And yet this does not include this past months' three major hurricanes or 76 wildfires in nine Western states."
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Stephen Leahy, The National Geographic
Leahy writes: "Extreme weather, made worse by climate change, along with the health impacts of burning fossil fuels, has cost the U.S. economy at least $240 billion a year over the past ten years, a new report has found. And yet this does not include this past months' three major hurricanes or 76 wildfires in nine Western states."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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