Matt Taibbi | How to Survive America's Kill List

21 July 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THE BEST ON THE INTERNET - I just want to say that I think your RSN is the best on the internet. I read and trust your stories more than any of the others. I appreciate your good work. Thank you for getting important information out to the public. - Wishing you all the best. / Art, RSN - Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | How to Survive America's Kill List Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "Bilal Abdul Kareem is an expert in staying alive. Born Darrell Lamont Phelps, he grew up just north of the Bronx in Mount Vernon, New York. He did what lots of kids in his neighborhood were doing in the late Seventies and Eighties: He spent his time rolling on the floor laughing to comics like Flip Wilson and Richard Pryor." READ MORE A one-year-old from El Salvador clings to his mother after she turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents near Rio Grande City, Texas. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Trump Administration Says More Than 900 Immigrant Parents Are Ineligible for Reunification Melanie Schmitz, ThinkProgress Schmitz writes: "Trump administration officials say they may be unable to reunite more than 900 immigrant parents with their children, after splitting them up at the U.S.-Mexico border." READ MORE Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia) What We Learned From Trump's Disastrous Russia Week Alex Ward, Vox Ward writes: "President Donald Trump just survived one of the most disastrous weeks of his presidency. In the process, however, he demonstrated just how poorly he handles foreign policy issues - and undermined our persistent, misplaced hope that he will somehow do better." READ MORE Protesters rallying against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. (photo: Jason DeCrow/AP) Four Years After Eric Garner's Killing in Police Chokehold, His Family Still Seeks Accountability Gwen Carr and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Tuesday marked four years since Eric Garner was killed, when a white New York City police officer wrestled him to the ground, pinned him down and applied a fatal chokehold, while Garner said 'I can't breathe' 11 times." READ MORE People march against modern slavery wearing face masks representing the silence of modern slaves in forced labor and sexual exploitation. (photo: Mathew Chattle/Barcroft Images) Over 400,000 People Living in 'Modern Slavery' in US, Report Finds Edward Helmore, Guardian UK Helmore writes: "More than 400,000 people could be living in 'modern slavery' in the US, a condition of servitude broadly defined in a new study as forced and state-imposed labor, sexual servitude and forced marriage." READ MORE Campesinos march to protest the murder. The sign reads: 'Cucurucho feels sad because of the absence of its friend Gabriel Angel Rodriguez and waits for a public apology and true responses about what happened from the National Army.' (photo: Alex Diamond) Murder in Colombia's Peace Laboratory Alex Diamond, NACLA Diamond writes: "On May 24, 2018, Gabriel Angel Rodriguez Patino was returning home from the village center of Briceno, a municipality in northern Antioquia, Colombia, to the vereda (rural hamlet) of Cucurucho, where he had lived for 39 years." READ MORE Polar bears in Kaktovik, Alaska, within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (photo: Josh Haner/NYT) The Cost of Trump's Endangered Species Act Proposal Max Matza, BBC Matza writes: "The change would eliminate automatic protections for threatened plant and animal species, and make it easier for species to be removed from the list. Wildlife conservation groups say the proposed change could have disastrous lasting effects on at-risk species." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation