RSN: Bernie Sanders | The Greed of Amazon Has Got to End

28 August 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Now Is the Time that We Need Your Support - Today - This is it, right now. We are pulling out all the stops to finish the August fundraiser now. As in right now. Yes we can do that. Today, right now is critical. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Bernie Sanders | The Greed of Amazon Has Got to End  Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News Sanders writes: "In 10 seconds, Jeff Bezos, the owner and founder of Amazon, made more money than the median employee of Amazon makes in an entire year. An entire year." READ MORE Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., for a hearing on June 15. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Manafort Wanted a Plea Deal, Mueller Wouldn't Buy It Sonam Sheth, Business Insider Sheth writes: "As a Virginia jury was moving toward convicting him on eight counts of financial fraud last week, Paul Manafort's lawyers were reportedly in talks with prosecutors about securing a plea deal before his second trial in Washington, DC." READ MORE Yevgeniy Nikulin is accused by the U.S. of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012, one of the largest data breaches in the country's history when some 117 million login codes were stolen. (photo: David McNew/Getty Images) Jailed Russian of Interest in US Election Probe, Official Says Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg Mehrotra writes: "A Russian charged with hacking LinkedIn is of great interest in a U.S. probe of election meddling, according to a Justice Department official, even as his own lawyers complain he hasn't cooperated with them since landing in a California jail in March." READ MORE Activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. (photo: Getty Images) North Carolina's Gerrymandered Map Is Unconstitutional, Judges Rule, and May Have to Be Redrawn Before Midterms Robert Barnes, The Washington Post Barnes writes: "A panel of three federal judges held Monday that North Carolina's congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans over Democrats." READ MORE Many people with chronic, disabling pain describe being tapered off narcotics too quickly, or worse, turned away by doctors and left to navigate on their own. (photo: Kevin D. Liles/NYT) How the Opioid Crackdown Is Backfiring Brianna Ehley, Politico Ehley writes: "Hundreds of chronic pain patients responding to a POLITICO survey describe being refused opioid prescriptions they had relied on for years with sometimes devastating consequences." READ MORE People search for survivors under the rubble of houses destroyed by an airstrike near Sanaa Airport. (photo: Reuters) UN Accuses Saudi-UAE Alliance of Possible War Crimes in Yemen Al Jazeera Excerpt: "The United Nations has accused the Saudi-UAE military alliance of committing possible war crimes in Yemen, adding there was 'little evidence of any attempt ... to minimise civilian casualties.'" READ MORE Research has shown that many food crops become less nutritious when grown under the CO2 levels expected by 2050, with reductions of protein, iron and zinc. (photo: B. Bannon/UNHCR) Climate Change Will Make Hundreds of Millions More People Nutrient Deficient Nicola Davis, Guardian UK Davis writes: "Rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious and damage the health of hundreds of millions of people, research has revealed, with those living in some of the world's poorest regions likely to be hardest hit." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation