29 September 18
Jill Abramson | In the Elevator Video, Two Rape Survivors Show How Democracy Works
Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Abramson writes: "Truth spoke to power. And the US Senate finally listened. In the end, after a full day of official Senate hearings, all it took was two gutsy women, Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher, to stop the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh."
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Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
Bernie Sanders Calls for FBI to Investigate Whether Kavanaugh Lied During Senate Hearing
Tal Axelrod, The Hill
Axelrod writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley demanding that the FBI, in addition to investigating sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, also examine the truthfulness of Kavanaugh's statements made under oath Thursday before the Senate panel."
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Tal Axelrod, The Hill
Axelrod writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley demanding that the FBI, in addition to investigating sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, also examine the truthfulness of Kavanaugh's statements made under oath Thursday before the Senate panel."
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A Honduran family stands next to the border fence after they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
The Shadowy Network Shaping Trump's Anti-Immigration Policies
Carly Goodman, The Washington Post
Goodman writes: "In Oregon, nativists have placed a measure on the ballot to overturn a 31-year-old sanctuary policy, one that restricts the use of state and local resources to enforce federal immigration laws and protects community members from profiling based on their perceived immigration status."
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Carly Goodman, The Washington Post
Goodman writes: "In Oregon, nativists have placed a measure on the ballot to overturn a 31-year-old sanctuary policy, one that restricts the use of state and local resources to enforce federal immigration laws and protects community members from profiling based on their perceived immigration status."
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Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty Images)
Elizabeth Warren's New Bill Is Designed to Combat Modern-Day Redlining
Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez, Reveal
Excerpt: "U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday unveiled a bill that one racial justice advocate said would be the first law since 1968 'to redress a century of housing discrimination.'"
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Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez, Reveal
Excerpt: "U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday unveiled a bill that one racial justice advocate said would be the first law since 1968 'to redress a century of housing discrimination.'"
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Representative Kiah Morris. (photo: Banner)
Black Lawmaker Quits Vermont Legislature Citing Online Racial Abuse
Kay Wicker, ThinkProgress
Wicker writes: "Rep. Kiah Morris (D-VT), a black lawmaker who had served in the Vermont's House since 2014, announced this week that she is resigning, citing rampant racist cyber attacks."
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Kay Wicker, ThinkProgress
Wicker writes: "Rep. Kiah Morris (D-VT), a black lawmaker who had served in the Vermont's House since 2014, announced this week that she is resigning, citing rampant racist cyber attacks."
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Civilians there are the most vulnerable in the country, according to the UN. (photo: Anadolu Agency)
UN: No Light at the End of the Tunnel for Yemen
Ruairi Casey, Al Jazeera
Casey writes: "The World Food Programme (WFP) has said there 'very well could be' famine in remote areas of Yemen where the UN's food agency does not have access, painting a bleak picture of the hunger crisis gripping the country."
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Ruairi Casey, Al Jazeera
Casey writes: "The World Food Programme (WFP) has said there 'very well could be' famine in remote areas of Yemen where the UN's food agency does not have access, painting a bleak picture of the hunger crisis gripping the country."
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The payout was part of a confidential settlement to dismiss a lawsuit relating to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, when a BP offshore drilling rig exploded on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. (photo: Sean Gardner/Reuters)
Documents Show BP Quietly Paid Just $25 Million to Mexico After the Worst Oil Spill of the Century
Nathaniel Janowitz, BuzzFeed
Janowitz writes: "The Mexican government quietly accepted a $25.5 million payout earlier this year from oil giant BP to free the company of responsibility for polluting Mexican waters after the largest oil spill of the 21st century."
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Nathaniel Janowitz, BuzzFeed
Janowitz writes: "The Mexican government quietly accepted a $25.5 million payout earlier this year from oil giant BP to free the company of responsibility for polluting Mexican waters after the largest oil spill of the 21st century."
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