Bill McKibben | Dianne Feinstein Says No to the Green New Deal

24 February 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD, WE NEED YOU NOW - This is a pitched battle to end the February fundraiser. We are calling on - all - of those who support what we do to come through now with what “you can afford.” Time is of the essence. In solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bill McKibben | Dianne Feinstein Says No to the Green New Deal  Bill McKibben, The New Yorker  McKibben writes: "A group of school students, at least one as young as seven, went to the senator's San Francisco office to ask her to support the Green New Deal climate legislation." READ MORE Paul Manafort. (photo: Getty Images) Paul Manafort a 'Hardened' and 'Bold' Criminal, Mueller Prosecutors Tell Judge Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post Weiner writes: "Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is a 'hardened' criminal who 'repeatedly and brazenly violated the law,' prosecutors told a Washington federal judge." READ MORE Goodloe Sutton. (photo: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/AP) Black Woman Will Replace Alabama Newspaper Editor Who Endorsed Lynchings and the Return of the KKK Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress Culp-Ressler writes: "A small weekly newspaper in Alabama whose longtime editor recently wrote an editorial calling for the Ku Klux Klan to 'ride again' - and then doubled down on his comments by advocating lynching his political opponents - is handing over the publication to a black woman." READ MORE A convoy of US forces armored vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. (photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Just Reversed His Decision to Pull All US Troops Out of Syria Alex Ward, Vox Ward writes: "President Donald Trump just reversed one of the biggest decisions of his presidency." READ MORE Andrew Cuomo. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) President Trump Would Have to Release His Income Taxes if New York Bill Is Approved Joseph Spector, Journal News Spector writes: "Supporters of trying to force President Donald Trump to release his state income taxes are hoping there is a renewed effort to get it done in the state Legislature this year." READ MORE A demonstrator stands on a barricade holding a gasoline bomb, during clashes with the national guard near the border with Colombia (photo: Rodrigo Abd/AP) Venezuela: At Least Four Dead and Hundreds Injured in Border Standoff Emma Graham-Harrison, Joe Parkin Daniels and Clavel Rangel, Guardian UK Excerpt: "At least four people have been killed and hundreds injured in a wave of violence that convulsed Venezuela's border regions on Saturday, as opposition activists tried to defy a government ban and bring food and medical supplies into the country." READ MORE Months after scientists warned that it is at greater risk than ever, the Great Barrier Reef is facing a new challenge: dirty water. (photo: AFP/Getty Images) Australia Approves Dumping of 1 Million Tons of Sludge Near Great Barrier Reef Colin Drury, The Independent Drury writes: "More than one million tons of sludge are to be dumped close to the Great Barrier Reef after authorities in Australia approved plans to discard industrial dredge spoil." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation