Eric Lach | Beto O'Rourke's Radical Vision of the Border

12 February 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WAVING HANDS FOR DONATIONS: Super important to get these few donations in. The dollar figures are by no means daunting. Your donation has made the difference in building RSN from day one. Invest in freedom support RSN with a donation. Thank you sincerely. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Eric Lach | Beto O'Rourke's Radical Vision of the Border  Eric Lach, The New Yorker Lach writes: The politics of the southern border have, for many years, been dominated by fear-peddling voices from elsewhere. Congressmen from Iowa or Colorado, sheriffs from Phoenix or Milwaukee, Presidential candidates from Fifth Avenue - they all have used the border as a metaphor for division and racial purity." READ MORE 'The deeper, tougher truth is that America supports Israel because at some level America is Israel; these are two settler-colonies born in violence, condemned by their original sins and by their later crimes to paranoias about the revenge of the wronged.' (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP) Ilhan Omar Is Right to Attack US-Israel Policy. But Her Tweets Were Flawed Barnaby Raine, Guardian UK Raine writes: "Representative Ilhan Omar is not a vicious antisemite, she is one of few good things about Congress. But she was wrong to suggest this week that America only supports Israel because a powerful lobby buys off US politicians." READ MORE In almost every case, a police shooting is an individual, unrelated event that can't be predicted, says a statistician who studies risk and uncertainty. (photo: Alex Milan Tracy/SIPA USA/AP) Police Have Shot and Killed Nearly 4,000 People Since 2015 John Sullivan, Liz Weber, Julie Tate and Jennifer Jenkins, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Fatal shootings by police are the rare outcomes of the millions of encounters between police officers and the public. Despite the unpredictable events that lead to the shootings, in each of the past four years police nationwide have shot and killed almost the same number of people - nearly 1,000." READ MORE Protestors rally against Amazon and the company's plans to move their second headquarters to the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, at New York City Hall, January 30, 2019, in New York City. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Amazon Threatens to Cancel New York City Headquarters if It Doesn't Receive $3 Billion in Subsidies David Dayen, In These Times Dayen writes: "Fearful of losing nearly $3 billion in subsidies for its expansion in New York City, Amazon has moved to a new strategy, one involving threats." READ MORE The wave of teacher strikes was a bright spot for the U.S. Left in 2018. (photo: Ralph Freso/Getty Images) Denver Teachers Strike Over Bonus-Based Pay System, Demanding Reliable Salary Plan and Better Wages Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Public school teachers in Denver, Colorado, are striking for the second day, after negotiations between the teachers' union and the school district failed to reach a contract over the weekend." READ MORE Youth protest against a statue of General Aung San, Myanmar's independence hero and the father of leader Aung San Suu Kyi located in Loikaw in Yangon, Myanmar, February 12, 2019. (photo: Ann Wang/Reuters) Myanmar Karen Minorities Protest Ethnic Inequality Amid Heavy Police Crackdown teleSUR Excerpt: "Myanmar police sprayed rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas at some 3,000 protesters gathered in the main square of Loikaw, the capital of Karenni state, to demonstrate against a statue of the independence leader General Aung San on the nation's day of independence, Feb. 12." READ MORE Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey announce Green New Deal Legislation to Promote Clean Energy outside the U.S. Capitol. (photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Ocasio-Cortez Says We Need World War II-Scale Action on Climate. Here's What That Looks Like. Joe Romm, ThinkProgress Romm writes: "The Green New Deal resolution introduced last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) states that fighting climate change requires 'a new national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II.'" READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation