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Robert Reich | Who Will Be the Next President?
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Website Reich writes: "The presidential primaries will soon be heating up, and the betting has already begun over which Democrat has the 'money advantage,' who's sufficiently 'moderate,' and who can 'beat Trump' (assuming he'll be running again)." READ MORE Gavin McInnes, founder of the far-right group Proud Boys, in Berkeley, California on 27 April 2017. (photo: Marcio José Sánchez/AP)
White Nationalist Groups Have Grown by 50% Since 2017
Jason Wilson, Guardian UK Wilson writes: "A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) says that hate groups in the US have continued to surge in the Trump era, and that the president himself has helped to mainstream hate by 'fueling fears of a white minority country.'" READ MORE Elizabeth Warren is among Democrats, including fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, who support higher
Amanda Marcotte | Democrats Need to Make Childcare Funding the 2020 Priority
Amanda Marcotte, Salon Marcotte writes: "Elizabeth Warren's childcare plan would save lives, save money, and help women get closer to economic equality." READ MORE Migrants in Mexico are being detained in an abandoned body bag factory. (photo: Alfredo Estrella/Getty)
Spencer Ackerman and Scott Bixby | These Migrants Wanted Asylum, Instead They Are Detained in an Old Body Bag Factory in Mexico
Spencer Ackerman and Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast Excerpt: "'They have us locked up as prisoners,' said one detained man, speaking through a fence to a field officer working with Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), according to an audiotape of the conversation relayed to The Daily Beast." READ MORE Justin E. Fairfax, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. (photo: Steve Helber/AP)
I'm Willing to Testify in Public. Lt. Gov Fairfax Should, Too.
Meredith Watson, The Washington Post Watson writes: "When I came forward to report that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax raped me when we were both Duke University students in 2000, I did so to support another victim of sexual assault and to remove that man from a position of national prominence." READ MORE Former People's Mujahedin member Gholamreza Shekari. (photo: Spiegel)
The Cult-Like Group Fighting Iran
Luisa Hommerich, Spiegel Hommerich writes: "Members of the Trump administration have been providing support to a political sect that aims to topple the Iranian regime in Tehran. Around 2,000 of its members live in a camp in Albania. Former members say it subjected followers to torture and psychological terror." READ MORE Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Trump administration's vow to cancel million in federal high-speed rail funding an attempt at political payback. (photo: LA Times)
Trump Administration to Cancel $929 Million in California High-Speed Rail Funding
Ralph Vartabedian and Matthew Ormseth, The Los Angeles Times Excerpt: "The fate of California's high-speed rail project was cast into further doubt Tuesday when the federal government announced plans to cancel $929 million in grant funds, a move U.S. officials linked to violations of the grant agreement but some view as political payback." READ MORE Update My Monthly Donation |
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Robert Reich | Who Will Be the Next President?
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