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27 March 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOLKS, WE - REALLY - NEED SOME PROGRESS ON DONATIONS - We are looking at really poor fundraising returns. Some of you are going to be offended, but we have to improve on this situation. We need you to help. The time is now to get it done. With urgency. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Paul Krugman | Republicans Really Hate Health Care  Paul Krugman, The New York Times Krugman writes: "Of all the political issues that divide us, health care is the one with the greatest impact on ordinary Americans' lives." READ MORE Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Getty) Elizabeth Warren | Leveling the Playing Field for America's Family Farmers Elizabeth Warren, Medium Warren writes: "For generations, America's family farmers have passed down a tradition of hard work and independence. Today's family farmers share those same core values, but the economics are more and more tenuous." READ MORE ICE detention facility. (photo: ACLU) ALSO SEE: Lawsuit: Guatemalan 10-Year-Old Was Drugged, Sexually Assaulted at Migrant Shelter in Texas Trans Migrant Women in ICE Detention Allegedly Asked to Perform Sexual Favors in Exchange for Food Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast Bixby writes: "After speaking out against sexual harassment, withheld medications and dehumanizing treatment by guards at a New Mexico immigrant detention center, transgender women and gay men say that they were victims of retaliation from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents." READ MORE Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP) Secretary DeVos Proposes $18-Million Cut to Disability Programs teleSUR Excerpt: "In a review of the 2020 Education Department proposed-budget before a United States House of Representatives subcommittee, Education Secretary Besty DeVos received backlash on several cuts, most notably, a nearly US$18 million slash to the Special Olympics." READ MORE Members of Ku Klux Klan at Charlottesville. (photo: Getty) Facebook Bans White Nationalism and White Separatism Joseph Cox and Jason Koebler, Motherboard Excerpt: "After a civil rights backlash, Facebook will now treat white nationalism and separatism the same as white supremacy, and will direct users who try to post that content to a nonprofit that helps people leave hate groups." READ MORE Monica Diaz came close to falling asleep while standing as she spoke to a lawyer who offered to help her pro bono with a complaint regarding city workers throwing away her belongings. (photo: Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post) The Rise of Tent Encampments Is Changing the Face of American Homelessness Terrence McCoy, The Washington Post McCoy writes: "Before 10 a.m. on another cold Thursday, Monica Diaz stirred in her tent, filled with dread. It had been two weeks since the last cleanup, and city workers would again be here soon, with their dumpster truck and police cars, to clear out the encampment." READ MORE Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. (photo: Katherine Frey/Getty) Trump's Pick to Head Interior Blocked Report Warning of Pesticide Risk to 1,000+ Endangered Species Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Rosane writes: "Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who faces a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday after President Donald Trump nominated him to head Interior permanently, acted to block a report that found that two pesticides 'jeopardize the continued existence' of more than 1,200 endangered species." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation