Cornel West and Adolph L. Reed Jr. | Joe Biden Wants Us to Forget His Past. We Won't

02 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Cornel West and Adolph L. Reed Jr. | Joe Biden Wants Us to Forget His Past. We Won't  Cornel West and Adolph L. Reed Jr., Guardian UK Excerpt: "After much huffing and puffing, Joe Biden has officially entered the race for 2020. In his announcement, he indicated his intention to hit the ground running immediately in early primary states, especially South Carolina." READ MORE Attorney General William P. Barr. (photo: Getty) Barr's Refusal to Testify Before House Panel Boosts Chance of Contempt Citation Rachael Bade, Mike DeBonis and Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Attorney General William P. Barr told a House panel on Wednesday that he will not testify about special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report, raising the prospect that Democrats will hold the nation's top law enforcement official in contempt of Congress." READ MORE Supporters of Bernie Sanders gather in the L.A. home of Tony Rzeteljski (not pictured) on April 27, one of thousands of house parties in support of the candidate. (photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) Bernie Sanders Never Had This Before: A Real Campaign Machine Evan Halper and Matthew Ormseth, The Los Angeles Times Excerpt: "The last time Californians voted in a presidential primary, Bernie Sanders' campaign was so overextended and seat-of-the-pants that staff members nearly fumbled a solid-gold marketing opportunity." READ MORE Jose Gabriel Juarez, a former head waiter of the Grille Room at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, spoke of the overtime he worked without pay. (photo: Joshua Partlow/The Washington Post) At Trump Golf Course, Undocumented Employees Said They Were Sometimes Told to Work Extra Hours Without Pay Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post Excerpt: "He pressed his index finger onto a scanner and typed his personal code, 436. But he didn't go home. Instead - on orders from his bosses, Juarez said - he would stay on, sometimes past midnight." READ MORE Immigrant detention center. (photo: Getty) Once Again an Immigrant Child Has Died in US Government Custody Hamed Aleaziz and Adolfo Flores, BuzzFeed News Excerpt: "The boy, who was not identified by officials, is the third child to die in government custody since December, when a 7-year-old girl died hours after being taken into Border Patrol custody." READ MORE Saudi Feminist Malak al-Shehri and her husband Ayman al-Drees, who was arrested in Saudi Arabia. (photo: Twitter) The Husband of 'Saudi Arabia's Rosa Parks' Has Been Detained. She Refuses to Be Silent. F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News Bruton writes: "It is not known why al-Drees was arrested on April 4. The graduate of Ohio's Bowling Green State University had not recently spoken out about human rights or political reform, but he had chosen to marry a feminist." READ MORE Camp Lejeune's wastewater treatment plant. (photo: US Marines) EPA Slammed for Suggesting Weakened Standards to Clean Up Contaminated Drinking Water Diane Herbst, People Herbst writes: "The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to weaken standards for cleaning up toxic chemicals used at military bases and found to have contaminated drinking water that millions of Americans consume, bowing from pressure from the Department of Defense." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation