Juan Cole | Why Mueller Wrote to Barr and Why Barr Lied

01 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Juan Cole | Why Mueller Wrote to Barr and Why Barr Lied  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Mueller wanted the executive summary of his report released immediately, despite the possible need for some of it to be redacted lest it reveal sources or methods." READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty) Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committee Guardian UK and Reuters Excerpt: "The chairman of the US House judiciary committee has said that it has agreed to hear testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller at a date yet to be determined." READ MORE Microsoft booth at a tech conference. (photo: Ethan Miller/Getty) Microsoft Joins Group Seeking to Kill Off Historic Climate Change Lawsuits Oliver Milman, Guardian UK Milman writes: "Microsoft has joined a conservative-led group that demands fossil fuel companies be granted legal immunity from attempts to claw back damages from the climate change they helped cause." READ MORE Border Patrol agent. (photo: Getty) Trump Administration to Begin DNA Testing Migrant Families at the Border Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress Entralgo writes: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will next week implement a pilot DNA testing program at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to help identify people 'posing as families.'" READ MORE People gather to mark the May Day, International Workers' Day in Chicago, Illinois, United States on May 1, 2018. (photo: Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Getty) Why May Day Continues to Capture the Hearts and Imaginations of Workers Raechel Anne Jolie, In These Times Jolie writes: "May 1 has an energy that is palpable across the globe. On this day, every year for more than a century, workers across the world gather for International Workers Day, also known as May Day." READ MORE Church of Recoleta Franciscana in Recoleta, one of the thirty-seven municipalities that make up Greater Santiago, Chile. (photo: PhotoBucket) A Communist Mayor in Chile Explains How to Govern Locally From the Left Daniel Denvir, Jacobin Excerpt: "Daniel Jadue is a militant in the Communist Party of Chile and one of the most important figures on the Latin American left." READ MORE A retiring farmer's equipment is auctioned at Jim and Karen Taphorn's farm near Beattie, Kansas, U.S., February 27, 2019. (photo: Lane Hickenbottom/Reuters) Trade War and Sagging Prices Push US Family Farmers to Leave the Field P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters Huffstutter writes: "Across the Midwest, growing numbers of grain farmers are choosing to shed their machinery and find renters for their land, all to stem the financial strain on their families." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation