Ilhan Omar | We Must Apply Our Universal Values to All Nations. Only Then Will We Achieve Peace.

18 March 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News HOW BAD ARE WE REALLY DOING ON FUNDRAISING? - The best single day of fundraising in our history was in March 2013. Over five hundred donors contributed more than thirteen thousand dollars - in one day. We are on day "13” of this funding drive now and we have raised barely half that. ($6.2K on the progress bar now.) That’s why we are pushing. Got to get you on board. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Ilhan Omar | We Must Apply Our Universal Values to All Nations. Only Then Will We Achieve Peace.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, The Washington Post Omar writes: "As a survivor of war and a refugee, I have sought to have an honest conversation about U.S. foreign policy, militarism and our role in the world." READ MORE House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Civil Liberties Groups Urge Judiciary Committee to Press NSA on Surveillance Programs Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post Nakashima writes: "Several dozen civil liberties groups are pressing the House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings about a domestic surveillance power that Congress authorized in 2015 to end U.S. intelligence agencies' bulk collection of Americans' data." READ MORE 'It shouldn't have happened,' says Nicole Smith-Holt of Richfield, Minn., gazing at the death certificate of her son Alec Raeshawn Smith. (photo: Bram Sable-Smith/NPR) Americans Are Dying Because They Can't Afford Their Insulin. That's Now a 2020 Campaign Issue. Addy Baird, ThinkProgress Baird writes: "Insulin pricing may seem like a niche issue, but it's one that affects millions of people across the country." READ MORE In this Sept. 17, 2017 file photo, Cori Bush speaks on a bullhorn to protesters outside the St. Louis Police Department headquarters. Bush said her car has been run off the road, her home has been vandalized, and in 2014 someone shot a bullet into her car, narrowly missing her daughter, who was 13 at the time. (photo: Jeff Roberson/AP) Alarming Number of Men Tied to Ferguson Protests Have Died Associated Press Excerpt: "Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on social media and speculation in the activist community that something sinister was at play." READ MORE  Identity Evropa sign in front of a Trump branded building. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Seven Current US Military Members Outed as Having Ties to White Nationalist Group Sophie Weiner, Splinter Weiner writes: "Seven currently serving members of the U.S. military have been revealed to be involved with the white nationalist group Identity Evropa." READ MORE Jair Bolsonaro. (photo: Evaristo SA/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: 'Bolsonaro Is a Murderer' Signs Greet Brazilian President in US Brazil to Open Indigenous Lands to Mining Without Indigenous Consent Sue Branford and Maurício Torres, Mongabay Excerpt: "For many years, international and Brazilian mining companies have dreamed of getting access to the mineral wealth lying beneath indigenous lands. And finally, the government of Jair Bolsonaro seems determined to give them that opportunity." READ MORE 'At heart, these bills seek to insulate the worst facilities in the industry from the consequences of their actions by depriving Iowans of their right to make informed choices about the very food they eat.' (photo: Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images) 'Boycott Iowa': Latest Twist in Legal Tussle Between Animal Campaigners and US Farmers Erin McCormick, Guardian UK McCormick writes: "US governor has signed off legislation to prop up controversial 'ag-gag' laws in Iowa, just months after a federal court declared them unconstitutional. In retaliation, animal rights activists are calling on their supporters to boycott the state as a vacation destination." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life

08 March 19 Fighting Budgets a Thousand Times Ours Each Day we face the challenge of rebutting, challenging falsehoods promulgated by organizations with budgets a thousand times the size of RSN's budget. Koch, Murdoch, the NRA you name it we confront it. We make a difference. You actually make it happen. Marc Ash Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts, CA 95611

07 March 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News GOT TO MOVE YOU SOMEHOW: We can’t provide service to a readership of this size without a budget. From this group we get the highest demand and the least assistance. We have to move you. We have done it with readers for nearly 2 decades, but not this group. Very unfortunate all ways round. Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life  Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker Toobin writes: "Donald Trump may be imperilled by the ever-growing number of investigations into various avenues of his conduct, but his agenda continues apace at the Supreme Court." READ MORE Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Sanders, Harris, Warren Defend Ilhan Omar Amid Controversy Over Israel Comments Caroline Kelly and Gregory Krieg, CNN Excerpt: "Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday defended Rep. Ilhan Omar against the backlash to her comments slamming pro-Israel groups and politicians, which have been called anti-Semitic." READ MORE Border Patrol officer. (photo: No More Deaths) US Border Patrol New Guidelines Explicitly Target Central American Migrants: Report teleSUR  Excerpt: "New Border Patrol's guidelines in the United States explicitly ask its agents to target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America in carrying out a Trump administration program requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico and not enter the U.S., according to memos obtained by The Associated Press Thursday." READ MORE Representative Steve King. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty) Far-Right, White Supremacist Group Identity Evropa Worked the Phones to Keep Steve King in Office Colin Kalmbacher, Law and Crime Kalmbacher writes: "Far-right, white supremacist group Identity Evropa, which has been designated as a hate group, worked feverishly to keep Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in office, according to internal chat logs released Wednesday by an independent media organization." READ MORE Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Pushes. (photo: Jason Redmond/Getty) Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Medicare for All Will Lower Costs and Expand Healthcare Coverage to Everyone Democracy Now! Excerpt: "More than 100 Democratic lawmakers are co-sponsoring a new House bill to dramatically revamp healthcare in the United States by creating a Medicare-for-all system funded by the federal government." READ MORE Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at the White House on March 6. (photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Wilbur Ross Broke Law, Violated Constitution in Census Decision, Judge Rules Fred Barbash, The Washington Post Barbash writes: "Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross acted in 'bad faith,' broke several laws and violated the constitutional underpinning of representative democracy when he added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a federal judge ruled Wednesday." READ MORE The original Allensworth, now a park and very small town, was an experiment in self-determination started by a military retiree. (photo: Barbara Davidson/Getty) Dried Out: Big Ag Threatens Clean Water in Rural California Judith Lewis Mernit, Guardian UK Mernit writes: "Allensworth is not unique among rural communities in California. Nor is it so different from thousands of other rural communities, from New Mexico to Missouri to Alabama, where attempts to treat water to state and federal drinking water standards have run up against a fundamental absence of infrastructure and community." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation