RSN: Lessons From 2014: If You Care About Green Cities, You Must Care About Justice Too

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Andy Borowitz | Jeb Bush Resigns as George W. Bush's Brother

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In the strongest sign to date that he intends to seek the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has officially resigned his position as George W. Bush's brother."
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Paul Krugman | Twin Peaks Planet
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "In 2014, soaring inequality in advanced nations finally received the attention it deserved."
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The Appalling Career of Michael Grimm
Evan Ratliff, The New Yorker
Ratliff writes: "Michael Grimm's pugnacious career in government service ended with a whimper on Monday night, with an after-hours statement announcing his resignation from Congress."
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Economist Thomas Piketty Refuses France's Highest Honor
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "France's influential economist Thomas Piketty, author of 'Capital in the 21st Century,' on Thursday refused to accept the country's highest award, the Legion d'honneur, to criticise the Socialist government in power."
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Duluth Case Shows Police Body Camera Footage Is New Legal Battleground
Jessica Glenza, The Guardian
Glenza writes: "Official reluctance to release images of the police shooting of a Minnesota man in his own home has raised issues about transparency, privacy and mental health."
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6th Annual Vigil Marks Oscar Grant's Shooting Death in Oakland
Riya Bhattacherjee, NBC
Bhattacherjee writes: "Hundreds gathered Thursday at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland to remember Oscar Grant III who was shot to death at the station on New Year's Day in 2009 by a BART police officer."
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Lessons From 2014: If You Care About Green Cities, You Must Care About Justice Too
Greg Hanscom, Grist
Hanscom writes: "Suffice it to say that the stories that unfolded this year were not the ones we thought we'd be writing."
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RSN: The US Military's Campaign Against Media Freedom

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Chelsea Manning | The US Military's Campaign Against Media Freedom

Chelsea Manning, The New York Times
Manning writes: “I believe that the current limits on press freedom and excessive government secrecy make it impossible for Americans to grasp fully what is happening in the wars we finance.”
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Nate Silver | Most Women Like Hillary Clinton ‘Evolved’ on Gay Marriage Years Ago
Nate Silver, Five Thirty Eight
Silver writes: “If you were at a dinner party and the woman seated across from you was a wealthy, white, well-educated, liberal-to-moderate Democrat, it would be fairly safe for you to assume she supported gay marriage. But if that woman were Hillary Clinton, you’d have been wrong — at least until March 2013”
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Insurgent Advance Slows in Iraq as Images of a Mass Killing Spread Online
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: “An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on the Shia-led government in Baghdad.”
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David Sirota | The Problem With Philanthropy
David Sirota, In These Times
Sirota writes: “Inequality and democracy are the kind of topics you may expect to hear about at a political convention, but not necessarily at a tech industry conference. And so former Vice President Al Gore’s discussion at Nashville's tech-focused Southland Conference this week could be viewed in context as a jeremiad spotlighting taboo truths about tech culture and philanthropic traditions.”
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Major Supreme Court Rulings in June
Dexter Mullins, Al Jazeera America
Mullins writes: “June is a big month, and not just because of the World Cup. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is expected to issue several major rulings in the next few weeks, and the outcomes will have significant impacts on several areas. We broke down the major cases so you can get up to speed.”
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Johannes Mehserle Still Says He Was Trying to Tase Oscar Grant
Paul Elias, Associated Press
Elias writes: “A former Northern California transit officer cried on the witness stand Friday while describing how he shot and killed an unarmed man on a train station platform more than five years ago.”
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Migrant Children Accuse Border Patrol Agents of Physical and Sexual Assault
Steven Hsieh, The Nation
Hsieh writes: “Five immigrant rights groups filed a complaint Wednesday accusing US border officials of participating in the systemic abuse of unaccompanied migrant children detained near the southwest border, including physical and sexual abuse, painful shackling and denial of adequate food and water.”
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