Bernie Sanders | Donald Trump and GOP Want to Cut Social Security. We Should Expand It Instead.

25 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE ON CONTRIBUTIONS - While we have made some progress on the September funding drive in the past 48 hours we are still well short of our goal. If everyone pulls together we can finish efficiently. If you have not donated recently please throw something in the hat. In Peace an Solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bernie Sanders | Donald Trump and GOP Want to Cut Social Security. We Should Expand It Instead.  Bernie Sanders, USA TODAY Sanders writes: "For too long, Congress and the media have ignored the pressing concerns of seniors in our country. At a time when millions of elderly Americans are struggling economically, unable to pay for medicine, food and other basic necessities, a serious discussion about senior needs is long overdue." READ MORE Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: White House Says It Is Open to Testimony From Second Kavanaugh Accuser Kavanaugh's College Roommate Releases Statement About New Accuser: 'I Believe Her' Sarah Nechamkin, The Cut Nechamkin writes: "On Sunday, Deborah Ramirez came forward in The New Yorker to become the second woman publicly accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault." READ MORE UN Headquarters. (photo: IBINEX News) ALSO SEE: Cue Fireworks as ‘Lord of Misrule’ Donald Trump Chairs UN Security Council UN General Assembly Laughs in Trump's Face When He Touts His Administration The Daily Beast Excerpt: "When President Trump on Tuesday declared before the United Nations General Assembly that his administration has accomplished more than 'almost any' other administration in U.S. history, the audience of dignitaries and world leaders broke out in audible laughter." READ MORE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (photo: Bryan Cox/Getty Images) Dozens of Families Separated After Recent Wisconsin ICE Raids Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress Entralgo writes: "Immigrant communities across 14 counties in Wisconsin were left reeling after roughly 34 undocumented individuals were swept up in what appeared to be seemingly random raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents." READ MORE Houses overlooking Alamo Square in San Francisco. (photo: Sven Haiges/Flickr) Segregation Is Back - and It's Profitable Meagan Day, Jacobin Day writes: "A new report from the Urban Displacement Project confirms what anyone who's lived here already knows: rising housing costs are resegregating the Bay Area." READ MORE Sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico in Nogales, Arizona. A new report documents instances showing the dangers such walls pose to humans and the environment. (photo: Adrees Latif/Reuters) Border Walls Are Life-Threatening and 'Waste of Tax Dollars,' Report Says Greta Moran, Grist Moran writes: "A few weeks after US Customs and Border Protection completed a border wall along Arizona's southern boundary in 2008, a monsoon arrived. Floodwaters rose to 7ft, nearby patrol roads eroded and debris clogged the wall's mesh fencing and grates, turning it into a temporary dam. The water poured over the wall into the port of entry near the Lukeville, Arizona, border, causing millions of dollars in damage." READ MORE Stressed Antarctic mosses turn from green to red as they produce compounds to protect themselves. (photo: University of Wollongong) Climate Change Kills Antarctica's Ancient Moss Beds Victoria Gill, BBC Gill writes: "That is according to a study of the small, ancient and hardy plants - carried out over more than a decade. This revealed that vegetation in East Antarctica is changing rapidly in response to a drying climate." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation