RSN: Mort Rosenblum | The I's Have It - And We All Pay the Price

11 June 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE'RE NOT TRYING TO "MONETIZE," WE ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE - We get at least 3 feedback messages a day giving us advice on how to better "monetize" RSN. Which completely misses the point. We are not trying to build an empire on Wall Street ... we're trying to derail the empires that already exist there. We focus on our mission, which is social justice. The money is a necessity for the organization's survival. Donate, please. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Mort Rosenblum | The I's Have It - And We All Pay the Price  Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News Rosenblum writes: "You can still get to Sesame Street from here and just about everywhere else in spite of Donald Trump's attempt to wall it off. So as Big Bird might have it, this dispatch about countless global crises is brought to you by the letter 'I.'" READ MORE Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images) The Koch Brothers' Plan to Prevent Future AOCs Luke Darby, GQ Darby writes: "Charles and David Koch are probably, justifiably, the richest conservative bogeymen in the U.S. Collectively, they're referred to as the Koch brothers - though that excludes their less notorious brothers Frederick and Bill." READ MORE Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: REX/Shutterstock) How Republicans' Zeal for Gerrymandering Could Blow Up in Their Faces Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "Let's talk about a few datapoints that, on the surface, have nothing to do with the Supreme Court - but that in reality could determine whose ox is gored by two upcoming partisan gerrymandering decisions." READ MORE Protesters march through downtown St. Louis to oppose the closure of the last abortion clinic in Missouri, May 30, 2019. (photo: Jacob Moscovitch/Getty Images) Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic Will Stay Open, for Now Anna North, Vox North writes: "Missouri's last remaining abortion clinic will stay open, at least temporarily." READ MORE Khadija Khweiss has been repeatedly prevented from accessing Al-Aqsa because of her activism. (photo: Juman Abu Arafeh/MEE) The Palestinian Women Standing Up Against Israeli Incursions at Al-Aqsa Juman Abu Arafeh, Middle East Eye Abu Arafeh writes: "Hanadi Halawani's home lies just a few metres away from Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem. Yet, for the past few months, the 39-year-old has not been able to step foot into the holy mosque." READ MORE Activist Kat Kai Kol-Kes holds a LGBTQ pride flag inside Botswana's High Court on Tuesday, where lawmakers overturned a law that criminalized same-sex relations. (photo: Getty Images) Botswana Scraps Gay Sex Laws in Big Victory for LGBTQ Rights in Africa Kara Fox, CNN Fox writes: "Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements." READ MORE An Ae. aegypti mosquito, one of the primary vectors for the transmission of dengue fever around the world. (photo: James Gathany/CDC) Climate Crisis Could Spread Dengue Fever Through Most of Southeast US Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Rosane writes: "If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise until 2080, dengue fever could spread through much of the southeastern U.S. by 2050." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation