RSN: Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion, Natural Gas Emissions Will Surpass Those From Coal in US

It's Live on the HomePage Now: 
Reader Supported News

---

Glenn Greenwald | Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment Trial Nears an End, Endangering Brazilian Democracy 
 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "Dilma Rousseff's removal results in the empowerment of a party that was not elected to the presidency." 
READ MORE

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Wins Primary Against Sanders-Backed Challenger Tim Canova 
Cristina Marcos, The Hill 
Marcos writes: "Wasserman Schultz dispatched a challenge from law professor Tim Canova who sought to capitalize on the controversies surrounding her tenure at the DNC and ride on the popularity of Bernie Sanders." 
READ MORE

Why Are We Paying $300 for an EpiPen That Holds Only $1 Worth of Medicine? 
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Goodman reports: "Each EpiPen reportedly contains only $1 worth of medicine. Mylan has a near monopoly in the U.S., and the company has seen its profits from the EpiPen alone skyrocket to $1 billion a year." 
READ MORE

Fight for $15: Chris Christie Vetoes Minimum Wage Hike in New Jersey 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Republican Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed an attempt to raise New Jersey's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in the next year and to at least $15 an hour over the next five." 
READ MORE

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia's Federal Drug Control Service, fueling organized crime and widespread death." 
READ MORE

The Chilling Reason Why More Than 1,900 People Have Died in the Philippines 
Evelyn Anne Crunden, ThinkProgress 
Crunden writes: "Rodrigo Duterte has only been in office eight weeks, but his presidency has already been a bloody one for the Philippines." 
READ MORE

Natural Gas Emissions Will Surpass Those From Coal in US 
Bobby Magill, Climate Central 
Magill writes: "The U.S. is expected to reach a major carbon emissions milestone this year: For the first time, carbon dioxide emissions from burning natural gas for electricity in the U.S. are set to surpass those from burning coal - the globe's chief climate polluter." 
READ MORE

---

Contribute to RSN

Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter

RSN: New US Policy: Kill the Kurds, Life Materially Worse for Black People 53 Years Since King's 'Dream'

It's Live on the HomePage Now: 
Reader Supported News

---

William Boardman | New US Policy: Kill the Kurds 
 
William Boardman, Reader Supported News 
Boardman writes: "The continuing incoherence, insanity, and ultimate inanity of US policy in and around Syria was highlighted brilliantly, albeit perhaps inadvertently, by Vice President Joe Biden on a state visit to Turkey August 24, when he threatened the most effective fighting force against the Islamic State - the Kurdish militias - with American punishment if they didn't play nice with the Turks." 
READ MORE

Louisiana GOP Isn't Ready to Ban Former KKK Leader David Duke From Running for Office 
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress 
Lerner writes: "Louisiana Republicans decided this weekend that it's not worth the political capital to ban former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke and other white supremacists from running for office on their ticket." 
READ MORE

Life Materially Worse for Black People 53 Years Since King's 'Dream' 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "In the 19,359 days since Martin Luther King Jr. delivered perhaps his most praised address - a sort of christening of a new and better Republic - a case can be made that the material conditions of African Americans has actually worsened, not improved." 
READ MORE

Pediatricians Urge States to Get Tough on Parents Who Don't Want to Vaccinate Their Kids 
Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times 
Healy writes: "The nation's pediatricians are pushing back against parents who resist having their children vaccinated against a broad range of dangerous diseases by calling on states to stop offering waivers to those with non-medical objections to the practice." 
READ MORE

Presidential Nominees Ignore Women of Color at Their Peril 
Juhie Bhatia, Rolling Stone 
Bhatia writes: "Women legally got the right to vote in 1920, after the ratification of the 19th Amendment. But in reality not all women could fully exercise that right until much later. And now, many of those same women who had to wait and keep fighting for the right to vote may be a deciding factor in the November election." 
READ MORE

Dilma Warns of Democracy's Death in Impeachment Testimony 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "'We are one step away from a serious institutional rupture,' she said. 'We are one step away from a real coup d'etat.'" 
READ MORE

The Anthropocene Epoch: Scientists Declare Dawn of Human-Influenced Age 
Damian Carrington, Guardian UK 
Carrington writes: "Humanity's impact on the Earth is now so profound that a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene - needs to be declared, according to an official expert group who presented the recommendation to the International Geological Congress in Cape Town on Monday." 
READ MORE

---

Contribute to RSN

Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter