Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | In 2018, Let's Work Together to Hold the Powerful Accountable

02 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | In 2018, Let's Work Together to Hold the Powerful Accountable    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Facebook Page  Abdul-Jabbar writes: "I want to thank you all for reading my posts, articles and books and for sharing your opinions with me. Yes, I read them and give each the thought it deserves."  READ MORE Foreign Governments Are Finding Ways to Do Favors for Trump's Business  Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC  Kumar writes: "In Indonesia, a local government plans to build a road to shorten the drive between the main airport on the island of Bali and the new high-end Trump resort and golf course."  READ MORE Under Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Isn't Even Pretending to Protect Consumers  Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress  Millhiser writes: "Last November, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray resigned to run for governor of Ohio."  READ MORE Interior Department Tapped Wildfire Preparedness Funds for Ryan Zinke Helicopter Tour  Celeste Katz, Newsweek  Katz writes: "The Department of the Interior (DOI) says it made a mistake by trying to use wildfire preparedness funds to pay for an unrelated helicopter tour of Nevada taken by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke this summer."  READ MORE More Workers Say Their Bosses Are Threatening to Have Them Deported  Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times  Khouri writes: "The deal the worker struck was simple: $150 a day to tile a bathroom and stucco the walls of a home in Arcadia. The pay was to come at the end of each day but never did, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the California labor commissioner."  READ MORE Patrick Cockburn | Are the Wars in Syria and Iraq Finally Coming to an End?  Patrick Cockburn, The Independent  Cockburn writes: "I spent most of the last year reporting two sieges, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, which finally ended with the decisive defeat of Isis. This was the most important event in the Middle East in 2017, though people are already beginning to forget how dangerous the Isis caliphate was at the height of its power and even in its decline."  READ MORE It's So Cold Outside That Frozen Sharks Are Washing Up on US Beaches  Lauren Messman, VICE  Messman writes: "As climate change ushers in another year of extreme global temperatures - a phenomenon President Trump seems a little confused about - cities up and down the East Coast are facing record-breaking snowfall and subzero temperatures."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation