Dan Rather | 10 Questions in the Wake of Parkland Shooting

17 February 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News MOTIVATING THIS RELUCTANT GROUP: The future of this organization has never been about those who donate. The key has always been motivating those who do not donate to join them. Your participation is essential to this organization. That's good. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Dan Rather | 10 Questions in the Wake of Parkland Shooting  Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page  Rather writes: "Will this time be different? Will there be marches in the streets?"  READ MORE Mueller Is Still Investigating Trump's Campaign for Possible Collusion With Russia  Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress  Entralgo writes: "A major indictment released Friday by the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller accused 13 individuals and three Russian companies of 'interference operations targeting the United States.'"  READ MORE U.S. special operations personnel prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Afghanistan. (photo: U.S. Department of Defense) ICC Gets Over 1 Million Testimonies From Afghans Suing US Government, CIA Over War Crimes  teleSUR  Excerpt: "More than one million statements from Afghan people and organizations have been submitted to the International Criminal Court alleging war crimes were committed by several actors in the country including the U.S. military, the CIA, Afghan forces and the Taliban, local groups working with the Hague-based tribunal said Friday."  READ MORE Kristi Gilroy hugs a young woman at a police check point near the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed by a gunman on February 15, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Gun Violence Has Dropped Dramatically in 3 States With Very Different Gun Laws  Mike Males, YES! Magazine  Males writes: "This week, 17 teachers, students, and visitors died in a Florida high school, in a country where mass shootings have been devastatingly routine. This was followed by another day of despairing, angry furor over guns, schools, and shootings that replayed the same reactions from dozens of past shootings."  READ MORE Philadelphia DA Says His Office Will No Longer Charge People for Weed Possession  Emma Roller, Splinter  Roller writes: "Last November, Philadelphians elected civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner as their new district attorney. Krasner is a shining example of why local elections matter more than ever, and of the good that local officials can do in spite of an oppressively conservative federal agenda."  READ MORE Indigenous women protesting in Guatemala. (photo: Elena Hermosa/Trócaire) LAWG@LAWGaction "A lawyer poised to represent 11 Guatemalan women in a Canadian court says his clients are eager to 'tell their story' in their lawsuit against #HudBay Minerals, the Toronto-based mining company named in an alleged 2007 gang rape in #Guatemala." @CTVNews https://buff.ly/2p3v1sF  12:36 PM - Dec 21, 2017 See LAWG's other Tweets Demanding Justice: Indigenous Women in Guatemala Battle Canadian Mining Giant  Heather Gies, Upside Down World  Gies writes: "In early 2007, hundreds of military, police, and private security personnel stormed Choc Quib's community, Lote Ocho, and raped the women while the men in the subsistence farming community tended their fields. State and private forces had attempted to force the Indigenous peasants from their land days earlier, burning several homes."  READ MORE America's Failing Water Systems  Francie Diep, Pacific Standard  Diep writes: "In any given year over the past three decades, between 3 and 10 percent of community water systems in America have violated health standards in some way, according to a new study."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation