Bernie Sanders | The Political Revolution Is Moving Beyond Progressive States

14 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE ARE IN UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL TROUBLE: We are scratching and clawing to make our budget every month because we cannot get 1% of our subscribers to contribute to our fundraising appeals. Waiting until the situation is dire is abusive of the process. Well, it’s dire now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bernie Sanders | The Political Revolution Is Moving Beyond Progressive States  Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News Sanders writes: "I want to tell you about a very exciting trip that I took last weekend to Texas and Arizona. That follows the trip we took several weeks ago to Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. Of these six states, Trump won five. And, in Illinois, where Trump lost, progressives are taking on the old and moribund Democratic machine." READ MORE Conor Lamb. (photo: Justin Merriman/Conor Lamb for Congress) Conor Lamb Restores Order in Trump Country Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News Seitz-Wald writes: "Democrat Conor Lamb is the apparent winner over Republican Rick Saccone in Tuesday's special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, according to an NBC News projection." READ MORE Conor Lamb. (photo: Justin Merriman/Conor Lamb for Congress) Rex Tillerson Was Fired the Day After He Criticized Russia John Cassidy, The New Yorker Cassidy writes: "On Monday, Rex Tillerson, the departing Secretary of State, cut short a visit to Africa to fly back to Washington. Before he left, he remarked that the nerve-gas attack recently carried out on a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England, was a "really egregious act," but he also said it wasn't entirely clear who was responsible." READ MORE In the unique and alarming context of the Trump Administration, Rex Tillerson, the departing Secretary of State, seemed like a stabilizing and independent-minded presence. (photo: Tom Brenner/NYT/Redu Student Walkouts Planned Across US to Protest Gun Violence Collin Binkley, US News Binkley writes: "From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida." READ MORE Seth Rich is seen in this undated Linkedin profile picture. (photo: Linkedin) Family of Slain DNC Staffer Sues Fox News Over Retracted Story Michael Del Moro, ABC News Del Moro writes: "The family of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, an investigative reporter and one of the network's frequent guests over a story about Rich and allegations that he was involved in a conspiracy, according to the lawsuit." READ MORE Twenty-year old Kifah al-Moussa, a Syrian Arab woman living among the Kurds of Afrin province, was working on a chicken farm in the village of Maryameen when a Turkish aircraft bombed the building at midday on 21 January, wounding her in the chest. When she recovered consciousness, she found eight people from one family lying dead around her. (photo: Yara Ismail) Patrick Cockburn | Syria's War of Ethnic Cleansing: Kurds Face a Massacre in Afrin Patrick Cockburn, The Independent Cockburn writes: "Syrian Arab militiamen leading the Turkish attack on Afrin in northern Syria are threatening to massacre its Kurdish population unless they convert to the variant of Islam espoused by Isis and al-Qaeda." READ MORE Frack pond in Big Spring Texas used by the fracking industry in the Permian Basin. In Big Spring citizens are limited in their water use due to drought conditions, though the fracking industry has no restrictions for their water usage. (photo: Julie Dermansky) 'The Harms of Fracking': New Report Details Increased Risks of Asthma, Birth Defects and Cancer Justin Nobel, Rolling Stone Nobel writes: "'Our examination ... uncovered no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health,' states a blistering 266-page report released today by Concerned Health Professionals of New York and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group, Physicians for Social Responsibility." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation