Jimmy Carter: Trump's Decision to Hire John Bolton Is 'a Disaster for Our Country'

28 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SLOW DOWN, FOLKS, WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH DONATIONS: People are racing through here a mile a minute, but don’t seem to be able to stop long enough to contribute. Visualize an RSN with a functional budget. We need your help here, folks. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Jimmy Carter: Trump's Decision to Hire John Bolton Is 'a Disaster for Our Country'  Susan Page, USA Today Page writes: "In an exclusive interview, pegged to the publication of his new book titled Faith, Carter calls Bolton 'a warlike figure' who backs policies the former president calls catastrophic." READ MORE Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley. (photo: State of Reform) The Supreme Court Takes an Unprecedented Look at Gerrymandering Robert Barnes, The Washington Post Barnes writes: "The cases hold the prospect that the court is on the brink of a historic change in the way elections are conducted in the United States." READ MORE Police barricade the area surrounding the home of suspected Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt in Pflugerville, Texas, on March 21st, 2018. (photo: Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) Lone Wolves Are Actually a Pack: How White American Terrorists Are Radicalized David M. Perry, Pacific Standard Perry writes: "They're reading the same websites, talking to each other, and killing the same targets. The lone wolves are actually a pack." READ MORE Trump border wall prototypes being built in October, 2017, near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. (photo: Mani Albrecht/U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Flickr Trump Suggests US Military Foot the Bill for Border Wall Eli Watkins, Jeremy Diamond and Elizabeth Landers, CNN Excerpt: "President Donald Trump has privately floated the idea of funding construction of a border wall with Mexico through the US military budget in conversations with advisers." READ MORE The TEACH grant helps teachers-to-be pay for college or a master's. But many teachers, like Maggie Webb (left) and David West, say when they began teaching, they were forced to pay it back. (photo: Kayana Szymczak/Sean Rayford/NPR) Department of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced to Repay Thousands in Loans Cory Turner and Chris Arnold, NPR Excerpt: "A new government study suggests that thousands of teachers had their grants taken away and converted to loans, sometimes for minor errors in paperwork. That's despite the fact they were meeting the program's teaching requirements." READ MORE The crude spill along the Lizama River on March 20, 2018 in Barrancabermeja, Colombia. (photo: EFE) Colombian Oil Spill Kills 2,400 Animals, 70 Families Treated teleSUR Excerpt: "So far, hundreds of people in the eastern part of Santander province are without food and water after the Colombian state oil company, Ecopetrol, let some 24,000 barrels of crude oil spill into the Lizama River, close to the 1,528 km long Magdalena River." READ MORE Highly toxic PCBs have contaminated streams, drinking water and soil in the town of Minden, West Virginia. (photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) A Once Thriving Coal Town Has Turned Toxic, and Citizens Are Desperate for Help Mark Hand, ThinkProgress Hand writes: "Minden is now a toxic wasteland where residents are afraid to drink the water and let their children play in their yards. Residents fear the PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls, a highly toxic industrial chemical - that were stored at an old equipment site starting in the 1960s and later dumped in an abandoned mine starting are now making them sick and killing them." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation