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16 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHO ARE YOU AND HOW DO WE GET YOU TO CONTRIBUTE? How is it possible that our readership is increasing while the number of people contributing is decreasing? Who are the readers we have now? These are not the readers we have had in the past. Who comes to “Reader Supported News” and will not contribute? What is that mindset? It’s a question that we have to find the answer to. Quickly. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | Someone to Sit Next to Me  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "It brightens your day to skip the front-page stuff about Washington and focus on science. Someday I expect to find a study showing that 75-year-old men who rode school buses as children have a longer life expectancy." READ MORE Trump and Vladimir Putin. (photo: Getty) Russia Favored Trump in 2016, Senate Panel Says in Split With House GOP The Washington Post Excerpt: "The Senate Intelligence Committee says the U.S. intelligence community was correct in assessing that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections with the aim of helping Donald Trump, contradicting findings House Republicans reached last month." READ MORE The June 9, 2016, meeting at Trump Tower is one of several known contacts between Trump campaign workers and people connected with the Russian government. (photo: The Edge Digital Photography) ALSO SEE: Trump Jr.'s Team Wanted Stories Straight on Russian Lawyer Meeting Senate Committee Releases 2,500 Pages About 2016 Trump Tower Meeting Philip Ewing, NPR Ewing writes: "The transcripts and notes reaffirm accounts of the meeting that people involved already have given - that Donald Trump Jr. and his compatriots sought 'dirt' offered to them on Hillary Clinton and received at least one political intelligence tip." READ MORE Palestinian Eyad Dawahid, 28, who was shot by Israeli forces during a protest calling for the right to return on the Gaza-Israel border, lies at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on 10 April 2018. (photo: AFP) Great March Injuries Pushing Gaza's Hospitals to Brink of Collapse Halla al-Safadi, Middle East Eye Al-Safadi writes: "The rapid increase in the number of injuries is a conundrum for hospitals running on an insufficient number of staff, drugs and operating rooms." READ MORE Surveillance camera in the office. (photo: iStock) Employers Are Monitoring Computers, Toilet Breaks - Even Emotions. Is Your Boss Watching You? Emine Saner, Guardian UK Saner writes: "Last year an American company microchipped dozens of its workers. In a 'chip party' that made headlines around the world, employees lined up to have a device the size of a grain of rice implanted under the skin between their thumb and forefinger." READ MORE Demonstrators take part in a protest in support of Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigation, in Brasilia, Brazil on 9 May 2017. (photo: Reuters) Over 90% of Lawmakers Implicated in Brazil's Operation Car Wash Are Seeking Re-Election teleSUR Excerpt: "As Brazil's Operation Car Wash (Lavo Jato) enters its fifth year, 50 of the 55 elected officials implicated in the corruption scandal are scheduled to participate in Brazil's upcoming general elections in October." READ MORE A mine shaft. (photo: Gudella/iStock) Our Mining Laws Are More Than a Century Old - Time to Update Them Raúl M. Grijalva, Sierra Club Grijalva writes: "If you think the Clean Air Act needs updating, imagine keeping our air clean with a law written just after the Civil War." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation