RSN: Garrison Keillor | Making Myself Useful for Heaven's Sake

29 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SWITCHING TO EMERGENCY MODE ON DONATIONS - Due to a total lack of donations for May the organization’s funding situation has become critical. We are going to have to stop the train and focus solely of bringing in the relatively few donations we need to function. The show will not go on without funding. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | Making Myself Useful for Heaven's Sake  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "I've just done a sensible thing and boxed up a couple thousand good books that I'm never in this lifetime going to read and packed them off to my old high school library, mostly classics and histories and art books, an impressive sight on my shelves, but as an author, I don't feel right about books as decor." READ MORE Rudy Giuliani at Monday's Yankees game. (photo: Elsa/Getty Images) The Song of the Summer Is Rudy Giuliani Getting Booed at a Yankees Game Gabriella Paiella, New York Magazine Paiella writes: "The days are getting longer, the air is getting hotter, being at work is getting more intolerable - meaning, summer is almost upon us. And with that comes a new song of the summer." READ MORE Donald Trump and Neil Gorsuch. (photo: Getty Images) The Supreme Court Just Quietly Handed a Big Victory to Abortion Opponents Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will not hear Planned Parenthood of Arkansas v. Jegley, despite the fact that the lower court's opinion in this case is at odds with the Court's 2016 opinion striking down a Texas anti-abortion law." READ MORE Bruce Carter. (photo: Bloomberg.) Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls Lauren Etter and Michael Riley, Bloomberg Excerpt: "Breitbart News landed an election scoop that went viral in August 2016: 'Exclusive: 'Black Men for Bernie' Founder to End Democrat 'Political Slavery' of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump.'" READ MORE Puerto Rico. (photo: Getty Images) Puerto Rico's Post-Maria Death Toll Could Be at Least 70 Times Higher Than the Official Count Rafi Schwartz, Splinter News Schwartz writes: "When President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico this past fall after Hurricane Maria, he insisted the island territory should feel proud to have not lost thousands of lives as compared to 'a real catastrophe like [Hurricane] Katrina.'" READ MORE Shoppers at Nyamirambo market in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, often have to sort through piles of used clothing to find what they want. (photo: Jacques Nkinzingabo/WP) African Nations Are Fed Up With the West's Hand-Me-Downs. But It's Tough to Keep Them Out. Max Bearak and David J. Lynch, The Washington Post Excerpt: "When spring cleaning comes around in the United States, dropping well-loved clothes into a donation box can feel like an act of selflessness. Those stained sweaters, summer camp T-shirts and out-of-fashion shorts will clothe someone needier, right?" READ MORE The pipeline, to transport crude from Alberta to port in British Columbia, has faced fierce environmental opposition. (photo: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images) Canadian Government to Buy Contentious Kinder Morgan Pipeline for $4.5 Billion Leyland Cecco, Guardian UK Cecco writes: "Canada's federal government has announced it will buy a controversial pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific coast to ensure it gets built." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation