RSN: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Roseanne's Tweet Wasn't a Bad Joke, It Was Textbook Racism

02 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Roseanne's Tweet Wasn't a Bad Joke, It Was Textbook Racism  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter Abdul Jabbar writes: "At Hogwarts, student wizards make snails disappear by incanting 'Evanesco!' In Hollywood, alt-right wizard Roseanne Barr incanted a racially insensitive and intellectually dumb tweet that made vanish her dignity and career, a high-rated TV show and the livelihoods of hundreds of people." READ MORE Trump has insisted on maintaining his direct access to the public via his Twitter habits. (photo: Best China News) Trump Appears to Have Broken Federal Law With Tweet Teasing Jobs Report Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress Rupar writes: "But Trump's tweet is at odds with federal regulations, which says that 'employees of the Executive Branch shall not comment publicly on the data until at least one hour after the official release time.'" READ MORE Activists rallying for immigrant rights in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN) Mass Protests Across the US Decry Policy of Separating Immigrant Families Joel Rose and Marisa Penaloza, NPR Excerpt: "Protesters gathered in more than two dozen cities across the country on Friday to condemn the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant parents and children at the Southern border." READ MORE A woman tries to walk out from her house after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Salinas, Puerto Rico. (photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) Puerto Rico Sues to Obtain Data on Deaths From Hurricane Maria Associated Press Excerpt: "Puerto Rico's Institute of Statistics has sued the US territory's health department and demographic registry to obtain data on the number of deaths following Hurricane Maria as a growing number of critics accuse the government of lacking transparency." READ MORE White supremacists rallying in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN) Under Trump, More White Nationalists Are Running for Office Than Ever Before Alyssa Fisher, The Forward Fisher writes: "At least eight white nationalists are running for state or federal office, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center. Anti-hate groups have reported that this is more than in any other election in modern history." READ MORE Officials from Guatemala's Ministry of Foreign affairs delivered Gomez's body to weeping relatives, friends and neighbors. (photo: Reuters) Body of Teen Killed by US Border Patrol Returned to Guatemala teleSUR Excerpt: "Hundreds of indigenous residents from the Guatemalan town of San Juan Ostuncalco paid their respect to Claudia Gomez, a 19-year old Guatemalan woman who was shot dead near the border with Mexico by a United States border patrol agent." READ MORE Like the fossil fuel cartel, the highly consolidated factory farm industry prioritizes profits at the cost of our environment. (photo: Robyn Beck/Getty Images) What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common Wenonah Hauter, YES! Magazine Hauter writes: "In 2008, Cabot Oil and Gas started fracking operations in Dimock, Pennsylvania. It was around that time the community started noticing their water was turning brown and making people and animals sick. One woman's water well exploded. Fracking had come to town. READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation