RSN: Masha Gessen | The Russian Opposition Journalist Who Faked His Own Assassination
31 May 18
Masha Gessen | The Russian Opposition Journalist Who Faked His Own Assassination
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "To make sense of this bizarre story, one has to understand three things: what made Babchenko a target, why the assassination attempt failed, and what happens now."
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "To make sense of this bizarre story, one has to understand three things: what made Babchenko a target, why the assassination attempt failed, and what happens now."
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Mark Rodriguez holds a sign with #enough during a candlelight vigil at Pines Trails Park & Amphitheater for shooting victims from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Tuesday, February 15, 2018. (photo: Al Diaz/Miami Herald)
Parkland Parents Launch a Super PAC to Go After Politicians and the NRA
David Smiley, McClatchy DC
Smiley writes: "Starting Wednesday, some Parkland families are raising money for a campaign to push the National Rifle Association out of politics and ban assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines in the U.S."
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David Smiley, McClatchy DC
Smiley writes: "Starting Wednesday, some Parkland families are raising money for a campaign to push the National Rifle Association out of politics and ban assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines in the U.S."
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With just over a year in office, Donald Trump has already appointed 21 of America's 167 current circuit judges. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
How Donald Trump Is Weaponizing the Courts for Political Ends
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "It was a startling omission, even according to the peculiar moral norms of the Trump era."
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David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "It was a startling omission, even according to the peculiar moral norms of the Trump era."
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Dinesh D'Souza. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Trump Says He Will Pardon Dinesh D'Souza - and Possibly Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY
Korte writes: "President Trump pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza for making illegal campaign contributions Thursday - and said he was considering presidential clemency of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart as well."
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Gregory Korte, USA TODAY
Korte writes: "President Trump pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza for making illegal campaign contributions Thursday - and said he was considering presidential clemency of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart as well."
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President Donald Trump. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Trump Slaps Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico
Vicki Needham, The Hill
Needham writes: "The Trump administration will levy hefty steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico starting on Friday, a move that brought threats of retaliation from the major trading partners."
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Vicki Needham, The Hill
Needham writes: "The Trump administration will levy hefty steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico starting on Friday, a move that brought threats of retaliation from the major trading partners."
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Israeli machinery removes trees near a Jewish settlement in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. (photo: Reuters)
Israel Approves More Than 2,000 Settlement Units in West Bank
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Israeli government has approved the construction of 2,070 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Israeli government has approved the construction of 2,070 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank."
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Like the fossil fuel cartel, the highly consolidated factory farm industry prioritizes profits at the cost of our environment. (photo: Robyn Beck/Getty)
What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common
Wenonah Hauter, YES! Magazine
Hauter writes: "It's a familiar story in other rural communities - from Pennsylvania to Montana and Texas - where fracking has contaminated drinking water resources and emitted toxic air pollution associated with higher rates of asthma, birth defects, and cancer. But the story is similar in other communities where fracking or other extreme fossil fuel extraction isn't happening."
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Wenonah Hauter, YES! Magazine
Hauter writes: "It's a familiar story in other rural communities - from Pennsylvania to Montana and Texas - where fracking has contaminated drinking water resources and emitted toxic air pollution associated with higher rates of asthma, birth defects, and cancer. But the story is similar in other communities where fracking or other extreme fossil fuel extraction isn't happening."
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