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Cornel West and Margareta Matache | Roma and African Americans Share a Common Struggle

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21 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR ATTENTION ON FUNDING - Letting the February funding drive drag on would be a very bad thing. We are WAY below the 1% threshold. There is no way that can work. Tens of thousands ignore these funding requests every day. That’s not going to continue. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Cornel West and Margareta Matache | Roma and African Americans Share a Common Struggle  Cornel West and Margareta Matache, Guardian UK Excerpt: "On 20 February, we mark the abolition of Roma slavery on the territories of today's Romania. Much has changed across continents but the enslavement of people in both Romania and the US has converted into new forms of exploitation and control." READ MORE What's Different Now? Parkland Students Won't Let Us Get Away With No Action on Guns Fabiola Santiago, The Miami Herald Santi

Mort Rosenblum | On Celebrating Gabby and Calling Bullshit

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21 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News STILL CAN’T GET DONATIONS MOVING - HELP OUT! - We are still trying to get the February fundraiser moving (unsuccessfully, so far). We certainly have enough Readers but so far, very few donations. A few donations would really help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Mort Rosenblum | On Celebrating Gabby and Calling Bullshit  Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News Rosenblum writes: "Imagine where the world might be today if we had been paying more attention to Gabrielle Giffords." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

MASSterList: DA scramble | Tipping point? | Poor Seamus

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 02/21/2018 DA scramble | Tipping point? | Poor Seamus Happening Today   Gaming Commission, electric vehicles, Collins at Tufts   -- The  Gaming Commission  holds an agenda-setting meeting as commission members also grapple with the fallout from sexual-misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn, 101 Federal St. - 12th floor, Boston, 10 a.m. --  Committee on Public Service  meets to hear five bills dealing with civil service law exemptions, public employee accidental death benefits and early retirement incentives, Hearing Room A-1, 11 a.m. -- Boston City Councilor  Michelle Wu  plans to join  MassPIRG  and Mass Energy officials to release a report, ‘Plugging In: Readying America&