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Charles Pierce | Mueller Just Made Many More People Much More Nervous

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21 February 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS IS NOT A "FREE WEBSITE." HERE'S WHAT IT IS ... RSN is a project with a purpose. We are doing this to effect change. Every single person at this organization is dedicated to putting an end to the corruption that has become our country. We did not get here on a magic carpet, we took the bus. What we see lacking in America's fourth estate today is moral honesty. You know when you come to RSN that you will get the straight story, and the backstory. Think it's not important? Watch any of the political analysis shows on TV. What in the world are they talking about? It's astounding, it's like they are all lobotomized, it's excruciating. Who is going to really challenge this nonsense? We do, every day. When you contribute, that's what you are contributing to. That's what you get for your money. If you hang out ... chip in. We love you. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader ...

Juan Cole | What Africa Taught the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

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15 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News DEMOCRACY: USE IT OR LOSE IT - Democracy is not promised, given, or owed to anyone. It is a living, breathing system. Just like the human body it thrives with use. In use it is immensely powerful. Help us with the small resources we need. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Juan Cole | What Africa Taught the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.  Juan Cole, Informed Comment   Cole writes: "In 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain."   READ MORE n 1957 Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta went to Ghana in connection with its independence from Britain. The British had grabbed the fabled West African Gold Coast in the nineteenth century in order to profit from its gold and other resources (after having profited in the 18th century from slaving in the region). As late as the 1940...