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Report Finds 327 Superfund Sites Face Climate Change, Flood Risks

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23 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News DO NOT LET RSN STRUGGLE FOR BASIC FUNDING - You collectively have the power to ensure that a truly independent voice can stand in opposition to the commercial giants. Drop your drop in the bucket. Don't wait. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Martin Aaron Inc. Superfund site in Camden, New Jersey. (photo: AP) Report Finds 327 Superfund Sites Face Climate Change, Flood Risks By David Boddiger, Splinter 23 December 17 he Trump administration has gone out of its way to deny the existence of climate change and bury science warning of extraordinary risks associated with failing to take mitigative governmental action. Of course, the administration’s  malicious attacks on science , safety, and the environment don’t make the threats any less pervasive. A new report by the Associated Press found that  327 toxic Superfund sites across the country ...

Naomi Klein and Opal Tometi | Forget Coates vs. West - We All Have a Duty to Confront the Full Reach of US Empire

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24 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Naomi Klein and Opal Tometi | Forget Coates vs. West - We All Have a Duty to Confront the Full Reach of US Empire    Naomi Klein and Opal Tometi, The Intercept   Excerpt: "We see this debate as a political opportunity, one that has far less to do with either of these brilliant men and everything to do with how, at a time of unfathomably high stakes, we are going to build a multiracial human rights movement capable of beating back surging white supremacy and rapidly concentrating corporate power."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on...

Honduras: US FAILED FOREIGN POLICY

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The CIA overthrew a democratically elected government in Honduras and de-stabilized yet another nation, causing violence and killings.  When will the US intervene on the side of the PEOPLE?  PREVIOUS ARTICLE WORTH READING:  Honduras: Ousted President Manuel Zelaya Says 2009 US-Backed Coup Led to Election Crisis 24 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 22, 2017. (photo: Fernando Antonio/AP) Democracy 'Lost': Rights Groups Warn of More Violence in Honduras as US Recognizes President ...

The Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels Gains Momentum

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24 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bill McKibben. (photo: rightlivelihood.org) The Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels Gains Momentum By Bill McKibben, The New Yorker 24 December 17 uesday should have been a day of unmitigated joy for America’s oil and gas executives. The  new G.O.P. tax bill  treats their companies with great tenderness, reducing even further their federal tax burden. And the bill gave them something else they’ve sought for decades: permission to go a-drilling in the  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge . But, around four in the afternoon, something utterly unexpected began to h...

Al Franken's Final Senate Speech

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24 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Al Franken's Final Senate Speech Reflect 22 December 17 "Al Franken gives his farewell address on the floor of the United States Senate." Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System

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24 December 17 Alarm On Donations, a Struggle So Far This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. Marc Ash Founder,  Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts, CA 95611 Demetrius Smith. (photo: Lexey Swall/ProPublica) A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System By Megan Rose, ProPublica 24 December 17 One innocent man’s odyssey through the justice system shows the cascading, and enduring, effects of a bad conviction. he case of Demetrius Smith reads like a preposterous legal thriller: dubious arrests, two lying prostitutes, prosecut...