15 March 20
Greg Palast | Bernie Lost 553,000 Votes to California Dem Party Rules
Greg Palast, Greg Palast's Blog
Palast writes: "In February, California mailed 3.7 million primary ballots that, to the astonishment of many who received them, excluded the presidential candidates. These ballots do have candidates for all other primary races, including for Congress, but not the race for president."
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Greg Palast, Greg Palast's Blog
Palast writes: "In February, California mailed 3.7 million primary ballots that, to the astonishment of many who received them, excluded the presidential candidates. These ballots do have candidates for all other primary races, including for Congress, but not the race for president."
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An older man crosses an open-air fish market closed due to the coronavirus emergency on March 12, 2020, in Catania, Italy. (photo: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)
Why Covid-19 Is So Dangerous for Older Adults
Umair Irfan and Julia Belluz, Vox
Excerpt: "Even before the Covid-19 coronavirus reached more than 100 countries around the world, early data from China — where the outbreak started — suggested that older adults were the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the disease."
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Umair Irfan and Julia Belluz, Vox
Excerpt: "Even before the Covid-19 coronavirus reached more than 100 countries around the world, early data from China — where the outbreak started — suggested that older adults were the most vulnerable to the worst effects of the disease."
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a campaign update at the Hotel Vermont on March 11, 2020 in Burlington, Vermont. (photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Defining Bernie's Democratic Socialism
Heather Gautney, Jacobin
Gautney writes: "Against the neoliberal ideology that has shaped the Democratic Party for decades, Bernie's 2020 campaign is continuing the fight for a coherent and principled agenda - guided by the needs of working-class people of all races, genders, nationalities, sexualities, and creeds - which Bernie has described as 'democratic socialism.'"
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Heather Gautney, Jacobin
Gautney writes: "Against the neoliberal ideology that has shaped the Democratic Party for decades, Bernie's 2020 campaign is continuing the fight for a coherent and principled agenda - guided by the needs of working-class people of all races, genders, nationalities, sexualities, and creeds - which Bernie has described as 'democratic socialism.'"
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Anna Holloway picks up water at a distribution center run by the Newark Water Coalition at St. Lucy’s Church in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 22, 2020. (photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Intercept)
Newark's Lead Crisis Isn't Over: "People Are Still Drinking Water That They Shouldn't"
Rebecca Nathanson, The Intercept
Nathanson writes: "In Newark, a city of over 282,000 where about half the population is black, one-third Latino, and over one-quarter live in poverty, lead contamination has been on people's minds for far too long."
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Rebecca Nathanson, The Intercept
Nathanson writes: "In Newark, a city of over 282,000 where about half the population is black, one-third Latino, and over one-quarter live in poverty, lead contamination has been on people's minds for far too long."
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Mitch McConnell. (photo: CNN)
Republicans Tried to Sneak Abortion Restrictions Into the Coronavirus Bill
Marie Solis, Vice
Solis writes: "As lawmakers neared a deal on a coronavirus rescue package that would include paid sick leave and free virus testing, a few roadblocks emerged. Among them: Republican attempts to wedge anti-choice restrictions into the House's relief bill, turning—if momentarily—a public health crisis into an abortion debate."
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Marie Solis, Vice
Solis writes: "As lawmakers neared a deal on a coronavirus rescue package that would include paid sick leave and free virus testing, a few roadblocks emerged. Among them: Republican attempts to wedge anti-choice restrictions into the House's relief bill, turning—if momentarily—a public health crisis into an abortion debate."
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A man points at a name on the monument to victims of the massacre in El Mozote during a ceremony in the village in northeastern El Salvador in December. (photo: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images)
Judge in El Mozote Massacre Trial Is Demanding Crucial Evidence: US Government Records
Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post
Sieff writes: "It was the worst massacre in the modern history of Latin America: As many as a thousand Salvadoran civilians, many of them younger than 6, killed by a right-wing military dictatorship backed by the United States."
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Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post
Sieff writes: "It was the worst massacre in the modern history of Latin America: As many as a thousand Salvadoran civilians, many of them younger than 6, killed by a right-wing military dictatorship backed by the United States."
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Electricity generation from coal fell 3% in 2019, which led to a 2% fall in carbon dioxide emissions. (photo: John Giles/PA)
Economic Experts Warn Climate Crisis Could Spur Financial Crash Like 2008
Dana Drugmand, DeSmog Blog
Drugmand writes: "Could the climate crisis precipitate a financial crash akin to or even greater than the one in 2008? With markets currently in turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts testified Thursday that there is high risk for an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy."
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Dana Drugmand, DeSmog Blog
Drugmand writes: "Could the climate crisis precipitate a financial crash akin to or even greater than the one in 2008? With markets currently in turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts testified Thursday that there is high risk for an even larger economic crisis absent urgent climate policy."
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