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10 August 20

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Losing RSN Right Now is a Dangerous Direction

Hang in there Marc and friends. For years I've been an irregular regular contributor, pitching in roughly quarterly for my own accounting purposes.

I've rarely missed, but don't mind your justified vitriol. You are performing an invaluable service to our country.

Wake up folks. Losing RSN right now is a dangerous direction.

Bill, RSN / Reader-Supporter

Marc Ash
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09 August 20 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE MUST HAVE AT LEAST A SHOESTRING BUDGET: Reader Supported News is a post-industrial-meltdown organization. We are a lean organization with minimal overhead. Pretty much striped down for survival. We do not take corporate money and we are prepared to take less because of it. Still we are falling short on this fundraising drive. If you are not an active donor, and you believe in what we do, please get behind Reader Supported News with a contribution. Thanks sincerely to all. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! John Roberts' Stealth Attack on Abortion Rights Just Paid Off Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Excerpt: "The Supreme Court's recent decision in June Medical v. Russo was hailed by many liberal court watchers as a win for reproductive rights, as the court declined to overturn Roe v. Wade and formally eliminate the right to an abortion." READ MORE Bush, a Ferguson activist who has favorably responded to calls to defund the police, will become arguably the foremost Black Lives Matter candidate in the House. (photo: Jeff Roberson/AP) Cori Bush on How She Took On the Political Establishment and Won Jacobin Excerpt: "We're uniting for justice for all, and that's what the broader Bernie movement means. Sometimes people want to pigeonhole the Bernie movement into not including people of color or the black community. But I'm standing there with my fist up saying that this movement means justice for everyone." READ MORE A business closing in California. (photo: Getty) Trump Signs Order for Relief, With Lower Level of Extra Aid for Jobless Edward Helmore, Guardian UK ALSO SEE: Trump's Economic Adviser Doesn't Understand Trump's COVID Relief Orders Helmore writes: "Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would extend enhanced coronavirus unemployment benefits and employment taxes into next year with executive orders, but cut the level of some of the support." READ MORE An anti-violence cookout is held to celebrate the life of 11-year-old Davon McNeal, who was fatally shot by a stray bullet in Washington, DC, on July 4. (photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/WP/Getty Images) How Cities Can Tackle Violent Crime Without Relying on Police Roge Karma, Vox Karma writes: "One of the most robust findings in criminology is that putting more police officers on the streets leads to less violent crime. Yet, as recent police killings and violence against protesters have reminded us, policing also produces staggering costs that many communities are no longer willing to bear. These seemingly incongruous views represent a tension at the core of any efforts to reform, defund, or abolish policing." READ MORE People walking on the street on August 6 in New York City. (photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) The Good (but Not Great) News About T-Cells and Herd Immunity David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine Wallace-Wells writes: "Over the last few months, coronavirus contrarians and those hoping for more optimistic news have spent a fair amount of time focusing on two particular areas of apparent weirdness." READ MORE Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono arrives at his home in police custody. (photo: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP) Zimbabwe Activists Decry 'Unprecedented Clampdown' After Arrests Fidelis Mbah, Al Jazeera Mbah writes: "Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has over the years leveraged his large social media following to share posts about human rights abuses and alleged government corruption." READ MORE Women sort potatoes in the Andes Mountains near Cusco Peru on July 7, 2014. (photo: Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto/Getty Images) Indigenous Peoples Hold the Past and Future of Food in Their Hands Alejandro Argumedo, Food Tank Argumedo writes: "August 9 is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - a celebration of the uniqueness of the traditions of Quechua, Huli, Zapotec, and thousands of other cultures, but also of the universality of potatoes, bananas, beans, and the rest of the foods that nourish the world. These crops did not arise out of thin air." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation