RSN: Frank Rich | Rot on the Right, Green Shoots on the Left

30 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Frank Rich | Rot on the Right, Green Shoots on the Left  Frank Rich, New York Magazine Rich writes: "Despite the ostensibly moderating influence of the very conservative Anthony Kennedy, the Roberts Court will go down in history as having enhanced the rights of corporations while eroding those of minorities. Kennedy not only wrote the majority decision on Citizens United but joined the 5-4 majority that castrated the Voting Rights Act of 1965." READ MORE Trump Administration Tells Judge It Has Authority to Detain Immigrant Families Indefinitely Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times Rubin writes: "Rather than continue to separate children from parents apprehended crossing the border illegally, the Trump administration wants to hold the families together, indefinitely, in detention centers, Justice Department lawyers told a federal court Friday." READ MORE The Real Number of Children Taken From Their Parents May Be Much Higher Lisa Riordan Seville and Hannah Rappleye, NBC News Excerpt: "The government was separating migrant parents from their kids for months prior to the official introduction of zero tolerance, running what a U.S. official called a 'pilot program' for widespread prosecutions in Texas, but apparently did not create a clear system for parents to track or reunite with their kids." READ MORE NSA Admits It Improperly Collected a Huge Amount of Americans' Call Records Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast Ackerman writes: "The National Security Agency has admitting to improperly collecting what appears to be hundreds of millions of phone records from Americans, casting doubt that the principal restriction Congress imposed after Edward Snowden's revelations has significantly inhibited the surveillance behemoth." READ MORE White Supremacist Propaganda on College Campuses Is Soaring Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress Barnes writes: "The amount of white supremacist propaganda posted on college campuses has nearly doubled in the last year, according to a new report released Thursday by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)." READ MORE Two Palestinians, Including 14-Year-Old Boy, Killed by Israeli Forces in Gaza Jack Khoury, Haaretz Khoury writes: "Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, were shot dead in Gaza on Friday by live Israeli fire near the city of Khan Yunis, according to Palestinian officials. The boy, identified as Yasser Abu Anja, succumbed to his wounds shortly after being taken to the European Hospital in southern Gaza." READ MORE Scientists Call for a Paris-Style Agreement to Save Life on Earth Jeremy Hance, Guardian UK Hance writes: "Let's be honest, the global community's response to the rising evidence of mass extinction and ecological degradation has been largely to throw crumbs at it. Where we have acted it's been in a mostly haphazard and modest way - a protected area here, a conservation program there, a few new laws, and a pinch of funding." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation