NPR Teaches Listeners About the Proper Care and Feeding of White Nationalists

12 August 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TODAY IS A “MUST SUCCEED” FUNDRAISING DAY - We have not reached a single day of $2,000 fundraising yet this month. We need one today. That type of day has been our mainstay for 15 years. We had two 2K+ days in July. We need one now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! NPR Teaches Listeners About the Proper Care and Feeding of White Nationalists  Karen Attiah, The Washington Post Attiah writes: "Ahead of the one-year anniversary of Charlottesville, NPR decided to give an on-air lesson on the proper care and feeding of white nationalists and neo-Nazi ideology." READ MORE Protesters march at the University of Virginia, ahead of the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 11, 2018. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Hundreds of Anti-Racists Take to Charlottesville Streets a Year After Far-Right Rally Joseph Ax, Reuters Excerpt: "Hundreds of students and left-wing activists took to the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, as a rally to mark the anniversary of last year's white nationalist gathering turned largely into an anti-police protest." READ MORE Central American family at the border. (photo: Getty Images) ACLU Claims ICE Withheld Deported Parents' Contact Info From Lawyers Justin Wise, The Hill Wise writes: "The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is claiming that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for more than a month purposefully withheld hundreds of migrant parents' contact information from their lawyers." READ MORE NBA star Steph Curry helped raise more than $21,000 for the family of Nia. (photo: Yahoo News) Steph Curry Helps Raise More Than $21,000 for Nia Wilson's Family Jenna Amatulli, Huffington Post Amatulli writes: "NBA star Steph Curry helped raise more than $21,000 for the family of Nia Wilson, the 18-year-old woman who was killed on an Oakland train platform last month in an attack that shocked the country." READ MORE Palestinians receive aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip this week. (photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images) Trump May Cut Suspended Aid to Palestinians Soon Daniel Estrin, NPR Estrin writes: "The Trump administration could be on the verge of cutting millions of dollars of aid to the Palestinians, funds that could be critical at a time when there's a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip." READ MORE Scientists Hail Malaria Breakthrough as Bed Nets Prove Deadly to Mosquitoes Kate Hodal, Guardian UK  A bed net treated with pyrethroid insecticide and pyriproxyfen, an insect growth regulator, is seen hanging up in a living space in Burkina Faso. (photo: Steve Lindsay/Durham University) EXCERPT:  During the study, conventional bed nets in 91 villages in rural Burkina Faso were replaced with combination nets containing a pyrethroid insecticide and insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen, which shortens the lives of mosquitoes and reduces their ability to reproduce. Hodal writes: "A bed net designed to kill insecticide-resistant mosquitoes could prevent millions of cases of malaria across sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have found." READ MORE Tom Perez. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) DNC Chair Tom Perez Introduces Resolution Reversing Party's New Ban on Fossil Fuel Donations Addy Baird, ThinkProgress Baird writes: "Just two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unanimously voted to ban donations from fossil fuel companies, DNC chair Tom Perez has introduced a resolution that would essentially reverse the ban." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation