Rebecca Gordon | Holding the Line on Torture: One Organization at a Time

11 September 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEEDING YOUR HELP AND DAMN PROUD OF IT: This organization can be converted overnight into a far more powerful voice and higher-achieving project. “Significant” participation by our readership is what is and has been lacking for far too long. I have to get you on board. We don’t need people to give more, we need more people to give. The time has come. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Rebecca Gordon | Holding the Line on Torture: One Organization at a Time  Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Gordon writes: "When we're smart, committed, and organized, the good guys can win." READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: Brooks Craft LLC/Getty Images/Corbis) The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering David Leonhardt, The New York Times Leonhardt writes: "How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia." READ MORE A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Mission, Texas. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images) Here's What Happened to the 99 Immigrant Children Separated From Their Parents and Sent to Chicago Jodi S. Cohen, Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica Excerpt: "Confidential records reveal details about struggles to find parents and traumatic experiences during the Trump administration's zero-tolerance crackdown." READ MORE Chilean troops fire on the La Moneda Palace, Santiago, on 11 September 1973 during the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. (photo: AFP/Getty Images) I Thought Democracy in Chile Was Safe. Now I See America Falling Into the Same Trap Ariel Dorfman, Guardian UK Dorfman writes: "The rights we take for granted are fragile and revocable, and only the resistance of ordinary citizens will save them." READ MORE Teachers strike in Tacoma, Washington. (photo: Lindsay Schnell/USA TODAY) Teachers Are Striking Again. In Tacoma, Washington, They're Prepared to Picket for Weeks. Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY Schnell writes: "Strikes have rocked the education world this year. Teachers want higher salaries. They're fed up with paying for school supplies out of their own pocket and working extra hours." READ MORE Deforestation in Colombia. (photo: Mongabay) Criminal Mafias Take Over Colombian Forests Maria Fernanda Lizcano and Romina Castagnino, Mongabay Excerpt: "There are various competing land uses of the Amazon rainforest. The region in southern Colombia that until less than two years ago was the stronghold of the FARC guerrilla group has become the shelter of a criminal structure that unites the dissidents of the now-defunct guerrilla group, criminal gangs and political and economic actors seeking to take over those lands." READ MORE South Carolina governor Henry McMaster said the evacuation order for coastal counties was 'mandatory, not voluntary.' (photo: Randall Hill/Reuters) One Million Asked to Evacuate as Hurricane Florence Nears US Coast Al Jazeera Excerpt: "More than one million people in the United States have been asked to evacuate ahead of what could potentially be one of the most catastrophic storms to hit the country's East Coast region in decades." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation