The Republican Party's Woman Problem Is in the Spotlight

28 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News I NEED YOU TO HELP FINISH THE SEPTEMBER DRIVE - Jump in and help, please. "Someone else" is not going to do it. It must be you, and you and you. The exact same formula that applies for political action. "I will help, I will get involved." We need to push now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! The Republican Party's Woman Problem Is in the Spotlight  Steve Peoples and Juana Summers, Associated Press Excerpt: "Eleven Republican men, backed by a Republican president plagued by sex scandal, will soon judge the credibility of a woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault." READ MORE Christine Blasey Ford being sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty) American Bar Association Calls for FBI Investigation Into Kavanaugh Allegations, Delay in Confirmation Votes Meagan Flynn and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post Excerpt: "The American Bar Association called on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday evening to halt the confirmation vote for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, saying it should not move forward until an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against him can be completed." READ MORE  White supremacists march in Charlottesville. (photo: Getty) Trump Anti-Discrimination Official Once Called Most Hate Crimes Hoaxes Robert O'Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg and Renae Merle, The Washington Post Excerpt: "A senior Trump appointee responsible for enforcing laws against financial discrimination once questioned in blog posts written under a pen name if using the n-word was inherently racist and claimed that the great majority of hate crimes were hoaxes." READ MORE Artemio, a teenager from Guatemala, no longer speaks after being separated from his family by the Trump Administration's policy. (photo: Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun) The Trump Administration's Practice of Separating Families Left Children With Devastating Mental Health Conditions Rebecca Plevin, Palm Springs Desert Sun Plevin writes: "Experts say they're saddened, but not surprised, to hear about Artemio and other immigrant kids who are now scarred by the experience of being separated from their relatives and detained." READ MORE Electronic voting machines in Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 2015. (photo: AP) Attack on Commonly Used Voting Machine Could Tip an Election, Researchers Find Tim Starks, Politico Starks writes: "A malicious hacker could alter the outcome of a U.S. presidential election by taking advantage of numerous flaws in one model of vote-tabulating machine used in 26 states, cybersecurity experts warned in a report presented Thursday at the Capitol." READ MORE Environmental activists protest a mining operation in Brazil back in 2015. (photo: Getty) Latin American Countries Sign Landmark Treaty to Protect Environmental Defenders Yessenia Funes, Earther Funes writes: "Latin America and the Caribbean finally have a treaty to help protect defenders of the environment." READ MORE Split-view of a killer whale at sunrise off the coast of northern Norway. (photo: Audun Rikardsen/Science) Orca 'Apocalypse': Half of Killer Whales Doomed to Die From Pollution Damian Carrington, Guardian UK Carrington writes: "At least half of the world's killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to toxic and persistent pollution of the oceans, according to a major new study." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation