23 March 19
Charles Pierce | Why in the Name of God Would Stacey Abrams Run as Joe Biden's Vice President?
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "It's early days yet, and Joe Biden already has floated the Hindenburg of trial balloons. Twice. First, his people start bruiting about the notion that he will pick Stacey Abrams, who got cheated out of the governorship of Georgia, as his running mate long before he gets the nomination."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "It's early days yet, and Joe Biden already has floated the Hindenburg of trial balloons. Twice. First, his people start bruiting about the notion that he will pick Stacey Abrams, who got cheated out of the governorship of Georgia, as his running mate long before he gets the nomination."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: NBC)
Mueller Files His Report - Will We Ever See It?
Jon Swaine and Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Robert Mueller has completed his Trump-Russia investigation without prosecuting additional associates of the president, and has reported his findings to William Barr, the US attorney general."
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Jon Swaine and Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Robert Mueller has completed his Trump-Russia investigation without prosecuting additional associates of the president, and has reported his findings to William Barr, the US attorney general."
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A mourner places flowers outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a far-right extremist killed 11 worshipers last October. (photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Why Far-Right Attackers Aren't Charged as Domestic Terrorists
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "Christopher Hasson's alleged intentions were clear from the start. Hasson, 49, a Coast Guard lieutenant, was arrested by federal agents in late February on gun and drug charges. But the guns alone weren't the reason prosecutors were concerned."
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Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "Christopher Hasson's alleged intentions were clear from the start. Hasson, 49, a Coast Guard lieutenant, was arrested by federal agents in late February on gun and drug charges. But the guns alone weren't the reason prosecutors were concerned."
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The Bridge of the Americas connects Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Case for Opening Our Borders
Brianna Rennix, In These Times
Rennix writes: "The Democrats condemn Trump's wall and his family separation policy, but they pivot to talk about security and control in ways indistinguishable from GOP talking points."
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Brianna Rennix, In These Times
Rennix writes: "The Democrats condemn Trump's wall and his family separation policy, but they pivot to talk about security and control in ways indistinguishable from GOP talking points."
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OxyContin was originally widely marketed as a safe wonder drug because of the unique slow-release mechanism of its active ingredient, the narcotic oxycodone. (photo: Kevin D. Liles/NYT)
Massive Lawsuit Says Sackler Family Broke Laws to Profit From Opioids
Ed Cara, Gizmodo
Cara writes: "An enormous federal lawsuit out of New York is the latest and most brazen attempt to explicitly tie the billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to the opioid crisis."
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Ed Cara, Gizmodo
Cara writes: "An enormous federal lawsuit out of New York is the latest and most brazen attempt to explicitly tie the billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to the opioid crisis."
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A man wears a mask in honor of former Chilean president Salvador Allende and the disappeared persons of the Pinochet dictatorship. (photo: EFE)
Chile: 11 Pinochet-Era Military Members Convicted for Burning Protesters Alive
teleSUR
Excerpt: "In a triumphant win for victims and survivors of the bloody Pinochet military dictatorship, the Chilean Justice system closes the 'Caso Quemados' (Burnt Case) and sends 11 retired military personnel to prison for up to 10 years for burning two young protesters alive in 1986."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "In a triumphant win for victims and survivors of the bloody Pinochet military dictatorship, the Chilean Justice system closes the 'Caso Quemados' (Burnt Case) and sends 11 retired military personnel to prison for up to 10 years for burning two young protesters alive in 1986."
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Despite President Trump's campaign mantra about championing miners and 'putting our great coal miners back to work,' the industry continues to shed jobs. (photo: Grist/Famartin/John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images)
'Coal Just Isn't the Future': Meet the Kentucky Miners Picking Up a New Trade
Elizabeth McGowan, Grist
McGowan writes: "Scott Shoupe didn't want to follow his classmates into the coal mines when he graduated from Harlan High School in 1993. His ticket out - 'to make something of myself' - was a baseball scholarship 130 miles north at Morehead State University."
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Elizabeth McGowan, Grist
McGowan writes: "Scott Shoupe didn't want to follow his classmates into the coal mines when he graduated from Harlan High School in 1993. His ticket out - 'to make something of myself' - was a baseball scholarship 130 miles north at Morehead State University."
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