Tara Law | Under a Bridge

31 March 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News We Can’t Provide Service to a Million on the Backs of a Handful - 407,259 Readers, 298 Donors: Can’t Work. That’s what we have at the end of fundraising for March. A few people have taken a moment to chip in to this month’s funding drive, and we greatly appreciate that. But many, many more have not. We can’t provide service to a million on the backs of a handful. Help out, it’s really painless. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Tara Law | Under a Bridge  Tara Law, Time Law writes: "Faced with an unusually high number of incoming migrants, 65% of whom are families with children, the Department of Homeland Security has begun holding those seeking asylum in makeshift detention centers while they await processing." READ MORE Richard Nixon. (photo: Gordon Standing) ALSO SEE: The White House Just Escalated Its Threat to Shut Down the Mexican Border ALSO SEE: Fox News Refers to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras as "3 Mexican Countries" Trump's Threat to Close the US-Mexico Border Sounds Like This 1969 Nixon Operation Emily Tamkin, The Washington Post Tamkin writes: "To get Mexico to bend to the will of the United States, the U.S. president threatened to close the southern border. That president was Richard M. Nixon, and the year was 1969." READ MORE There is a nation-wide push on abortion restrictions. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Georgia Passes 6-Week 'Fetal Heartbeat' Bill That Bans Most Abortions, Gov to Sign Amanda Sakuma, Vox Sakuma writes: "The Georgia House of Representatives approved a bill that would effectively ban most abortions in the state on Friday." READ MORE NRA executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre. (photo: Getty Images) NRA Could 'Be Forced to Shut Down Forever,' Says Executive Vice President Ibn Safir, The Root Safir writes: "NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre hit group members with a four-page letter. In it, he blamed the group's financial woes on Andrew Cuomo, who ordered state regulators to encourage insurance companies, state-chartered banks and financial services companies to review their relationships with the NRA." READ MORE Michael Jackson on his tour plane with 10-year-old Jimmy Safechuck on July 11, 1988. (photo: Dave Hogan/Getty Images) Leaving Neverland Helped Me Understand the Abuse I Endured as a Child Steacy Easton, Slate Easton writes: "Watching Leaving Neverland, I saw that Jackson had much more to offer, and was much cruder in his threats than the teacher who did similar things to me. And yet the cycle of advance and retreat, of promises offered and promises taken away, was consistent with my own experience." READ MORE Newly graduated Saudi air force officers march in front of a banner bearing portraits of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his father King Salman, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. (photo: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images) Leaked Reports Reveal Severe Abuse of Saudi Political Prisoners Nick Hopkins, Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Kareem Shaheen, Guardian UK Excerpt: "Political prisoners in Saudi Arabia are said to be suffering from malnutrition, cuts, bruises and burns, according to leaked medical reports that are understood to have been prepared for the country's ruler, King Salman." READ MORE Wind energy. (photo: Daren Coleshill Unsplash) Juan Cole | 75% of Scotland's Electricity Now Green; and All Cars Electric by 2032 Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Scotland added another 6% of green energy in 2018, so that nearly 75% of its annual gross electricity consumption came from renewables, chiefly wind, solar and hydro. Scotland's population is 5.4 million." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation