Outsider or Insider? How Bernie Sanders Learned to Walk the Line

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06 July 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THE "REASONABLE SUPPORT" PRINCIPAL - What keeps RSN afloat? "Reasonable Support." That’s it. That’s all it has ever taken. What is reasonable? It isn’t 20,000 visitors in a single day and 20 donations. It’s not that. It is a social contract for change at the grassroots community level. Don’t be a tourist. Be a participant. We need you. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Outsider or Insider? How Bernie Sanders Learned to Walk the Line  Glenn Thrush, The New York Times Thrush writes: "Bernie Sanders was elected to the House in 1990 after branding himself an outsider and defying calls to join a Democratic Party he had long bashed as 'ideologically bankrupt.'" READ MORE A memorial that reads, 'How many more?' (photo: Matt York/AP) Another Asylum-Seeker Dies in Border Patrol Custody David Boddiger, Splinter Boddiger writes: "A 52-year-old Nicaraguan man died Friday at an Arizona hospital while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, becoming the 12th person to die in the custody of immigration authorities since September, CNN reported." READ MORE A question added to the 2020 census asking about citizenship could cause many immigrants to not participate in the census. (photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) Trump Says Quiet Part Out Loud, Claims Census Citizenship Question Is Needed to Determine Districts Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress Khatami writes: "Justice Department lawyers on Friday told a U.S. district court that they are still exploring options for justifying adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, hours after President Donald Trump told reporters that the question was necessary to determine accurate congressional representation." READ MORE U.S. Border Patrol agents. (photo: Reuters) Report: Second CBP-Linked Facebook Group Shows Derisive Images of Migrants Rachel Frazin, The Hill Frazin writes: "A second Facebook group linked to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) containing derisive images of migrants has been uncovered by CNN, which published screenshots Friday shared by two people familiar with the social media pages." READ MORE Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: AP) Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Narrow the Wage Gap for Women of Color Anna North, Vox North writes: "Wage inequality in America falls especially hard on many women of color. While white women make 77 cents for every dollar a white man makes, black women make 61 cents, and Latina women make just 53. Now Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has released a plan aimed at closing those gaps." READ MORE African migrants at the Sea-Eye vessel wait in international waters off the island Lampedusa, Italy, July 6, 2019. (photo: @seaeyeorg/Twitter) Italian 'Closed Port' Policy Threatens Lives of 106 Migrants teleSUR Excerpt: "The Italian government has not allowed 106 shipwrecked African migrants, which were rescued by the German vessel Alan Kurdi and the Italian sailboat Alex at the Mediterranean sea, to be docked at Lampedusa Island." READ MORE Scientists noted 1,116 sharks and rays caught in plastic. (photo: Jag_cz/iStock/Getty Images) Hundreds of Sharks and Rays Entangled in Plastic Debris, Study Finds Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch Davidson writes: "More than a thousand sharks and rays have become entangled in jettisoned fishing gear and plastic debris, a new study has found. The researchers behind the study warn that the plastic trapping the sharks and rays may cause starvation and suffocation." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation