Joe Kennedy III | This Moment Isn't About My Grandfather Robert Kennedy's Legacy. It Is About Our Own.

19 August 19 A Knife’s Edge on Funding Every day is a new, very consequential battle for the basic funding RSN needs to survive. The hard, cold reality is that if we loose our intensity on funding even for a day, we won’t have any funding. Match our intensity. Please. Marc Ash Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts CA 95611

19 August 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RIGHT NOW RSN IS BEING TREATED AS NONESSENTIAL - Tens of thousands of readers come here every day. But when it comes to sustaining the organization RSN is treated as nonessential. The money goes directly into political campaigns ignoring the need for uncompromised, independent reporting. Like every other organization RSN must have a budget. Correct this problem. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Joe Kennedy III | This Moment Isn't About My Grandfather Robert Kennedy's Legacy. It Is About Our Own.  Joe Kennedy III, The Washington Post Kennedy writes: "Justice isn't about what's comfortable. If one person knew that, it was Bobby Kennedy." READ MORE Ben Rhodes | What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi? Ben Rhodes, The Atlantic Rhodes writes: "Looking back, I realize, Aung San Suu Kyi has always contained multitudes - the idealist, the activist, the politician, the cold pragmatist." READ MORE Trump's UN Ambassador Confronts Ethics Questions Over Climate Change Michael Wilner and Lesley Clark, McClatchy Excerpt: "President Donald Trump's new ambassador to the United Nations will decide whether to recuse herself from issues involving fossil fuels on a case-by-case basis after a recent briefing with ethics lawyers, State Department officials said." READ MORE The Holocaust Survivor, 87, Facing Eviction in California: 'Will They Throw Me to the Ground?' Sam Levin, Guardian UK Levin writes: "The 87-year-old is faced with a threat that he is afraid he won't survive: his California landlord is evicting him to bring in wealthier tenants, and he has nowhere else to go." READ MORE After Losing One of Its Top Female Athletes, Nike Decides It Cares About Maternity Rights Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress Gibbs writes: "Three months after multiple female track stars talked to the New York Times about the ways their Nike contract punished them for becoming pregnant, the sportswear giant has amended its policy to guarantee that a pregnant athlete's pay and bonuses cannot be cut for an 18-month period surrounding their pregnancy: eight months before the due date through 10 months after." READ MORE Sara Netanyahu Reportedly Restrained by Her Own Security After Storming Cockpit to Demand Respect Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast Nadeau writes: "Israel's Channel 12 news reported the incident, describing how Netanyahu rose from her seat and angrily requested access to the cockpit." READ MORE Iceland's Prime Minister: 'The Ice Is Leaving' Katrin Jakobsdottir, The New York Times Jakobsdottir writes: "Climate change is melting glaciers worldwide. Only we can stop it." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation