Jessica Valenti | The 'Pro-Life' Conservatives' Hypocrisy Over Children Makes Me Sick




Reader Supported News
21 July 18
It's Live on the HomePage Now:
Reader Supported News


Jessica Valenti | The 'Pro-Life' Conservatives' Hypocrisy Over Children Makes Me Sick 
A group of migrant families are intercepted by Border Patrol near McAllen in Texas. (photo: CallerTimes/USA Today/Rex/Shutterstock)
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "As children continue to be detained - imprisoned, really - across the country without their parents, I can't help but think of the conservatives' insistence that they're 'pro-life.' Let's not even get into the women that will die should abortion become illegal; let's talk about the children who are already here, who are suffering, who Republicans have abandoned."
READ MORE

Anti-Trump protesters at the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)
Anti-Trump protesters at the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)

It's Time for a General Strike, Because Trump Treason Demands a Brave Response
Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Bunch writes: "That's more than just the title of a suddenly highly relevant Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of an American dictator, written in 1935 - another era when despots were on people's minds, for some weird reason."
READ MORE

Many legal immigrants could suddenly face deportation. (photo: Jay Lazarin/iStock)
Many legal immigrants could suddenly face deportation. (photo: Jay Lazarin/iStock)

Trump Administration Escalates Attacks on Legal Immigration With Stringent New Visa Rules
Jennifer Kang, Splinter News
Kang writes: "The Trump administration has made it easier for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to immediately deny visa applications if there is missing or inaccurate information."
READ MORE

Parkland student activists. (photo: Firenews)
Parkland student activists. (photo: Firenews)

Pro-Gun Activists Are Following Parkland Teens Around the Country in an Armored Vehicle
Frida Garza, Jezebel
Garza writes: "VICE News reports that a group of local gun rights activists called the Utah Gun Exchange showed up at the Salt Lake City stop of a nationwide, pro-gun control tour organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting."
READ MORE

A patient looks over paperwork with a doctor. (photo: Craig F. Walker/Denver Post)
A patient looks over paperwork with a doctor. (photo: Craig F. Walker/Denver Post)

Trump Promised Better, Cheaper Health Care. It's Not Happening.
Adam Cancryn, Politico
Cancryn writes: "President Donald Trump handed an influential business advocacy group what should have been a historic lobbying victory when he recently rolled out new rules encouraging small businesses to band together to offer health insurance."
READ MORE

A relative of a Palestinian who was killed by Israeli troops east of Khan Younis reacts in the central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2018. (photo: Reuters)
A relative of a Palestinian who was killed by Israeli troops east of Khan Younis reacts in the central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2018. (photo: Reuters)

Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians in Major Escalation at Gaza Border
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Israeli air and ground forces killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Friday, Palestinian health officials said, after the Israeli military alleged its troops had come under fire."
READ MORE

A fire vehicle is seen as fire burns in Karbole, Sweden, on July 15, 2018. The unusually hot and dry weather is helping fuel dozens of fires in the country. (photo: Mats Andersson/Getty Images)
A fire vehicle is seen as fire burns in Karbole, Sweden, on July 15, 2018. The unusually hot and dry weather is helping fuel dozens of fires in the country. (photo: Mats Andersson/Getty Images)

Arctic Circle Burns as Record Heat Broils Northern Europe
Kimberly Hickok, Live Science
Hickok writes: "An intense heat wave is fueling wildfires across an enormous swath of northern Europe, with at least 11 fires raging within the Arctic Circle, reported The Guardian."
READ MORE

Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter




Comments