Jamil Smith | How Many More Racist Trump Policies Will America Normalize?

01 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Jamil Smith | How Many More Racist Trump Policies Will America Normalize?  Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone Smith writes: "Eight years ago, Arizona tried to legalize racial profiling. SB-1070, known colloquially as the 'Show Me Your Papers' law, merely codified the bigotry that disgraced Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had been putting into practice." READ MORE Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: AP) The Trump Administration Is Withholding More Than 100,000 Pages of Brett Kavanaugh's Records Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Mascaro writes: "The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation hearing." READ MORE Activists rallying to defend DACA in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN) Federal Judge Denies States' Request to End DACA Associated Press Excerpt: "A federal judge on Friday declined to order that the U.S. government halt an Obama-era program that shields young immigrants from deportation. The decision is a blow to President Trump and other opponents of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program." READ MORE Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum. (photo: AP) Democrat Andrew Gillum Target of Racist Robocalls Sponsored by Neo-Nazi Group Michael Sykes, Axios Sykes writes: "An Idaho-based neo-Nazi group is sponsoring racist robocalls made to Democratic voters in Florida mocking Andrew Gillum, the first African American to win a major party nomination for Florida governor, with jungle noises playing in the background, the Tallahassee Democrat reports." READ MORE Lopez and his wife,The closure of The Village Voice is the latest body blow for alternative weeklies. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Billionaire Village Voice Owner Tells Staff He's Closing the Paper Because It Doesn't Earn Enough Emily Q. Hazzard, ThinkProgress Hazzard writes: "The Village Voice announced Friday it would stop publishing after 63 years. A year ago it stopped publishing in print, despite promises from the company's new owner, Peter D. Barbey, to invest in and revitalize the famed publication." READ MORE Lopez and his wife, Veronica Hernandez, with their 4-year-old son, Gerson Rene Lopez Hernandez, meet with Long. (photo: Katie Falkenberg/LA Times) In Mountains of Guatemala, Searching for Parents Deported From US Without Children Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times Carcamo writes: "As Juan Carlos Villatoro approached a remote village in Guatemala's western highlands, he yelled at his driver to stop so he could hail a skinny teenager in a motorized rickshaw." READ MORE Sunsets are a daily attraction aboard the Schooner Lewis R. French, here anchored off the coast of Isle au Haut, Maine. (photo: Becky Krystal/WP) Ocean 'Heat Wave' Lifts Temperatures off Maine to Near-Record Highs Steven Mufson, The Washington Post Mufson writes: "Sea surface temperatures in the vast Gulf of Maine hit a near-record high of 68.93 degrees Fahrenheit on Aug. 8, part of what scientists called a month-long 'marine heat wave' in the normally chilly waters that are home to everything from lobsters to whales." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation