Susan Collins Still Considering Kavanaugh Vote

10 September 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News CRITICALLY SHORT OF DONATIONS FOR September: We have no chance of finishing this fundraiser at this pace. The organization is doing quite well otherwise, but the donation pace - must - pick up. Fact: If 10% of the people who read this respond, the September fundraiser would be over today. Let's do this, folks. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Susan Collins Still Considering Kavanaugh Vote  Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK McCarthy writes: "Susan Collins of Maine, who as a pro-choice Republican is seen as a possible defector in the confirmation effort, said on Friday she had not yet made up her mind." READ MORE Les Moonves. (photo: AP) CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves Is Departing Amid Probe Into Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Steven Zeitchik, Alex Horton and Sarah Ellison, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Leslie Moonves, the powerful longtime chairman and chief executive of CBS, will resign his position in the wake of sexual-assault allegations, concluding a whirlwind six weeks that saw him fall from a perch as one of the country's most respected media titans." READ MORE A Nike ad featuring Colin Kaepernick. (photo: Getty Images) Colin Kaepernick Just Schooled Donald Trump on How Capitalism Works Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "For Nike, taking the opposite side from Donald Trump in a culture war isn't just a good way to get noticed, it is good business." READ MORE Alex Jones. (photo: AP) Beyond Alex Jones: Twitter and Facebook Face Heat Over Alleged Bias Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor Belsie writes: "Conservative complaints of biased social media giants have reached a crescendo. Are Twitter and Facebook faltering on the task of balancing free speech with transparent standards of responsible discourse?" READ MORE Escorts stand outside of E.M.W. Clinic in downtown Louisville. (photo: Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast) The Volunteers Guarding Kentucky's Last Abortion Clinic Sarah Rogers, The Daily Beast Rogers writes: "While the state pushes to shut the doors of the E.M.W. Clinic, dozens of men and women step up for reproductive rights." READ MORE 'That was a place that will breed vengeful feelings,' Abdusalam Muhemet said of the internment camp in Xinjiang, in western China, where he and other Muslims were held for months. (photo: Erin Trieb/NYT) China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: 'Transformation' Chris Buckley, The New York Times Buckley writes: "On the edge of a desert in far western China, an imposing building sits behind a fence topped with barbed wire. Large red characters on the facade urge people to learn Chinese, study law and acquire job skills. Guards make clear that visitors are not welcome. Inside, hundreds of ethnic Uighur Muslims spend their days in a high-pressure indoctrination program." READ MORE Boyan Slat, CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. (photo: Time) A Dutch Teenager Had a Dream to Clean Up the World's Oceans. 7 Years On, It's Coming True Billy Perrigo, Time Perrigo writes: "For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has designed the world's first ocean plastic cleanup system but admits he won't be on the ship with it when it launches out of San Francisco on Saturday. 'I am not a man of the sea,' he says." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation