09 February 19
Matt Taibbi | Chris Christie's Agonizing New Memoir
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Three years ago this week, on February 9th, 2016, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Three years ago this week, on February 9th, 2016, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide."
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Venezuelan government officials display weapons they say were delivered by a cargo plane from Miami. (photo: General Endes Palencia Ortiz/Twitter)
US-Based Plane Caught Bringing Arms Into Venezuela
Tim Johnson, McClatchy DC
Johnson writes: "Venezuelan authorities say a U.S.-owned air freight company delivered a crate of assault weapons earlier this week to the international airport in Valencia to be used in 'terrorist actions' against the embattled government of Nicolas Maduro."
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Tim Johnson, McClatchy DC
Johnson writes: "Venezuelan authorities say a U.S.-owned air freight company delivered a crate of assault weapons earlier this week to the international airport in Valencia to be used in 'terrorist actions' against the embattled government of Nicolas Maduro."
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Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
The Hearings Begin: Acting AG Whitaker Clashes With House Judiciary Democrats
Kadia Tubman and Christopher Wilson, Yahoo News
Excerpt: "Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Friday, which was in doubt as late as Thursday evening, featured a number of contentious moments."
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Kadia Tubman and Christopher Wilson, Yahoo News
Excerpt: "Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Friday, which was in doubt as late as Thursday evening, featured a number of contentious moments."
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer directs detainees during lunch time in cafeteria at the El Paso Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Hyosub Shin)
ICE Threatens Hunger Striking Detainees With Immediate Deportation
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Nine of roughly a dozen asylum seekers at the El Paso Service Processing Center who are on a hunger strike have been thrown into solitary confinement and threatened with immediate deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
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Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "Nine of roughly a dozen asylum seekers at the El Paso Service Processing Center who are on a hunger strike have been thrown into solitary confinement and threatened with immediate deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images)
A Green New Deal to Win Back Our Future
Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, Jacobin
Excerpt: "At the end of 2018, the Green New Deal (GND) was suddenly on the tip of everyone's tongue thanks to everyone's favorite new congresswoman from the Bronx, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
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Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen and Thea Riofrancos, Jacobin
Excerpt: "At the end of 2018, the Green New Deal (GND) was suddenly on the tip of everyone's tongue thanks to everyone's favorite new congresswoman from the Bronx, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez."
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French protesters clad in high-visibility yellow vests. (photo: AFP)
Yellow Vests March for 13th Saturday Against Macron's Government
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The 'Yellow Vests' seize the streets of France again to carry out their 13th Saturday of national demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal policies."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "The 'Yellow Vests' seize the streets of France again to carry out their 13th Saturday of national demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal policies."
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In areas where poverty is higher, where indigenous communities are no longer able to live off the land and are forced into consumerism, communities are more likely to be fragmented and see further environmental damages. (photo: Adobe Stock)
To Fight Deforestation First Tackle Inequality, Study Says
Kimberley Brown, Mongabay
Brown writes: "The world is losing its tropical forests at an alarming rate, despite increased efforts to save them. A recent study now shows that the best way to tackle deforestation, at least in Latin America, is to reduce inequality."
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Kimberley Brown, Mongabay
Brown writes: "The world is losing its tropical forests at an alarming rate, despite increased efforts to save them. A recent study now shows that the best way to tackle deforestation, at least in Latin America, is to reduce inequality."
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