Killing Us Softly

EPA

Pesticide that Trump's EPA refused to ban blamed for sickening farm workers 

EPA chief met with Dow CEO before deciding on pesticide ban

Pediatricians’ group ‘deeply alarmed’ at EPA’s pesticide decision

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Tulsa officer acquitted in fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher 

What Happened To Black Lives Matter?

Ida B. Wells-Barnett fought to make black lives matter

BIGOTS

A New Warsaw Pact 

Meet the Man who Wants to Trademark the Swastika so Bigots Can't Use It.

The Money Man Behind the Alt-Right

"Go back to Mexico!"
What a customer said to another shopper to get banned from Walmart 

POLITICS

Time for action OPINION 

Professionalism in politics: The paradox of populism PODCAST

Voters are hungry for new politics – bring on a leftwing Brexit OPINION

Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts

U.S. CONGRESS

A House Democrat has filed the first articles of impeachment against President Trump 

Congress is MIA OPINION

Ethics Committee Announces Probe of Guam Delegate

EDUCATION

IMPACT Justice trains 100 educators in restorative practices in Jamaica 

Key Democrat calls for ouster of DeVos’s civil rights chief in light of ‘egregious’ remarks about sexual assault

Beyond scraped knees: The implications of a Missouri playground on state voucher programs

New GI Bill expansion would offer lifetime window for college tuition assistance

20 attorneys general urge DeVos to keep college sexual assault protections

Florida’s education system — the one Betsy DeVos cites as a model — is in

READ

The Child FICTION 

The Mis-Education of the Negro NONFICTION

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases NONFICTION

Enemy of the Good FICTION

Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics NONFICTION

A Concise History of Germany NONFICTION

CLIMATE CHANGE

TALK IS CHEAP: HOW G20 GOVERNMENTS ARE FINANCING CLIMATE DISASTER 

California Legislature extends state's cap-and-trade program in rare bipartisan effort to address climate change

'Grow food on Mars': LA startups tackle climate change with inventive solutions

Marin, San Mateo counties sue Big Oil over climate change

Why wasn’t Mark Zuckerberg allowed to meet with Glacier’s climate expert?

Trump picks climate change doubter for USDA science job

What Good Is Fear?

BANKING

Barclays and Former Executives charged in Qatar Fund-raising 

Senate Banking panel huddles with regulators on bank relief

All big US banks pass Dodd-Frank stress tests

Royal Bank of Scotland pays $5.5B fine over shoddy mortgage practices

Yellen pushes back on GOP banking deregulation plan

Frankfurt Is the Big Winner in Battle for Brexit Bankers

U.S. regulator seeks to halt financial contract rule as officials spar

NEW REPORT REVEALS BANK POLICIES FAIL TO RESPOND TO CLIMATE RISKS

Bank regulator defends national fintech charter plan

Big German Bank, Key to Trump’s Finances, Faces New

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.