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Midterms: how the votes of vulnerable groups are being suppressed
Guardian US - Oliver Laughland
With just over a month before the crucial midterm elections, Americans in some states will return to the polls two years after the election of Donald Trump to face new laws that could make it harder to
News
Police: 'Foul play' suspected in case of missing pregnant woman Kierra Coles
suntimes.com - BySun-Times Wire
Police now believe foul play is suspected in the disappearance of a pregnant postal worker who has been missing for over two weeks from the South …
World News
When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'
NPR
Irakere Picon was just two years old in 1991 when his parents brought him to the U.S. from Mexico on a tourist visa. The family never left. Picon grew up in Illinois, and in the summer of 2012, he applied
Health
A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs
NPR - Kirk Siegler
To explain why folks in rural Delta County, Colo. are feeling a lot less anxious than they were a couple years ago, consider the story of Johnny Olivas. He's digging a line down a steep, dirt driveway,
News
93 More Women Accuse Former USC Gynecologist George Tyndall of Sexual Misconduct
TIME - By Eli Meixler
Ninety-three more women have accused former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall of sexual misconduct in two new lawsuits …
Native Americans
While the Elizabeth Warren-DNA news cycle plays out, issues Native Americans actually care about aren’t getting any attention
The Washington Post
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow This week saw a huge increase in political stories featuring issues related to Native Americans, but it wasn’t
Maroon 5
Rihanna Declined the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show to Support Colin Kaepernick. Now Maroon 5 Faces Calls to Drop Out Too
Fortune - Grace Dobush
Maroon 5 is headlining next year’s Super Bowl only because Rihanna turned the gig down out of support for Colin Kaepernick, US Weekly reports. An …
Stephen Colbert
Colbert Thanks Pat Robertson for His Understanding
vulture.com - Anne Victoria Clark
Tonight The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tackled a day of dark and twisted news with a surprising amount of grace. Especially towards Pat Robertson, …
News
North Carolina man describes how he comforted trooper who was fatally shot
Fox News - By
A North Carolina man on Wednesday described how he comforted a state trooper he found lying in the road after the officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop. Hilton Cox told WECT-TV that he was at
Abdul Aziz
Allison Hanes: The Canadian connection to the Khashoggi murder
montrealgazette.com - Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette
The details emerging about the disappearance and likely killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi grow more sickening by the day — and with …
Boston
What can Boston do more of to combat the effects of climate change?
Curbed - Tom Acitelli
Sound off On October 17, Mayor Marty Walsh announced a public-private initiative called “Resilient Boston Harbor” designed to protect 47 miles of Boston coastline from the effects of climate—in particular
Military History
Russian Spy Played Key Role in Cuban Missile Crisis
realclearlife.com - Lee Ferran
Oleg Penkovsky also wanted to hold Moscow hostage with nukes. Gathered in a London hotel room in 1961, American and British spies were sitting on a …
Oil
At $80 a barrel, BP says oil prices are “unhealthy for the world”
Quartz - Eshe Nelson
“The oil prices in the world are too high and it’s unhealthy for the world,” said Bob Dudley, the chief executive officer of British oil-and-gas giant BP. Some emerging market economies such as South India,
Justice
UK Islamist Anjem Choudary released from prison
CNN - By Hilary Clarke, CNN
London (CNN) — British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has been released from prison. The 51-year-old self-styled cleric, jailed in 2016 for inviting support for ISIS, was let out of the high-security
Los Angeles
Warren's DNA test gives critics more ammo, ticks off Native Americans and won't shut up Trump - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Robin Abcarian
What am I? I’ve been thinking a lot about this since Elizabeth Warren revealed that she has proof she has a Native American forebear. As it happens, I am half Armenian, one-quarter English, one-eighth
U.S. Politics
Least of the Mohicans
The Weekly Standard - The Scrapbook
Readers will know the background already: Elizabeth Warren claimed to be Native American while she was a law professor at Harvard despite (a) …
Colorado River
Rivers
National Geographic
Rivers run through the heart and soul of countless communities. But, increasingly, they run on human terms rather than on Mother Nature’s.
Conservatism
The Forgotten Father of American Conservatism
The Atlantic - Matthew Continetti
Russell Kirk wasn’t interested in defending a party agenda. He wanted to promote a cast of mind. The conventional story of the rise of the conservative intellectual movement in America goes something this:
North Korea
Pope trip to North Korea serious possibility under right conditions: Vatican
Reuters - By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis will seriously consider the possibility of an unprecedented visit to North Korea but some conditions will have to be met, a senior Vatican official said. Such a trip
News
Trump shifts tone on Saudi Arabia as evidence mounts over Khashoggi's disappearance
CNN - By Bard Wilkinson, CNN
(CNN) — The US moved closer to acknowledging the role of Saudi Arabia in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's apparent death as new details emerged linking his disappearance to people close to the kingdom's crown
Human Rights
Jamal Khashoggi: Casualty of the Trump administration’s disregard for democracy and civil rights in the Middle East?
theconversation.com - David Mednicoff
The international crisis over whether top Saudi Arabian leadership murdered U.S.-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is a striking example of the …
Liberal View
‘Blatant racism’: White women tried to smear black man as a pedophile for ‘gardening while black’
rawstory.com - Travis Gettys
A Michigan judge tossed three stalking charges against black man filed by a white woman who objected to him “gardening while black,” and she said the …
Opinion
Pot is legal in Canada, but admitting to using it could get Canadians banned from the U.S. for life - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
Recreational marijuana use became legal in Canada this week, allowing adults to freely buy and consume cannabis. But admitting to using it could still get a Canadian traveler banned from the United States
Immigration Reform
After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas
NPR - John Burnett
With new enforcement priorities under the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are taking aim at employers that knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants. The most recent — and
World News
World Watches As More Details About The Khashoggi Case Come To Light
NPR
Steve Inskeep talks to Victoria Nuland, a veteran diplomat who served in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations, about the impact of the U.S. response to the Jamal Khashoggi case. Transcript STEVE
Youth Vote
Even If Turnout Among Young People Is Higher, It’ll Probably Still Be Low
FiveThirtyEight - By Janie Velencia and Dhrumil Mehta
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Democrats have invested big in turning out young voters in 2018 in the hopes …
Nature Photography
See this year's best wildlife photos
National Geographic
Animals A “magical” photo of a pair of golden snub-nosed monkeys earned Marsel van Oosten the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. With his photo titled “The Golden Couple,” Dutch photographer
Justice
Police officers in the US were charged with more than 400 rapes over a 9-year period
CNN - By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
(CNN) — A police officer in Prince George's County, Maryland, was charged this week with raping a woman during a traffic stop. He's pleaded not guilty, but it's a disturbing headline -- even more disturbing
Pew Research Center
What Is the Future of Getting Kids to Soccer Practice?
The Atlantic - Joe Pinsker
A slew of small, Uber-like companies have launched in recent years, offering parents a way to outsource their daily driving. If only children were allowed to drive, they could get from home to school piano
Tariffs
Clash over Trump tariffs heats up with barrage of WTO litigation
Reuters - By Tom Miles
GENEVA (Reuters) - Disputes over U.S. tariffs and retaliatory moves by other states have sparked 12 requests for adjudication at the World Trade Organization, signalling an escalation in global trade The

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Midterms: how the votes of vulnerable groups are being suppressed

Police: 'Foul play' suspected in case of missing pregnant woman Kierra Coles

When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

93 More Women Accuse Former USC Gynecologist George Tyndall of Sexual Misconduct

While the Elizabeth Warren-DNA news cycle plays out, issues Native Americans actually care about aren’t getting any attention

Rihanna Declined the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show to Support Colin Kaepernick. Now Maroon 5 Faces Calls to Drop Out Too

Colbert Thanks Pat Robertson for His Understanding

North Carolina man describes how he comforted trooper who was fatally shot

Allison Hanes: The Canadian connection to the Khashoggi murder

What can Boston do more of to combat the effects of climate change?

Russian Spy Played Key Role in Cuban Missile Crisis

At $80 a barrel, BP says oil prices are “unhealthy for the world”

UK Islamist Anjem Choudary released from prison

Warren's DNA test gives critics more ammo, ticks off Native Americans and won't shut up Trump - Los Angeles Times

Least of the Mohicans

Rivers

The Forgotten Father of American Conservatism

Pope trip to North Korea serious possibility under right conditions: Vatican

Trump shifts tone on Saudi Arabia as evidence mounts over Khashoggi's disappearance

Jamal Khashoggi: Casualty of the Trump administration’s disregard for democracy and civil rights in the Middle East?

‘Blatant racism’: White women tried to smear black man as a pedophile for ‘gardening while black’

Pot is legal in Canada, but admitting to using it could get Canadians banned from the U.S. for life - Los Angeles Times

After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas

World Watches As More Details About The Khashoggi Case Come To Light

Even If Turnout Among Young People Is Higher, It’ll Probably Still Be Low

See this year's best wildlife photos

Police officers in the US were charged with more than 400 rapes over a 9-year period

What Is the Future of Getting Kids to Soccer Practice?

Clash over Trump tariffs heats up with barrage of WTO litigation