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Joseph Stiglitz | Trumpian Uncertainty 
Economist Joseph Stiglitz. (photo: Reuters) 
Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate 
Stiglitz writes: "Why did the backlash in the US come just when the economy seemed to be on the mend, rather than earlier? And why did it manifest itself in a lurch to the right?" 
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5 Things to Watch For in Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Hearings 
Carrie Johnson, NPR 
Johnson writes: "Sessions will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in his bid to become the U.S. Attorney General. The setting's a familiar one for Sessions, a 20-year veteran of Congress who has sat on the panel for decades. But there's good reason if the senator is experiencing a few butterflies." 
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Trump Names Son-in-Law Jared Kushner as Senior Adviser, Testing Anti-Nepotism Law 
Alan Yuhas, Guardian UK 
Yuhas writes: "Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was named senior adviser to the president on Monday, an appointment that would further entangle the incoming White House team in a web of potential conflicts of interest and accusations of nepotism." 
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How Exxon, Under Rex Tillerson, Won Iraqi Oil Fields and Nearly Lost Iraq 
Missy Ryan and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The deal overseen by Tillerson, whose confirmation hearings to become secretary of state begin Wednesday, defied U.S. foreign policy aims, placing the company's financial interests above the American goal of creating a stable, cohesive Iraq." 
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US Supreme Court Loaded With First Amendment Cases 
David Kravets, Ars Technica 
Kravets writes: "The First Amendment is being put to the test on multiple levels this term before the US Supreme Court. The high court will hear cases about the right to trademark offensive names." 
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More Social Movements Joining Mexican Gas Protests 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Collectives from the social justice and immigration group Somos Mas (We Are More) have joined the ongoing protests against gas price hikes in Mexico." 
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Ghost Reefs: Nearly All Coral Reefs Will Be Ruined by Climate Change 
Katie Herzog, Grist 
Herzog writes: "According to a study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, 99 percent of the world's reefs will be affected by coral bleaching by the end of this century if climate change continues apace." 
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