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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Barack Obama's Original Sin: America's Post-Racial Illusion 
Police force protesters out of the business district of Ferguson, Missouri. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty) 
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Guardian UK 
Taylor writes: "In the first hours of the new year in 2009, just weeks before Barack Obama was to be inaugurated as the next president, shots rang out in Oakland, California. A transit officer named Johannes Mehserle shot an unarmed 22-year-old black man who lay face-down in handcuffs on a public transportation platform. His name was Oscar Grant." 
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John Lewis: "I Don't See This President-Elect as a Legitimate President" 
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post 
Blake writes: "For the first time, a leading Democrat has called into question Donald Trump's legitimacy as president." 
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Women's March on Washington Set to Be One of America's Biggest Protests 
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK 
Walters writes: "Republicans in Congress are moving forward with a complicated process to roll back major aspects of Obamacare - a goal that GOP lawmakers want to accomplish quickly now that Donald Trump has been elected." 
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North Dakota Republicans Want to Protect Drivers Who Hit DAPL Protesters 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Water protectors in North Dakota may need to be more careful when crossing the street if a proposed bill to exempt drivers who 'unintentionally' hit or kill pedestrians who are blocking traffic is passed." 
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Huge Scientific Study Refutes the Federal Government's Stance on Marijuana 
Laurel Raymond, ThinkProgress 
Raymond writes: "In the federal drug classification scheme, marijuana is classed at the very top. It is considered to be a Schedule I substance - a category reserved for drugs with a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use." 
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The Case for Haitian Reparations 
Westenley Alcenat, Jacobin 
Alcenat writes: "For a brief moment recently, Haiti dominated the news cycle. As always, this American media attention only came in a moment of crisis." 
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Opposition Stalls End of Yellowstone Grizzly Protections 
Matthew Brown, Associated Press 
Brown writes: "A deluge of opposition from dozens of American Indian tribes, conservation groups and some scientists is tying up a decision on lifting protections for more than 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National park." 
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