11 October 17 AM
Jimmy Carter Offers to Meet With Kim Jung Un to Avoid New Korean War
Jeong Yong-Soo and Sarah Kim, Korea JoongAng Daily
Excerpt: "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has expressed a desire to visit Pyongyang as a messenger between the United States and North Korea, Park Han-shik, an emeritus professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, said Sunday."
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Jeong Yong-Soo and Sarah Kim, Korea JoongAng Daily
Excerpt: "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has expressed a desire to visit Pyongyang as a messenger between the United States and North Korea, Park Han-shik, an emeritus professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia, said Sunday."
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Trump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising Military
Courtney Kube, Kristen Welker, Carol E. Lee and Savannah Guthrie, NBC News
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest-ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room."
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Courtney Kube, Kristen Welker, Carol E. Lee and Savannah Guthrie, NBC News
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest-ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room."
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Conservative Leaders Call on McConnell to Resign Over Legislative Gridlock
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Bolton writes: "Five prominent conservative activist leaders on Wednesday called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and the rest of his leadership team to resign, citing the Senate's failure to pass much of President Trump's agenda."
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Bolton writes: "Five prominent conservative activist leaders on Wednesday called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and the rest of his leadership team to resign, citing the Senate's failure to pass much of President Trump's agenda."
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Don't Call It 'Toxic Masculinity.' They're Sociopathic Baby-Men
Heather Havrilesky, The Cut
Havrilesky writes: "Let's not call that toxic masculinity. Saying 'toxic masculinity' implies that masculinity is the core problem here, and suggests that a tiny bit of masculinity might also be a tiny bit poisonous. Using the word masculinity suggests that all men have a toxic core. I don't buy that. What we're seeing in the Sociopathic Baby-Man bestrides the world of ordinary men like a colossus."
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Heather Havrilesky, The Cut
Havrilesky writes: "Let's not call that toxic masculinity. Saying 'toxic masculinity' implies that masculinity is the core problem here, and suggests that a tiny bit of masculinity might also be a tiny bit poisonous. Using the word masculinity suggests that all men have a toxic core. I don't buy that. What we're seeing in the Sociopathic Baby-Man bestrides the world of ordinary men like a colossus."
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Putting Crime Scene DNA Analysis on Trial
Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica
Kirchner writes: "We reported on a dispute over the methods used by New York City's crime lab to analyze complex DNA samples. Now similar concerns are prompting a national study. In this Q&A, a leading expert explains why labs may be making mistakes - and what can be done about it."
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Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica
Kirchner writes: "We reported on a dispute over the methods used by New York City's crime lab to analyze complex DNA samples. Now similar concerns are prompting a national study. In this Q&A, a leading expert explains why labs may be making mistakes - and what can be done about it."
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In Mexico City, Putting Developer Profits Before Earthquake Preparedness Yielded Lethal Results
David Adler, Jacobin
Adler writes: "Why, three decades after the devastation of 1985, was the city so badly damaged by an earthquake ten times weaker? Why did forty-four buildings - many of which were constructed in just the last few years - collapse? And why are three thousand more so close to collapse that residents had no choice but to abandon their homes for good?"
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David Adler, Jacobin
Adler writes: "Why, three decades after the devastation of 1985, was the city so badly damaged by an earthquake ten times weaker? Why did forty-four buildings - many of which were constructed in just the last few years - collapse? And why are three thousand more so close to collapse that residents had no choice but to abandon their homes for good?"
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Trump EPA 'Cooks the Books' to Hide Benefits of Clean Power Plan
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "The 198-page proposed analysis shows the supposed costs and benefits of undoing the Obama-era climate policy. However, as the Washington Post reported, the document shows that the Scott Pruitt - led EPA puts the cost of one ton of emissions of carbon dioxide between $1 and $6 in the year 2020 - a dramatic decrease of the previous administration's 2020 estimate of $45."
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Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "The 198-page proposed analysis shows the supposed costs and benefits of undoing the Obama-era climate policy. However, as the Washington Post reported, the document shows that the Scott Pruitt - led EPA puts the cost of one ton of emissions of carbon dioxide between $1 and $6 in the year 2020 - a dramatic decrease of the previous administration's 2020 estimate of $45."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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