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Steve Coll | Alex Jones, the First Amendment, and the Digital Public Square 
Alex Jones from Infowars. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Steve Coll, The New Yorker
Coll writes: "Last week, after Apple, Facebook, and Google removed some of Infowars' content from their platforms, Jones attracted even more attention; he described himself as the victim of 'a war on free speech.'"
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Lezley McSpadden. (photo: Yahoo News)
Lezley McSpadden. (photo: Yahoo News)

Michael Brown's Mother Is Running for City Council in Ferguson MO.
Jenna Amatulli, HuffPost
Amatulli writes: "Lezley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, officially announced her campaign for Ferguson City Council just a day after the four-year anniversary of her son's death."
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White supremacist Jason Kessler, center, and members of the alt-right march to the White House on the anniversary of last year's 'Unite the Right' rally in Washington DC. (photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Guardian UK)
White supremacist Jason Kessler, center, and members of the alt-right march to the White House on the anniversary of last year's 'Unite the Right' rally in Washington DC. (photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Guardian UK)

'Hell No': Counterprotesters Outnumber White Supremacists at White House Rally
Lois Beckett, Guardian UK
Beckett writes: "Before Charlottesville last year, many white Americans did not take the threat of neo-Nazi groups seriously. Then hundreds of young men were filmed marching across a university campus with flaming torches and shouting 'Jews will not replace us!'"
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Carrier in Indiana. (photo: Getty Images)
Carrier in Indiana. (photo: Getty Images)

Trump Claimed He Saved Carrier in Indiana. Now, It's Reportedly Facing Its Lowest Point Ever.
Melanie Schmitz, ThinkProgress
Schmitz writes: "President Trump has long praised himself for 'saving' more than a thousand jobs at Carrier, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning company with locations across the globe."
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Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams, unveils her 'Jobs for Georgia' plan during a town hall meeting at the Community Church of God in Macon. (photo: Clay Teague)
Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, Stacey Abrams, unveils her 'Jobs for Georgia' plan during a town hall meeting at the Community Church of God in Macon. (photo: Clay Teague)

She Could Be the First Black, Female Governor. 'I'm Georgia-Grown but Mississippi-Raised.'
William Douglas and Christine Condon, McClatchy D.C.
Excerpt: "'I'm not running for me,' Abrams told a conference luncheon Friday. 'I'm running for my family, I'm running for my community, I'm running for the South. And when we win the South, we win America.'"
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Afghan security forces keep watch at a checkpoint on the Ghazni highway, in Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province, Afghanistan August 12, 2018. (photo: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
Afghan security forces keep watch at a checkpoint on the Ghazni highway, in Maidan Shar, the capital of Wardak province, Afghanistan August 12, 2018. (photo: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)

Dozens Killed as Taliban Launches Major Offensive in Central Afghanistan
Reuters
Excerpt: "Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday, killing dozens of soldiers and police and threatening to seize control of the city, officials and residents said."
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In this photo, taken Saturday and released by the Center for Whale Research, an orca known as J-35, foreground, swims with podmates near Friday Harbor, Alaska. (photo: AP)
In this photo, taken Saturday and released by the Center for Whale Research, an orca known as J-35, foreground, swims with podmates near Friday Harbor, Alaska. (photo: AP)

After 17 Days and 1,000 Miles, a Mother Orca's 'Tour of Grief' Is Over
Jenny Gathright, NPR
Gathright writes: "After carrying her deceased baby for at least 17 days and 1,000 miles, an orca mother has shown signs of returning to normal."
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