08 August 18 AM
William Boardman | Not Safe to Be Black at Smith College
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "It's very hard to see this call by a white Smith College employee as anything but a racist reaction once you know the person on the couch is a black woman, even though the caller doesn't reference race."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "It's very hard to see this call by a white Smith College employee as anything but a racist reaction once you know the person on the couch is a black woman, even though the caller doesn't reference race."
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Rick Gates, a top campaign aide to President Trump, detailed in federal court on Tuesday a multiyear fraud by the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The defense took aim at Mr. Gates's credibility. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Manafort Prosecution's Frustration With Judge Leads to Fiery Clashes
Josh Gerstein, Politico
Gerstein writes: "For days, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis has been cracking the whip at prosecutors in the Paul Manafort fraud trial, prodding them again and again to keep the case moving forward and to drop matters he considers irrelevant."
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Josh Gerstein, Politico
Gerstein writes: "For days, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis has been cracking the whip at prosecutors in the Paul Manafort fraud trial, prodding them again and again to keep the case moving forward and to drop matters he considers irrelevant."
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Danny O'Connor appears to have lost a close special election race for Ohio's 12th District. (photo: Maddie McGarvey/Bloomberg News)
Winners and Losers From Tuesday's Elections
Amber Phillips, The Washington Post
Phillips writes: "Tuesday's election night was a night of extremes. In primaries and special elections in five states - Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington - socialist-leaning Democrats challenged their party's establishment, with mixed results, while President Trump boosted GOP challengers far on the right, with mixed results."
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Amber Phillips, The Washington Post
Phillips writes: "Tuesday's election night was a night of extremes. In primaries and special elections in five states - Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington - socialist-leaning Democrats challenged their party's establishment, with mixed results, while President Trump boosted GOP challengers far on the right, with mixed results."
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Diana Vera-Maldonado, Jose Ruiz Gonzalez and their children in front of their house with the disconnected power line. (photo: Angel Valentin/Guardian UK)
Ten Months Without Power: The Puerto Ricans Still Without Electricity
Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "The months without electricity have taken their toll."
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Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "The months without electricity have taken their toll."
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Bullets. (photo: Getty Images)
Someone Is Going to Get Killed: How Trump's Political Climate Threatens Journalists
Hamilton Nolan, Splinter News
Nolan writes: "Before too long, a reporter will become a direct casualty of the Trump era."
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Hamilton Nolan, Splinter News
Nolan writes: "Before too long, a reporter will become a direct casualty of the Trump era."
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Iranians shop at Tehran's old bazaar on Monday. (photo: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA)
'A Matter of Life and Death': Iranians Despair as US Sanctions Bite
Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The purchasing power of ordinary people in Iran is likely to decrease further under sanctions."
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The purchasing power of ordinary people in Iran is likely to decrease further under sanctions."
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The aftermath of a California wildfire. (photo: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
California's Fire Tornado Is What Climate Change Looks Like
Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "Six of the state's 20 most destructive fires on record have occurred in the past 10 months."
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Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "Six of the state's 20 most destructive fires on record have occurred in the past 10 months."
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