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Rebecca Gordon | The Uses of a Well-Regulated Militia by an Unregulated President: Where Will the National Guard Be Sent in 2019?
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Gordon writes: "God help us all if Donald Trump figures out that he's actually the commander-in-chief of a force that, unlike the U.S. military, can legally be deployed for law enforcement purposes inside the United States itself." READ MORE Pat Shanahan (left). (photo: AP)
New Pentagon Chief With No Military Experience Makes Global Debut With Status Uncertain
Robert Burns, Associated Press Burns writes: "At an extraordinary moment in Pentagon history, a former business executive with little political stature and without military experience is making his international debut as the acting U.S. secretary of defense." READ MORE David Hogg and other Parkland activists are focusing on the quiet, unglamorous work of grassroots organizing. (photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images/March For Our Lives)
'We Can't Let Fear Consume Us': Why Parkland Activists Won't Give Up
Lois Beckett, Guardian UK Beckett writes: "Today, David Hogg and the other students who first spoke out after the Parkland shooting are focusing on the quiet, unglamorous work of grassroots organizing." READ MORE Protesters attend the Women's March in Paris in 2017. (photo: Getty Images)
In the 'Year of the Woman,' Many Were Missing From International Reporting
Gabby Deutch, The Atlantic Deutch writes: "Journalism around the world remains dominated by male reporters and their male sources. But that's starting to change." READ MORE Governor Ralph Northam addresses the media at the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Virginia. (photo: Julia Rendleman/WP)
Could a Sexual Assault Scandal Save Ralph Northam?
Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair Lutz writes: "Virginia's political maelstrom, once centered on Governor Ralph Northam, has shifted to Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, who faces possible impeachment." READ MORE A prisoner stands in line for his release during a ceremony handing over the Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, at the US airbase in Bagram, north of Kabul March 25, 2013. (photo: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
What Happened to Prisoners at Bagram, 'Afghanistan's Guantanamo'?
Jenifer Fenton, Al Jazeera Fenton writes: "Some were deported, others feel safer in Afghan jail than home and little is known about a US-accused Egyptian prisoner." READ MORE Polar bears in Arctic Russia are losing their sea-ice habitat. (photo: All Canada Photos/Alamy)
What Polar Bears in a Russian Town Reveal About the Climate Crisis
Jonathan Watts, Guardian UK Watts writes: "Polar bears prowling around a children's playground. Polar bears lumbering along the corridors of apartment blocks and offices. Polar bears descending on a sleepy Russian town in their dozens." READ MORE Update My Monthly Donation |
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Rebecca Gordon | The Uses of a Well-Regulated Militia by an Unregulated President: Where Will the National Guard Be Sent in 2019?
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