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Robert Reich | Trump Is Cornered, With Violence on His Mind. We Must Be on Red Alert






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Robert Reich | Trump Is Cornered, With Violence on His Mind. We Must Be on Red Alert 
Robert Reich. (photo: unknown)
Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "What does a megalomaniacal president of the United States do when he's cornered? We'll soon find out."
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Flowers are placed on the front steps of the Wellington mosque on Friday, after a shooting incident at two mosques in Christchurch. (photo: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images)
Flowers are placed on the front steps of the Wellington mosque on Friday, after a shooting incident at two mosques in Christchurch. (photo: Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images)

Right-Wing Terrorism Has Gone Global
Daniel Byman, Slate
Byman writes: "To counter violence like the New Zealand mosque attacks, we need to target white nationalism in the worldwide war on terror."
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Jeffrey Epstein in custody in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2008. (photo: AP)
Jeffrey Epstein in custody in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2008. (photo: AP)

Age of Victim in Prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, Long a Source of Confusion, Eased His Obligations to Register as a Sex Offender
Beth Reinhard, Kimberly Kindy and Julie Tate, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A federal investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein had flagged scores of potential underage victims, including the 14-year-old girl who first alerted police."
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Goodloe Sutton. (photo: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/AP)
Goodloe Sutton. (photo: Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/AP)

Weeks After Taking Over Alabama Newspaper That Called for Klan to 'Ride Again,' Black Editor Steps Down
Ray Sanchez and Rebekah Riess, CNN
Excerpt: "An African-American woman who was named publisher and editor of the Alabama newspaper that recently urged the Ku Klux Klan to 'night ride again' has stepped down, citing what she said was continuous and damaging interference by the paper's owner."
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Reproductive rights supporters. (photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)
Reproductive rights supporters. (photo: Jeff Roberson/AP)

Judge Stays Kentucky's Fetal Heartbeat Bill, Keeping the State's Lone Abortion Clinic Open - for Now
Gabriela Resto-Montero, Vox
Resto-Montero writes: "A federal judge temporarily blocked a Kentucky law that would effectively ban abortions in the state on Friday - the latest battle site in the right's ongoing campaign to bring legislation to the Supreme Court that could challenge Roe v. Wade."
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Rally against Donald Trump in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
Rally against Donald Trump in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Teresa Bo, Al Jazeera
Bo writes: "In January this year, the US announced new sanctions with the objective to choke Venezuela's economy even more. In late April all oil exports to the US will supposedly be suspended but the sanctions go beyond the oil."
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Female and infant orangutan in Kutai National Park. The morio orangutans of east Borneo are usually much darker than their Sumatran cousins. (photo: Orangutan Project Kutai/Mongabay)
Female and infant orangutan in Kutai National Park. The morio orangutans of east Borneo are usually much darker than their Sumatran cousins. (photo: Orangutan Project Kutai/Mongabay)

Study Identifies Climate-Resilient Trees to Help Orangutan Conservation
Taran Volckhausen, Mongabay
Volckhausen writes: "The IUCN has identified tree species that are resilient to deepening drought and fires brought on by climate change in Indonesian Borneo. The species will be used for government-backed forest restoration efforts in a national park that has been severely degraded by human settlement and forest fires."
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