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Robert Reich | Uphold the Constitution, Impeach - Even If It's Politically Risky 
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Robert Reich, Guardian UK
Reich writes: "It's a constitutional crisis all right. So what happens now? An impeachment inquiry in the House won't send Trump packing before election day 2020 because Senate Republicans won't convict him of impeachment."
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Julian Assange. (photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Julian Assange. (photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Sweden Reopens Rape Case Against Julian Assange
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Julian Assange is to be investigated in Sweden over a rape case dating from August 2010, prosecutors announced on Monday."
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Richard Nixon. (photo: Gordon Standing)
Richard Nixon. (photo: Gordon Standing)

'Executive Privilege' Is a New Concept Built on a Shaky Legal Foundation
Aziz Huq, The Washington Post
Huq writes: "President Trump says 'executive privilege' prevents the House from seeing the unredacted Mueller report and investigating a number of other subjects."
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Mark Harris listens to testimony during a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th congressional district voting irregularities investigation Feb. 19, 2019. (photo: Travis Long/The News and Observer/AP)
Mark Harris listens to testimony during a public evidentiary hearing on the 9th congressional district voting irregularities investigation Feb. 19, 2019. (photo: Travis Long/The News and Observer/AP)

The North Carolina GOP Will Try This Whole Primary Thing Again, This Time With Less Election Fraud
Adam Peck, ThinkProgress
Peck writes: "More than 700,000 North Carolinians have been without congressional representation since January."
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Brian Encinia, a former trooper with the Texas Department of Safety, confronting Sandra Bland at a traffic stop. (photo: Sandra Bland/NY Mag)
Brian Encinia, a former trooper with the Texas Department of Safety, confronting Sandra Bland at a traffic stop. (photo: Sandra Bland/NY Mag)

Why Are So Many 'Bad Apple' Police Officers Bad in the Same Way?
Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Cheney-Rice writes: "We can say with confidence that this is a systemic problem because letting these officers off the hook is a systemic act."
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Lee Krasner in her New York studio, c 1939: 'She didn't suffer fools.' (photo: Maurice Berezov/A.E. Artworks, LLC)
Lee Krasner in her New York studio, c 1939: 'She didn't suffer fools.' (photo: Maurice Berezov/A.E. Artworks, LLC)

Reframing Lee Krasner, the Artist Formerly Known as Mrs. Pollock
Rachel Cooke, Guardian UK
Cooke writes: "Lee Krasner's huge contribution to abstract expressionism was overshadowed for years by the work of her husband, Jackson Pollock. On the eve of a major London show, we trace her story."
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Aba Gada Kabeto Edamo Wabe (r), leader of the Oda Roba and Aba Gada Azmach Teshita, Sammato Bullo (l) leader of the Hambentu clan pose for a portrait inside Senekele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary. (photo: Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Mongabay)
Aba Gada Kabeto Edamo Wabe (r), leader of the Oda Roba and Aba Gada Azmach Teshita, Sammato Bullo (l) leader of the Hambentu clan pose for a portrait inside Senekele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary. (photo: Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Mongabay)

In Ethiopia, a Community Leans on Customs to Save an Antelope From Extinction
Maheder Haileselassie Tadese, Mongabay
Tadese writes: "In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne's Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been a home to the Swayne's Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey."
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