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21 August 19
NY Times Editorial Board | Trump Retreats, Again, on Guns
The New York Times Editorial Board
Excerpt: "President Trump and his followers delight in his image as a disrupter - a dauntless fighter raring to take on entrenched political interests and sacred cows. But when it comes to addressing America's gun problem, Mr. Trump has proved both conventional and weak."
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The New York Times Editorial Board
Excerpt: "President Trump and his followers delight in his image as a disrupter - a dauntless fighter raring to take on entrenched political interests and sacred cows. But when it comes to addressing America's gun problem, Mr. Trump has proved both conventional and weak."
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A groups of immigrants detained by Border Patrol. (photo: Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty)
ALSO SEE: Kids in Border Camps Are 9 Times Likelier to Die of Flu.
Trump's Team Won't Vaccinate Them.
Trump's Team Won't Vaccinate Them.
Trump Administration Launches Plan to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Families
Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast
Bixby writes: "Ending the Flores agreement would be the president's most aggressive attack on undocumented kids since family separation."
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Scott Bixby, The Daily Beast
Bixby writes: "Ending the Flores agreement would be the president's most aggressive attack on undocumented kids since family separation."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: John Locker/AP)
Bernie Sanders Introduces Labor Plan to Broaden Union Power
Gregory Krieg, CNN
Krieg writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has frequently done his presidential campaigning on picket lines, unveiled a comprehensive set of proposals on Wednesday designed to revive and newly empower organized labor."
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Gregory Krieg, CNN
Krieg writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has frequently done his presidential campaigning on picket lines, unveiled a comprehensive set of proposals on Wednesday designed to revive and newly empower organized labor."
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Protesters shout anti-Nazi chants after chasing alt-right blogger Jason Kessler from a news conference on 13 August 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
We Can't Trust Police to Protect Us From Racist Violence. They Contribute to It
Rashad Robinson, Guardian UK
Robinson writes: "White nationalists pervade law enforcement. Fighting far right violence means continuing our fight for police accountability."
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Rashad Robinson, Guardian UK
Robinson writes: "White nationalists pervade law enforcement. Fighting far right violence means continuing our fight for police accountability."
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New U.S. citizen Mosammat Rasheda Akter, originally from Bangladesh, holds her 7-month-old daughter, Fahmida, as she recites the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library on July 3 in New York City. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty)
Trump Says He Is Seriously Looking at Ending Birthright Citizenship
Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the United States illegally."
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Ten of the 11 members of the newly formed sovereign council were sworn in on Wednesday. (photo: AFP)
New Ruling Body Ushers in Sudan's Complex Shift to Civilian Rule
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Military and civilian members of Sudan's newly formed ruling body have been sworn in at the presidential palace in the country's capital, Khartoum."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Military and civilian members of Sudan's newly formed ruling body have been sworn in at the presidential palace in the country's capital, Khartoum."
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Climate change and its impacts are emerging faster than scientists previously thought. (photo: AFP)
Scientists Are Wrong About Climate Change. They've Been Underestimating the Pace of It
Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer and Dale Jamieson, Scientific American
Excerpt: "Recent updates, suggesting that climate change and its impacts are emerging faster than scientists previously thought, are consistent with observations that we and other colleagues have made identifying a pattern in assessments of climate research of underestimation of certain key climate indicators, and therefore underestimation of the threat of climate disruption."
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Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer and Dale Jamieson, Scientific American
Excerpt: "Recent updates, suggesting that climate change and its impacts are emerging faster than scientists previously thought, are consistent with observations that we and other colleagues have made identifying a pattern in assessments of climate research of underestimation of certain key climate indicators, and therefore underestimation of the threat of climate disruption."
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