Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Jeb Bush Just Doesn't Get It
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "Nothing is more refreshing or endearing to African-Americans than when a rich, privileged, white politician born into a political dynasty who never had nor ever will have to worry about money for the rest of his life, lectures us on what we want and how we think."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "Nothing is more refreshing or endearing to African-Americans than when a rich, privileged, white politician born into a political dynasty who never had nor ever will have to worry about money for the rest of his life, lectures us on what we want and how we think."
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McCarthy Drops Out of Speaker Race, Throwing GOP Leadership Into Chaos
Jessica Taylor, Susan Davis and Ailsa Chang, NPR
Excerpt: "In a shocking move Thursday afternoon, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled out of the race for speaker of the House, throwing the GOP leadership race into chaos and confusion."
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Jessica Taylor, Susan Davis and Ailsa Chang, NPR
Excerpt: "In a shocking move Thursday afternoon, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled out of the race for speaker of the House, throwing the GOP leadership race into chaos and confusion."
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Pentagon Plans Sharp Scaledown in Efforts to Train Syrian Rebels
Brian Murphy and Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Pentagon plans to announce significant roll backs in the U.S. program to train and arm rebel factions in Syria, possibly shifting to more contacts with Kurdish forces that have battled the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday."
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Brian Murphy and Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Pentagon plans to announce significant roll backs in the U.S. program to train and arm rebel factions in Syria, possibly shifting to more contacts with Kurdish forces that have battled the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday."
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Oklahoma Used the Wrong Drug to Execute Charles Warner
Eyder Peralta, NPR
Peralta writes: "Corrections officials in Oklahoma used the wrong drug to execute Charles Warner back in January."
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Eyder Peralta, NPR
Peralta writes: "Corrections officials in Oklahoma used the wrong drug to execute Charles Warner back in January."
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Ben Carson Suggests Holocaust Would Have Been Less Likely if Jews Were Armed
Katherine Faulders, ABC News
Excerpt: "Republican candidate Ben Carson continued his controversial remarks about guns Thursday - suggesting in a new interview that the Jewish people may have been able to diminish the likelihood of the Holocaust if they were armed."
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Katherine Faulders, ABC News
Excerpt: "Republican candidate Ben Carson continued his controversial remarks about guns Thursday - suggesting in a new interview that the Jewish people may have been able to diminish the likelihood of the Holocaust if they were armed."
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A Short History of US Bombing Civilian Facilities
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "While the international outcry over the Kunduz airstrikes has been significant, history suggests this is less because of what happened and more because of whom it happened to. The U.S. has repeatedly attacked civilian facilities in the past but the targets have generally not been affiliated with a European, Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization such as MSF."
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Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "While the international outcry over the Kunduz airstrikes has been significant, history suggests this is less because of what happened and more because of whom it happened to. The U.S. has repeatedly attacked civilian facilities in the past but the targets have generally not been affiliated with a European, Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization such as MSF."
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Fracking Is Putting Our National Parks at Risk
Ryan Schleeter, EcoWatch
Schleeter writes: "Oil and gas companies already have the rights to frack on some 30 million acres of public land in the U.S., but they want more. In fact, they're targeting more than 200 million additional acres of public lands for fracking, much of it in national forests, state parks and the areas surrounding national parks."
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Ryan Schleeter, EcoWatch
Schleeter writes: "Oil and gas companies already have the rights to frack on some 30 million acres of public land in the U.S., but they want more. In fact, they're targeting more than 200 million additional acres of public lands for fracking, much of it in national forests, state parks and the areas surrounding national parks."
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