"... at one moment, one worried because one's native boots were full of holes, and at the next, perhaps, one wondered how long one would be alive to wear them.” ― Rosita Forbes

Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law

AMI to investigate Bezos extortion allegation, says it 'acted lawfully'

UN expert: Saudis held another hearing in Khashoggi probe

Trump rails against illegal workers. His 'Summer White House' was built by them.

John Boehner to chair new national cannabis lobbying group

Nancy Pelosi Nails What Donald Trump’s Attacks On Democrats Are Really All About

CLIMATE CHANGE

Green New Deal offered to address climate change

New chapter in climate change politics begins with simultaneous House hearings

Charlie Baker defended wind power after a Republican congressman questioned him on Capitol Hill

A Green New Deal can give us the freedoms to allow humanity to flourish OPINION

RUSSIA PROBE

Acting AG Whitaker testifies: 'I have not interfered' in Russia probe

Trump Decries ‘Ridiculous’ Mueller Investigation In State Of The Union Address

House Intel Democrats Just Restarted and Supercharged the Trump-Russia Probe

SCREEN

9 Movies That Changed The Way We Think About Black Love

All the Big TV Shows Premiering in February 2019 (and Beyond)

Inside ‘The Netflix of Porn’: How Bree Mills Is Shaking Up the Adult Industry

Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Trump’s State of the Union Lies

5 Movies On Netflix To Watch During Black History Month

FOREIGN POLICY

President Trump to meet young Austrian Chancellor Kurz

Russia: we would be open to U.S. proposals for new nuclear pact

Sen. Chris Murphy on Trump's ‘foreign policy garbage fire’

ASTRONOMY

Astronomers unlikely victims of Mexico's violence, crime

Mars' Environment is More Hostile Than Originally Thought

How Early Humans Used Cave Art to Understand the Night Sky

READ

We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

A Concise History of Brazil

German Existentialism 

The Gift of Rain FICTION

Perimeter FICTION

The Masterpiece FICTION

BRAZIL

Fire at Brazilian soccer academy kills 10, injures 3

Four Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019

Justice Minister Says New Self-Defense Bill "Is Not A License To Kill

Former Brazilian President Lula convicted in second corruption case

GERMANY

Germany rules against Facebook in data-mining case

How Fanta Was Created for Nazi Germany

A German Grocery Chain Is Selling First-Of-Its-Kind “No-Kill” Eggs

INDONESIA

Social assistance boosts household purchasing power

Meet the Man Behind Indonesia’s Chicken Church

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