People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take. -- Emma Goldman

NIGERIA

Trained to Kill: How Four Boy Soldiers Survived Boko Haram 

UN: Half of world's population growth is likely to occur in Africa

They fled Boko Haram and famine — and then they were forced back

ISIS

Commando Raids on ISIS Yield Vital Data in Shadowy War

Mosul battle to end in days as troops advance in Old City: Iraqi general

After Mosul is liberated, where will ISIL go?

Iraqi forces captured in #Mosul an ISIS factory with various types of IED-laden UAVs and UGVs

Jihadists Are Seeking Beachheads in Asia, U.S. Admiral Warns

TAKE A SWING

More bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows 

Why Trumponomics won’t make America great again

In Most Monstrous Act of This or Any Presidency, Trump Drives Golf Cart on Green

Ford’s shift to China offers the Trump administration a lesson in economics OPINION

Trump is China’s Chump OPINION

The words “Pay Trump Bribes Here” projected by a protester onto a wall above the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in downtown D.C. (Bell Visuals via Storyful)

BOOKS

A House Among the Trees FICTION 

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America NONFICTION

Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto NONFICTION

CYBERSECURITY

Hackers Target Municipal Emergency Services for Mischief, Money, and More

Alleged NSA leakers capitalize on ransomware scare based on their wares

NATO chief says cyberattack could trigger collective defense

China rolls out national cyber threat response plan

Ukraine Police Say This is the Source of Tuesday’s Massive Cyber Attack

HEALTHCARE

PROMISES, PROMISES: Many Trump health care pledges left out

Senate adds penalty for going uninsured to healthcare bill

New CBO analysis imperils GOP ObamaCare repeal

CBO: Senate ObamaCare repeal would leave 22M more uninsured

CBO: 4 million would lose employer health coverage under GOP plan

American Medical Association: ObamaCare repeal violates ‘do no harm’ rule

SCREEN

Kate McKinnon And Her Goofy Jeff Sessions Grin Reenact His Senate Hearing

Watch: Brookings experts discuss how the outcomes of the 1967 War continue to affect the Middle East today

Characters With Autism Need to be Part of Television and Movies

The Wizard of Lies AVAILABLE ON HBO NOW

Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Official Trailer – “Believe” - Andrew Garfield

GET OUT Trailer (2017)

Riverdale

The Truman Show

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.