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CANDIDATES

Democrat Underwood announces candidacy for 14th Congressional District

McCaskill Gets Primary Challenger

No summer break: Candidates hit the airwaves in Virginia’s race for governor.

READ

The Tenth Gift: A Novel FICTION 

Are You Anybody?A Memoir NONFICTION

Hidden AgeMda (Kate Diamond Adventure Series Book 1) FICTION

Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him NONFICTION   

CLIMATE CHANGE

This is how bad things could get if Trump denies the reality of climate change OPINION

Climate change will hit New England hard, report says

On the leaked climate report PODCAST

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Tillerson’s Russia Strategy May Look Too Much Like Obama’s OPINION 

State Department reprimands China over sex trafficking and forced labor

‘Hidden Figures’ Has Inspired A U.S. State Department Program For Women In STEM

ALT-RIGHT

Alleged driver of car that plowed into Charlottesville crowd was a Nazi sympathizer, former teacher says 

‘I was wrong’: U-Va. newspaper editor says he was ‘naive’ about alt-right

The Alt-Right’s Rebranding Effort Has Failed

White nationalist Richard Spencer: Trump 'didn't condemn us,' and 'only a dumb person' would take his statement seriously

White Nationalists Try on an Unfamiliar

JEFFERSON BEAUREGARD "Shit gibbon" SESSIONS III

House Democrats want inspector general to probe whether Sessions violated recusal 

Sessions Visits Guantanamo Bay Prison

Can Jeff Sessions provide justice for Heather Heyer? OPINION

Charlottesville car attack could be prosecuted as a hate crime, Sessions says

ACTIVISTS

Anti-Trump, anti-racism rallies across US draw thousands 

Turmoil in Virginia touches a nerve across the country

Period Activists Aim To Shake The Shame From Menstruation

A Confederate Statue Is Gone, But the Fight Remains in Durham

WHIMSEY

The Ludwigshöhe

Jest Books Were the 16th-Century Version of Insult Comedy

Why Is Iceland So in Love With Licorice?

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