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A History of Sex and Abuse in the Trump Administration 
Donald Trump and Steve Bannon in the Oval Office. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Excerpt: "From Ivana and Marla to Pussygate and Porter, a timeline of domestic abuse and sexual misconduct allegations against Trump and his inner circle."
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Where the Gun Control Debate Stands in Congress
Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen, Vox
Excerpt: "As Congress returns from recess this week, the big question is whether the shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed at least 17 people, and injured more than a dozen others, will push Congress to actually do something on guns?"
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West Virginia Schools Closed as Teacher Walkout Enters Day 4
Dave Mistich, NPR
Mistich writes: "Leaders of teachers unions and their members are calling for salary increases, a permanent fix to health care through the Public Employees Insurance Agency and a stop to legislation on what they call attacks on seniority."
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Dr. Ben Carson speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Dr. Ben Carson speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Housing Official Says She Was Replaced for Rejecting Carson's Costly Office Redecoration
Jon Swaine and Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "A senior career official in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has alleged that she was demoted and replaced with a Donald Trump appointee after refusing to break the law by funding an expensive redecoration of Ben Carson's office."
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The US Does a Terrible Job of Keeping Its Children Out of Poverty - Especially Compared to Other Industrialized Nations
Matt Bruenig, Jacobin
Bruenig writes: "According to the latest data, 20 percent of US children live in families with incomes below 50 percent of the national median income. Compare that to Nordic countries, where the same number ranges from 3.6 percent to 6.7 percent."
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Mexico: Second Political Precandidate Murdered in 4 Days
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Rebaja is the second aspiring female candidate to be killed in less than one week. Four days ago, Party of the Democratic Revolution's (PRD) Antonia Jaimes Moctezuma was reportedly executed by two men in a restaurant."
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Temperatures at the North Pole have risen above freezing. (photo: Sue Flood)
Temperatures at the North Pole have risen above freezing. (photo: Sue Flood)

North Pole Surges Above Freezing in the Dead of Winter, Stunning Scientists
Jason Samenow, The Washington Post
Samenow writes: "The sun won't rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it's normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend."
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