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Frank Rich | Donald Trump Will Never Cross the NRA 
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Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "By unleashing a wave of student anger and activism, the slaughter in Parkland may be shaking up the intractable American gun debate."
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Rick Gates departs U.S. District Court on February 14, 2018, in Washington. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
Rick Gates departs U.S. District Court on February 14, 2018, in Washington. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)



Rick Gates Pleads Guilty and Begins Cooperating With Mueller's Russia Investigation
Carrie Johnson, NPR
Johnson writes: "Rick Gates, the business partner of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, pleaded guilty on Friday to two charges and will begin cooperating with federal prosecutors investigating the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election."
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Students Kelsey Friend, left, and David Hogg speak about the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 15, 2018. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Students Kelsey Friend, left, and David Hogg speak about the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 15, 2018. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Four Reasons the NRA Should Fear the Parkland Student Survivors
John Blake, CNN
Blake writes: "They're just kids. Naive. Idealistic dupes manipulated by left-wing, gun-control groups."
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THERE ARE NO MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO TERRORISM AND THE US IGNORES SOLUTIONS. 
THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS WAGING ENDLESS PROFITABLE WARS AND BANKRUPTING THE NATION TO BUILD AMERICAN EMPIRE. . 


U.S. special operations personnel prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Afghanistan. (photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
U.S. special operations personnel prepare to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Afghanistan. (photo: U.S. Department of Defense)

Trump Administration Declares 'War on Terror' Needs No New Vote
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "U.S. forces are set to remain in Iraq and Syria indefinitely following a declaration from the Trump administration that it needs no new authorization to keep soldiers in the war."
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John Cameron Denton, left, in an undated photograph with other white supremacists. (photo: ProPublica)
John Cameron Denton, left, in an undated photograph with other white supremacists. (photo: ProPublica)

Inside Atomwaffen as It Celebrates a Member for Allegedly Killing a Gay Jewish College Student
A.C. Thompson, Ali Winston and Jake Hanrahan, ProPublica
Excerpt: "Late last month, ProPublica reported that the California man accused of killing a gay and Jewish University of Pennsylvania student was an avowed neo-Nazi and a member of Atomwaffen Division, one of the country's most notorious extremist groups."
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This is the highest causality figure the city has seen since a chemical attack struck the area in 2013. (photo: Amar Al Bushy/Al Jazeera)
This is the highest causality figure the city has seen since a chemical attack struck the area in 2013. (photo: Amar Al Bushy/Al Jazeera)

As Death Toll Rises in Eastern Ghouta, Has International Community Abandoned the Syrian People?
Rawya Rageh, Alia Malek, Wendy Pearlman and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "That's how the United Nations is describing the Syrian government's recent deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, outside the capital of Damascus. Aid workers report at least 300 people have been killed in recent days."
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Acidification may make it harder for certain marine organisms - including coral, as well as shellfish and certain types of plankton - to build the hard outer shells they need to survive. (photo: Getty Images)
Acidification may make it harder for certain marine organisms - including coral, as well as shellfish and certain types of plankton - to build the hard outer shells they need to survive. (photo: Getty Images)

Corals Are Dissolving Away
Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American
Harvey writes: "Coral reefs aren't just bleaching - they're literally dissolving away because of climate change. And before the end of the century, most reefs around the world may be dissolving faster than they can build themselves back up, according to new research."
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