Masha Gessen | The Women's March, Louis Farrakhan, and the Disease of American Political Life




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Masha Gessen | The Women's March, Louis Farrakhan, and the Disease of American Political Life 
The Women's March, a giant, influential organization, has found itself in the emotional state of a tiny resistance cell, holding on against a hostile world. (photo: Noam Galai/WireImage/Getty Images)
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Gessen writes: "Of all the news from which one can get a sinking feeling this week, my brain chooses two."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Getty Images)
Donald Trump. (photo: Getty Images)

Paul Blest, Splinter News
Blest writes: "The Trump administration will reportedly propose that states should arm teachers, less than three weeks after the President proposed it as a solution to school shootings and then denied it, and less than two weeks after a Georgia teacher was arrested after barricading himself inside of a classroom with a gun."
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The #Metoo movement has empowered girls, women and other sexual abuse victims to share their stories of abuse. (photo: David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The #Metoo movement has empowered girls, women and other sexual abuse victims to share their stories of abuse. (photo: David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Barbara Kingsolver | #MeToo Isn't Enough. Now Women Need to Get Ugly
Barbara Kingsolver, Guardian UK
Kingsolver writes: "If any contract between men required the non-white one to adopt the legal identity of his Caucasian companion, would we pop the champagne? If any sport wholly excluded people of colour, would it fill stadiums throughout the land? Would we attend a church whose sacred texts consign Latinos to inferior roles?"
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House speaks Paul Ryan of Wis. discusses the Republican agenda as he faces reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2017. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
House speaks Paul Ryan of Wis. discusses the Republican agenda as he faces reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 30, 2017. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Students to March 50 Miles to Paul Ryan's Hometown to Demand Gun Control
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "Students in Wisconsin are organizing a 50-mile march to Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) hometown later this month to demand action on gun control."
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Alexis Franco Santana said that Trump's wall is 'just a game.' (photo: Carina Julig/Al Jazeera)
Alexis Franco Santana said that Trump's wall is 'just a game.' (photo: Carina Julig/Al Jazeera)


Living in the Shadow of Trump's Border Wall Prototypes
Carina Julig, Al Jazeera
Julig writes: "On the US side, the prototypes represent Trump's 2016 campaign promise to build a wall at Mexico's expense. To those living on the Mexican side, the structures and the exisiting border fence is an ever-present reminder that the US doesn't want them."
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Former president Álvaro Uribe's party won the most seats - while its presidential contender Iván Duque, right, secured his candidacy. (photo: AFP)
Former president Álvaro Uribe's party won the most seats - while its presidential contender Iván Duque, right, secured his candidacy. (photo: AFP)


Irregularities, Fraud Allegations Mar Colombian Elections
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Colombia's legislative elections and interparty primaries have created a stir in the South American nation, after major irregularities were reported by NGOs, candidates and social media users."
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An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (photo: Getty Images)
An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (photo: Getty Images)

The Number of People Who Hate Trump's Offshore Drilling Plans Keeps Growing
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Public meetings for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's five-year offshore drilling plan wrapped up last week, but opposition to the plan - which would open nearly all federal waters to oil and gas extraction - doesn't appear to be quieting down."
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