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Charles Pierce | It Is Unbelievable That Missouri's Governor Is Still in Office 
Eric Greitens and Donald Trump. (photo: Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "We will spend most of our time on this week's tour in Missouri, where the sex scandal surrounding Governor Eric Greitens got deeper and uglier with the release of a legislative report that pretty much fitted Greitens' political career for a shroud."
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High school students have taken the lead in protesting against gun violence. (photo: Kevin Mazu/Guardian UK)
High school students have taken the lead in protesting against gun violence. (photo: Kevin Mazu/Guardian UK)

Vietnam to Parkland: How America's Protesters Are Getting Younger
Adam Gabbatt, Guardian UK
Gabbatt writes: "Thousands of young people have protested against gun control over the past weeks, sparking, for some, memories of youngsters protesting against the Vietnam war and contributing to the civil rights movement."
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Mark Zuckerberg. (photo: Reuters)
Mark Zuckerberg. (photo: Reuters)

Facebook Fuels Broad Privacy Debate by Tracking Non-Users
David Ingram, Reuters
Ingram writes: "Concern about Facebook Inc's (FB.O) respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world's largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not."
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Two black men were arrested on suspicion of trespassing in a Philadelphia Starbucks on Thursday. The police commissioner defended the actions of his officers, but Starbucks apologized. (photo: Melissa DePino)
Two black men were arrested on suspicion of trespassing in a Philadelphia Starbucks on Thursday. The police commissioner defended the actions of his officers, but Starbucks apologized. (photo: Melissa DePino)





Two Black Men Arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks Cafe While Waiting for Friend
Alex Horton, The Washington Post
Horton writes: "Starbucks, which has touted its progressive values and its 'social impact' agenda, faces fierce criticism and calls for a boycott after two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia store, sparking accusations of racial profiling over what the company's chief executive called a 'reprehensible' incident."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Donald Trump. (photo: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The Other Woman in the Stormy Daniels-Trump Saga: 'He Knows What He's Done'
Aurora Snow, The Daily Beast
Snow writes: "When The Wall Street Journal first reported on the $130,000 in hush money that President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid porn star Stormy Daniels, all parties involved maintained an air of deniability."
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Before heading into work, Alexis Stephens drops off her daughter Addison at Educare, an early childhood education facility for low-income families in Tulsa, Okla. Heavy investment in the city's public and private social service, including Educare, has come from the George Kaiser Family Foundation. (photo: CS Monitor)
Before heading into work, Alexis Stephens drops off her daughter Addison at Educare, an early childhood education facility for low-income families in Tulsa, Okla. Heavy investment in the city's public and private social service, including Educare, has come from the George Kaiser Family Foundation. (photo: CS Monitor)

Tulsa Experiment: Can Investing in Children Early Reverse Poverty Cycle?
Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor
Montlake writes: "In the sunny side of a red-brick building, Alexis Stephens extracts a dusty pink stroller from beneath a black-iron staircase. A quick wipedown, and Addison, her impish daughter, is inside, waiting to be pushed the length of the fenced-in yard."
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor Jerry Brown at the United Nations Paris agreement signing ceremony dinner. (photo: Flkr)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor Jerry Brown at the United Nations Paris agreement signing ceremony dinner. (photo: Flkr)

Jerry Brown and Justin Trudeau: Climate Advocates, or Hypocrites?
Andy Rowell, EcoWatch
Rowell writes: "Two leading political figures from the U.S. and Canada, who have boasted about the need to fight climate change, are now under fire for being climate change hypocrites: saying they care about the climate, but allowing drilling and fossil fuel infrastructure to be built anyway."
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