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Naomi Klein and Lauren Feeney | The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island 
Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Naomi Klein and Lauren Feeney, The Intercept
Excerpt: "When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, Puerto Ricans almost immediately began worrying about disaster capitalists swooping in to buy up beleaguered public utilities and damaged beachfront property on the cheap."
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Stormy Daniels arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Stormy Daniels arrives to perform at the Solid Gold Fort Lauderdale strip club on March 9, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Stormy Daniels' Motion to Depose Trump Is on Stunningly Solid Legal Footing
Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "Daniels' legal challenge to a contract made with Michael Cohen's Essential Consultants LLC for her to stay quiet about an alleged affair with Trump is stunningly strong."
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. (photo: Luca Bruno/AP)
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. (photo: Luca Bruno/AP)

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Ditches Facebook Over Data Scandal
Jessica Guynn and Kevin McCoy, USA Today
Excerpt: "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook out of growing concern for the carelessness with which Facebook and other Internet companies treat the private information of users."
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Lily Niple, 34, at her home in Vinton County, Ohio, on April 3. Niple, who has struggled with opioid addiction, said her home town feels as if it was
Lily Niple, 34, at her home in Vinton County, Ohio, on April 3. Niple, who has struggled with opioid addiction, said her home town feels as if it was "preyed upon." Vinton, Ohio's least populated county, is one of many jurisdictions suing companies that manufactured and distributed powerful painkillers. (photo: Andrew Spear/WP)

As the Opioid Epidemic Rages, Cities Are Suing Big Pharma to Foot the Bill
Katie Zezima, The Washington Post
Zezima writes: "The opioid epidemic has affected nearly every aspect of life in Vinton County. Teachers buy shoes for students whose addicted parents send them to school in footwear held together with tape. Overdose deaths have surged. Foster care is overwhelmed. The jail is bursting at the seams."
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'Young men often come into extremist movements because they experience downsizing in specifically gendered ways.' (image: Rob Dobi/Guardian)
'Young men often come into extremist movements because they experience downsizing in specifically gendered ways.' (image: Rob Dobi/Guardian)

Almost All Violent Extremists Share One Thing: Their Gender
Michael Kimmel, Guardian UK
Kimmel writes: "The fact is that virtually all of those mobilizing on all sides of this growing clash are young men - whether right-wing extremists, anti-immigrant zealots, anti-Muslim skinheads and neo-Nazis or young Muslims readying for jihad."
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Nigeria's army has pushed Boko Haram fighters out of a number of provinces in the northeast. (photo: EFE)
Nigeria's army has pushed Boko Haram fighters out of a number of provinces in the northeast. (photo: EFE)

Nigeria: 149 Women and Children Rescued From Boko Haram
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Nigerian military says it has rescued 149 women and children abducted by the armed group Boko Haram in the country's northeast."
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The Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
The Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Faces Renewed Pressure Despite Trump's Support
Martin Pengelly, Guardian UK
Pengelly writes: "Controversy for Pruitt mounts over a rent deal linked to an energy sector lobbyist and spending of public money on a security detail."
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