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The New York Times Editorial Board | Trump Imperils the Planet 
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Editorial Board, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Endangered species, climate change - the administration is taking the country, and the world, backward."
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Catarina Perez, center, the grandmother of Felipe Gòmez Alonzo, 8, who died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, cries Thursday as she prays for her grandson in Guatemala. (photo: Luis Echeverria/Reuters)
Catarina Perez, center, the grandmother of Felipe Gòmez Alonzo, 8, who died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, cries Thursday as she prays for her grandson in Guatemala. (photo: Luis Echeverria/Reuters)


Doctors Raise Questions About Medical Care Received by Guatemalan Boy Who Died in US Custody
Daniella Silva, NBC News
Silva writes: "The medical investigator's office cautioned in a statement that the cause of death for Felipe Gomez Alonzo, who died minutes before midnight on Dec. 24, was still under investigation, but it was determined that he had been suffering from the flu."
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A mural in Lordstown, Ohio. The GM plant here employs 1,600 workers. (photo: Tony Dejak/AP)
A mural in Lordstown, Ohio. The GM plant here employs 1,600 workers. (photo: Tony Dejak/AP)

'A Kick in the Stomach': Massive GM Layoffs Leave Workers Distraught - and Angry
Steven Greenhouse, Guardian UK
Greenhouse writes: "Ever since the US's largest car company's immense assembly plant opened here 52 years ago, it has dominated this blue-collar town. Now GM workers here are furious that the automaker plans to idle - and perhaps permanently close - the plant."
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Mumia Abu-Jamal. (photo: Getty)
Mumia Abu-Jamal. (photo: Getty)

Judge Grants Latest Appeal for Mumia Abu-Jamal, in Part
Kristen Johanson, KYW Newsradio
Johanson writes: "A Philadelphia judge has re-instated Mumia Abu-Jamal post-conviction appellate rights, more than 35 years after he convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner in Center City."
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City officials in Inglewood, California, are under scrutiny for a plan to destroy more than 100 police records days before a new statewide transparency law takes effect. (photo: Mark Boster/Getty)
City officials in Inglewood, California, are under scrutiny for a plan to destroy more than 100 police records days before a new statewide transparency law takes effect. (photo: Mark Boster/Getty)

Inglewood, California, Plans to Shred Years of Police Records Before a New Law Makes Them Public
P.R. Lockhart, Vox
Lockhart writes: "Inglewood officials say they're just purging 'obsolete' data. Civil liberties groups disagree."
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Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. (photo: Bilal Hussein/AP)
Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. (photo: Bilal Hussein/AP)

2018 Was a Year of Drastic Cuts to US Refugee Admissions
Deborah Amos, NPR
Amos writes: "The United States is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before."
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Mobile home park destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. (photo: Getty)
Mobile home park destroyed by Hurricane Harvey. (photo: Getty)

Trump, Russia and Saudi Arabia Are Forming an Axis of Climate Denial. It's Up to Us to Stop Them.
Jean Su, Climate Home News
Su writes: "Climate suicide is not an option. And, if the last two years have taught the world anything, it is that people are rising to resist this end."
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