Jimmy Carter | How to Repair the US-China Relationship - and Prevent a Modern Cold War







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Jimmy Carter | How to Repair the US-China Relationship - and Prevent a Modern Cold War 
President Jimmy Carter and Chinese vice premier Deng Xiaoping meet outside of the Oval Office on Jan. 30, 1979. (photo: AP)
Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post
Carter writes: "Forty years ago, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and I normalized diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States, putting an end to three decades of hostility."
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Sen. Mitch McConnell. (photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)
Sen. Mitch McConnell. (photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)

Congress Is Still Pulling $174,000 Salaries During the Government Shutdown
Mari Uyehara, Yahoo! News
Uyehara writes: "Congress members, who take home much higher salaries than average federal employees, are exempt from withheld pay."
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NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has extended an invitation to sanctioned Russian official and ultranationalist Dimitry Rogozin. (photo: Valery Sharifulintass/Getty)
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has extended an invitation to sanctioned Russian official and ultranationalist Dimitry Rogozin. (photo: Valery Sharifulintass/Getty)

White House Considers Lifting Sanctions So Anti-LGBTQ Russian Official Can Visit
Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
Ford writes: "NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has extended an invitation to a sanctioned Russian official with a long history of racist and homophobic viewpoints."
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Supporters of Medicare for All. (photo: Getty)
Supporters of Medicare for All. (photo: Getty)

Blue States Can Pave the Way for Single-Payer
David Dayen, In These Times
Dayen writes: "No single issue powered Democrats to midterm victories more than healthcare."
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Not something America should be proud of. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Not something America should be proud of. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)

The Moral Horror of America's Prisons
Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
Cowen writes: "Congress isn't doing enough to fix the current U.S. penal system, which is a failure of historic proportions."
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Women march with a Haitian Flag in New York. (photo: Lunion Suite)
Women march with a Haitian Flag in New York. (photo: Lunion Suite)

Haiti, First Black Republic, Gained Independence 215 Years Ago
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Haiti, the first Latin American country to declare independence and the first Black republic, celebrates 215 years since it forced France to surrender its colonial claim over what the slave-driven plantation formerly known as Saint-Domingue."
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The critically endangered Florida panther. (photo: Mark Conlin/Alamy)
The critically endangered Florida panther. (photo: Mark Conlin/Alamy)

Endangered Florida Panther Threatened by Development Project, Experts Say
Richard Luscombe, Guardian UK
Luscombe writes: "The extinction of the endangered Florida panther could be hastened by a large development proposed for the state, environmental groups are warning, as a major project is expected to win approval from the Trump administration as early as April."
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