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Jane Mayer | What Joe Biden Hasn't Owned Up to About Anita Hill 
I did everything in my power to do what I thought was within the rules, Joe Biden has said, of his handling of Anita Hill's accusations against Clarence Thomas, in 1991. (photo: Peter Heimsath/Shutterstock)
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Mayer writes: "Whether Joe Biden's treatment of Anita Hill, nearly three decades ago, will continue to cloud his Presidential campaign likely depends on how contrite he is. So far, the signs are not encouraging."
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Sally Yates: If Trump Was Not President, He Would Be Indicted
Reuters
Excerpt: "Former top Justice Department official Sally Yates said on Sunday that if Donald Trump were not president, he would have been indicted on obstruction charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation."
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Trump's Anti-Abortion Rhetoric Is Getting Out of Control
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, ThinkProgress
Varkiani writes: "His latest lie is that the mother and the doctor decide whether or not to 'execute the baby' after it's born and wrapped up in a blanket."
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Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes and Were Told to "Let It Go"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out, and told they could lose their jobs for reporting him at a private meeting with a superior officer last year."
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The scene of car crash Tuesday on El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale, in which police say several pedestrians were struck. (photo: Cody Glenn/SF Chronicle)
The scene of car crash Tuesday on El Camino Real and Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale, in which police say several pedestrians were struck. (photo: Cody Glenn/SF Chronicle)

Man Plowed His Car Into Crowd Because He Thought They Were Muslim
Kimberly Veklerov, The San Francisco Chronicle
Veklerov writes: "Days before Ramadan, Bay Area Muslims remained unsettled and concerned Sunday about their safety after an Army veteran drove his car into a crowd of people Tuesday in Sunnyvale in what authorities say may have been a hate crime."
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Hamilton Mourão's remarks about former astrologer Olavo de Carvalho ignited the online feud. (photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
Hamilton Mourão's remarks about former astrologer Olavo de Carvalho ignited the online feud. (photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Turf War Breaks Between Bolsonaro's Sons and Brazil's Vice President
Tom Phillips, Guardian UK
Phillips writes: "A turf war has broken out at the pinnacle of Brazilian politics, pitting a presidential son nicknamed 'pitbull' and a Steve Bannon-backed polemicist against a group of retired military chiefs led by Brazil's vice-president, Hamilton Mourão."
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Activist Merci Ferrer stands and looks at the mountain of trash at a dumpsite in Dumaguete City, Philippines. (photo: Greenpeace)
Activist Merci Ferrer stands and looks at the mountain of trash at a dumpsite in Dumaguete City, Philippines. (photo: Greenpeace)

3 Reasons Why Plastic Pollution Is an Environmental Justice Issue
Kaitlin Grable, Greenpeace
Excerpt: "Turtles, seabirds, seals, and whales are well-documented victims of plastic pollution - but when was the last time you saw a video of a person suffering in the grips of the global plastics crisis?"
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