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Jessica Valenti | No Country for Old Moderates 
Democratic debate. (photo: CNN)
Jessica Valenti, Medium
Valenti writes: "More so than any bizarre theatrics, it was candidates' insistence on appealing to 'the middle' that revealed Trump's lingering shadow over the Democratic primary."
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Cherokee Guns in Murphy, North Carolina, has a sign inciting violence against four minority members of congress. (photo: Getty)
Cherokee Guns in Murphy, North Carolina, has a sign inciting violence against four minority members of congress. (photo: Getty)

'How the Hell Is This Not Inciting Violence?' Gun Store Erects Billboard With Minority Lawmakers' Faces
Michael Brice-Saddler and Reis Thebault, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The sign warns of the '4 Horsemen' - typically a reference to biblical imagery symbolizing the end of the earth: conquest, war, famine and death. But the North Carolina billboard that went up over the weekend does not depict horsemen."
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Edward Snowden. (photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Edward Snowden. (photo: Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Edward Snowden 'Permanent Record' Memoir Coming Out Next Month
Hillel Italie, Associated Press
Italie writes: "Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir. The book by the man whose leaks of classified documents transformed the debate about government surveillance is coming out September 17."
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Democratic debate. (photo: The Daily Beast/Getty)
Democratic debate. (photo: The Daily Beast/Getty)

Dear CNN: Women Are Not Little Men
Molly Jong-Fast, The Daily Beast
Jong-Fast writes: "It was 10:06 p.m. Wednesday when Democrats were finally asked about equal pay. The question went to... Andrew Yang."
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Immigration detention camp. (photo: Getty)
Immigration detention camp. (photo: Getty)

Doctors Call for Investigation Into Border Facilities After 3 Migrant Children in Custody Die of Flu
Graham Kates, CBS News
Kates writes: "Doctors associated with Harvard and Johns Hopkins called for an investigation into health care at border facilities in a letter to members of Congress Thursday. The letter comes in response to the deaths of six migrant children either in government custody or soon after their release."
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Amid an international outcry over Amazon deforestation, the Brazilian government has met to review the data collection system. (photo: Felipe Werneck/AP)
Amid an international outcry over Amazon deforestation, the Brazilian government has met to review the data collection system. (photo: Felipe Werneck/AP)

Amazon Deforestation: Bolsonaro Government Accused of Seeking to Sow Doubt Over Data
Jonathan Watts, Guardian UK
Watts writes: "The Amazon forest is being burned and chopped down at the most alarming rate in recent memory, but the Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro is focused on reinterpreting the data rather than dealing with the culprits, monitoring groups have said."
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Volunteers prepare a space to plant a permaculture herb spiral at Pine Ridge School in Magalia, California, during the Camp Fire Restoration Weekend. (photo: Gerard Ungerman)
Volunteers prepare a space to plant a permaculture herb spiral at Pine Ridge School in Magalia, California, during the Camp Fire Restoration Weekend. (photo: Gerard Ungerman)

How Permaculture Is Helping Wildfire Survivors Recover
Dani Burlison, YES! Magazine
Burlison writes: "'This is an experiment,' Trumm said to the farmers, builders, and community organizers who showed up to help. 'Welcome to the experiment!'"
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