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Michael Moore | Finally, 20 Years Later, Walmart Does the Right Thing
Michael Moore. (photo Getty Images)
Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page
Moore writes: "Yesterday Walmart finally announced they'd stop selling ammo for assault weapons & handguns - 20 years AFTER these 2 boys, Richard and Mark, were shot at Columbine High School - and 18 years after I took them to K-mart headquarters where the three of us convinced K-mart to permanently ban their assault weapon and handgun ammo."
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Teenage migrants are detained by the U.S. Border Patrol, 17 June 2018, in McAllen, Texas. The children were separated from their families under the zero tolerance policy. (photograph: Alamy)
Teenage migrants are detained by the U.S. Border Patrol, 17 June 2018, in McAllen, Texas. The children were separated from their families under the zero tolerance policy. (photograph: Alamy)

'I Can't Feel My Heart': Children Separated Under Trump Show Signs of PTSD, Watchdog Finds
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Separated from his father at the US-Mexico border last year, the little boy, about seven or eight, was under the delusion that his dad had been killed. And he thought he was next."
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A loved one tries to comfort Catherine Russel, right, after she arrived in Nassau with other Abaco Islands survivors Wednesday. (photo: Carolyn Van Houten/WP)
A loved one tries to comfort Catherine Russel, right, after she arrived in Nassau with other Abaco Islands survivors Wednesday. (photo: Carolyn Van Houten/WP)

Massive Rescue and Relief Effort Underway in Ravaged Bahamas as Dorian Aims at Carolinas
Anthony Faiola, Maria Sacchetti, Tim Craig and Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A massive search-and-rescue operation scoured the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama amid a growing awareness that Hurricane Dorian unleashed a catastrophe unlike anything seen in this part of the world."
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Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue speaks at the White House. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue speaks at the White House. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Admin Plans to Gut Food Stamps, Hitting Red States Hardest
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "President Donald Trump's latest attack on working families will hit especially hard in the states that voted for him: More than half of the people who are set to lose access to food stamps under regulations proposed this summer live in states that went for Trump in 2016."
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Fans gather at a party to celebrate the launch of the YouTube Kids app in 2015. (photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images/YouTube)
Fans gather at a party to celebrate the launch of the YouTube Kids app in 2015. (photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images/YouTube)

Google's Punishment for Violating Kids' Privacy on YouTube: $170 Million
Peter Kafka, Vox
Kafka writes: "Google's YouTube has agreed to pay million in fines to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally harvested children's personal data, which it used to serve them personalized ads."
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'That as Arabs students, they have to learn this information to pass their exams - imagine how humiliating that is?' said one parent. (photo: AFP)
'That as Arabs students, they have to learn this information to pass their exams - imagine how humiliating that is?' said one parent. (photo: AFP)

Reading, Writing and Racism: 'Nation-State' Law Now Official Israeli Curriculum
Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "Starting this school year, all Israeli students must learn about the law which codifies Jewish supremacy, a change decried by Palestinian-Israeli parents and teachers."
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The Energy Department is reversing energy-efficiency standards for lightbulbs that were set to take effect next year. (photo: Charles Krupa/AP)
The Energy Department is reversing energy-efficiency standards for lightbulbs that were set to take effect next year. (photo: Charles Krupa/AP)

Trump Rolls Back Regulations on Energy-Saving Lightbulbs
Shannon Van Sant, NPR
Van Sant writes: "The Energy Department announced the move on Wednesday, withdrawing standards that were to be put in place to make commonly used bulbs more efficient."
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