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    My first article for , on how Hezbollah defeated its Shia critics and strengthened its control over Lebanese politics in this weekend's election: Some additional thoughts:

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    'Marine protected areas' have been a recent environmental success story. But a new study finds climate change could destroy many of them, reports

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    "To be sure, the Trump era has featured some examples of rhetorical grandstanding—but they have been, in a word, bad."

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    "Is the writing within Westworld bad because Lee Sizemore is a hack or is the writing within Westworld just bad?" asks the important question:

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kanye West in the age of Donald Trump:

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    "Kurt Cobain’s death was a great tragedy for his legions of fans. Tupac’s was a tragedy for an entire people. When brilliant black artists fall down on the stage, they don’t fall down alone."

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    "These are not stray thoughts. They are the propaganda that justifies voter suppression, and feeds police brutality, and minimizes the murder of Heather Heyer. And Kanye West is now a mouthpiece for it," Ta-Nehisi Coates writes.

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    Departing Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards talks with about the legacy she's leaving behind—and why the fight for reproductive rights is far from over:

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    Kanye West is championing "a white freedom, freedom without consequence, freedom without criticism, freedom to be proud and ignorant; freedom to profit off a people in one moment and abandon them in the next."

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    I'm just going to keep on tweeting this Ta-Nehisi Coates piece on Kanye West, and on his own brush with fame, until everyone reads it. Not just because the arguments in it are worth reading, but because the writing itself is so magical

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    Reuel Marc Gerecht argues that the Iran deal keeps America from confronting Iran's mass murder in Syria

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    "The ritual for coping with parking-ticket rage involves sautéing and then eating the ticket."

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    I LOVE this piece on Silicon Valley's attempts to hack rituals for non-religious people

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    Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kanye West !!

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    Phenomenal

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    “The new generation, they want bite-size spirituality instead of a whole menu of courses."

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    ICYMI: Photos of Kilauea's Newest Lava Fissures on Hawaii's Big Island - 24 photos from the past few days of the eruptions opening up under Leilani Estates.

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    Favorite quote in here: “I haven’t been up in the swamp very long."

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    In Indiana and West Virginia, GOP congressmen seeking promotions to the Senate are struggling to fend off challenges from Washington outsiders, reports:

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    This the single most powerful — and devastating — piece of essay writing I’ve read in ages. Read every word:

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