May 3, 2017

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Andrew Sullivan: The rise of Trump marks the extinction of our democracy; he must be stopped by any means necessary.

Opposition to accepting Vietnamese refugees in the ‘70s was even higher than current opposition to Syrian refugees.

Collection of once-embargoed photos of “enemy” Japanese Bay Area citizens being rounded up.

Neither free-market policy nor individual behavior is responsible for Japan’s steadily climbing poverty rate.

Whatever “affordable” college options still exist, they’re fading fast.

Italy is an unlikely source for sound financial thinking about Europe. #opinion

Interviews with five reformed criminals to see how they justify their crimes.

There are moments when, yeah, I wish I was back in the security of a cell. Albert Woodfox of the Angola Three afte being released from 43 years of solitary confinement.

Orly Faya’s portraits merge her subjects with the nature around them. #video

Brady Campaign launches plug-in to replace identities of mass shooters online with names and pictures of their victims.

Three libertarian proposals to counter North Carolina’s boneheaded bathroom law.

The image of the trans world as an open church that includes all comers, all variants on the possibilities of sex, is… misleading.

St. Louis is now the center of chess in America, thanks to a retired financial executive.

Justice Department says thousands of South Dakotans are being held unnecessarily in highly restrictive group homes.

America has two separate, distinct opioid crises; treating them the same is a disservice to the afflicted.

Greenpeace leak of TTIP documents shows the US planning to persuade Europe to loosen consumer protections.

This season’s hot new tourist attraction: Antarctica.

South Florida’s coral reef, only of its kind in the continental US, severely damaged by recent dredging for cruise ships.

First American cruise ship in 40 years docks at Havana.

Primer on the disaster that is Sykes-Picot, and how it still haunts the Middle East.

Google Maps features less cities and more roads than it did six years ago, but at the cost of good cartography.

New record set for hoverboard flight: covering 7,388 feet at 100 feet above the ocean, reaching a top speed of 44 mph.

Hawaii blocks Woody Harrelson’s attempts to open a cannabis dispensary.