August 19, 2016

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State Dept. says $400m payment to Iran wasn’t ransom, but was delayed to create “leverage” in hostage return.

Before and after views of Southern Louisiana, devastated this week by historic flooding.

Worried by Trumputin, Congress wants to obstruct removing Russian sanctions—energy companies have already started.

If Clinton wins, expect a new era of misogyny, just as Obama’s presidency brought racism to the fore.

“Old-fashioned sexual exploitation has been sold to today’s teenage girls as their own ‘sex-positive’ choice.”

For women, walking can be a radical declaration of autonomy and creativity.

Should Hillary win, Bill will step down from the Clinton Foundation, which will also start refusing foreign donations.

Ryan Lochte was right when he said someone pointed a gun at him. It was a gas station security guard telling him to stop peeing on the walls.

Uber’s first self-driving fleet of Volvos will debut in Pittsburgh this month, but with backup drivers present.

About 200,000 people are turning to GoFundMe to cover emergency medical expenses.

Artificial intelligence researchers deploy autonomous internet defense bot for the first time.

Caseworkers must deal with terrific ambiguity, which means plenty of kids are taken away from good parents. #longreads

Justice Dept. says it will stop contracting with private prisons, which mostly provided low-security services at 13 locations.

Behind the move to end private prison contracts: Shane Bauer’s “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard.”

Mayans were said not to have raised any animals, but archaeologists just unearthed…a bunny farm?

You think California is easy on pot, but this decade it arrested hundreds of thousands for marijuana-related offenses—most are black.

“Until America’s mortgage monster is brought to heel, the task of making finance safer will remain only half-done.”

Obamacare made a dent in extending coverage; a public option would bring down prices. #longreads