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Inside the GM plant where nooses and 'whites-only' signs hung
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/us/gm-toledo-racism-lawsuit/index.html

Public schools seldom bring rich and poor together–and MLK would disapprove
https://www.fastcompany.com/90294508/americas-schools-seldom-bring-rich-and-poor-together-and-mlk-would-disapprove

Mike Pence compares Trump’s border wall stance to Martin Luther King’s legacy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-pence-trump-martin-luther-king-border-wall-mexico-government-shutdown-latest-a8738161.html

Trump raises possibility of amnesty, a move that could further infuriate his base
http://www.rollcall.com/news/whitehouse/move-likely-infuriate-base-trump-suddenly-endorses-amnesty

Civil rights group marks MLK Day with call for 'Trump card' national ID
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426222-civil-rights-group-marks-mlk-day-with-call-for-trump-card-national-id

Celebs and relatives of Martin Luther King Jr. call for new probe into his death ahead of his public holiday as they claim his assassination and JFK, RFK and Malcolm X's killing were conspiracies covered up by the government
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6613747/New-probes-demanded-deaths-John-F-Kennedy-Robert-F-Kennedy-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Malcolm-X.html

Time to Break the Silence on Palestine
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/opinion/sunday/martin-luther-king-palestine-israel.html

Rep. Omar Asks Allah To Break Israel’s Spell On The World, Condemns Steve King’s ‘Hateful’ Speech
https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2019/01/20/ilhan-oman-israel-hypnotized-world-tweet-steve-king-hateful-cnn/

'Black Muslims' to blame for high school students' confrontation with Native American man, mother claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/maga-hat-donald-trump-native-american-covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-black-muslims-a8737186.html

The Media Wildly Mischaracterized That Video of Covington Catholic Students Confronting a Native American Veteran
http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-video

The whole story: Before and after video of Nathan Phillips, #MAGAyouth and more
https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/the-whole-story-before-and-after-video-of-nathan-phillips-magayouth-and-more-_O6lTVo8M0muOgi6Foug-w/

EXCLUSIVE: Native Elder Nathan Phillips reflects on staredown with smirking student, the moments before the encounter, and hundreds of years of white privilege
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-nathan-phillips-kentucky-covington-indigenous-march-staredown-20190121-story.html

Catholic school student addresses ‘misinformation’ and ‘outright lies’ spread about incident with Native American man
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426262-catholic-school-student-addresses-misinformation-and-outright

CNN Helps Clear the Air Over MAGA Hat Teen and Native American’s Viral Incident
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-helps-clear-the-air-over-maga-hat-teen-and-native-americans-viral-incident/

Fox & Friends Apologizes for Accidental Graphic Saying Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Dead
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-friends-apologizes-for-accidental-graphic-saying-ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-dead/

Rudy Claims Credit for Peter Carr's Correction of BuzzFeed, Which Had the Goal of Tamping Down Impeachment Talk 
https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/01/20/rudy-claims-credit-for-peter-carrs-correction-of-buzzfeed-which-had-the-goal-of-tamping-down-impeachment-talk/

Giuliani Admits Trump May Have Spoken to Cohen About Congressional Testimony After All
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/01/giuliani-trump-congress-cohen-cnn/

Moscow Skyscraper Talks Continued Through ‘the Day I Won,’ Trump Is Said to Acknowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/us/politics/trump-tower-moscow-cohen-giuliani.html

Trump, Key European Leaders Skip Davos Amid Turmoil at Home
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-key-european-leaders-skip-davos-amid-turmoil-at-home-11548066601

Stark stats as the global elite descend on Davos
https://www.axios.com/ceos-trust-solve-problems-edelman-62278f01-b35a-4d93-b46a-f32717120c49.html

International Monetary Fund update points to continuing global slowdown
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/imf-update-points-to-continuing-global-slowdown/10733814

POLITICS and FLEAS

The Humiliating Handshake and the Near-Fistfight that Broke the Democratic Party
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/21/camelots-end-kennedy-vs-carter-democratic-convention-1980-224030

This Year Looks A Lot Like The 1976 Democratic Primary. What Does That Mean For 2020?
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/beto-orourke-jimmy-carter-elizabeth-warren-booker-1976

2020 presidential election: Track which candidates are running
https://www.axios.com/2020-presidential-election-candidates-announce-running-15472039-9bf49de4-351a-46b3-bdde-b980947b21ea.html

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

Afghanistan attack: More than 100 security officers killed in Taliban assault on military base
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghanistan-attack-today-security-military-base-death-toll-taliban-terror-maidan-wardak-a8738671.html

Venezuelan military group arrested after calling for President Maduro's removal
https://www.france24.com/en/20190121-venezuela-military-group-calls-president-maduros-removal

Report finds another undisclosed North Korea missile site, says there are 19 more
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/report-finds-another-undisclosed-north-korea-missile-site-says-there-n958801

Second woman carrying gene-edited baby in China: State media
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/second-woman-carrying-gene-edited-baby-in-china-state-media-11149152

PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER

More Babies Are Being Born with Intestines Outside the Body. Is the Condition Linked to Mom's Opioid Use?
https://www.livescience.com/64547-gastroschisis-birth-defect-opioids.html

Study finds link between high pesticide exposure and poor sense of smell among farmers
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190117/Study-finds-link-between-high-pesticide-exposure-and-poor-sense-of-smell-among-farmers.aspx

‘Safe’ herbicide in Australian water affects male fertility 
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/safe-herbicide-in-australian-water-affects-male-fertility

Pesticides on Our Plates: Is Our Food Safe to Eat?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pesticides-on-our-plates-is-our-food-safe-to-eat/

Did pesticide exposure kill two farm labourers in Kerala? 
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/did-pesticide-exposure-kill-two-farm-labourers-kerala-95369

THE MEDIA SCRUM

Did we just experience the hardest decade in journalism?
https://www.poynter.org/journalisms-hardest-decade/

Facebook should treat the cause, not the symptoms, of journalism’s plight
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/facebook-should-treat-the-cause-not-the-symptoms-of-journalisms-plight.php

Does Journalism Have a Future? 
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalism-have-a-future

ODDS, ENDS

South African Fossils Are Human ‘Missing Link,’ Says New Study
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/south-african-fossils-are-human-missing-link-says-new-study_us_5c455633e4b027c3bbc30a30

Scientists find genes with large effects on head and brain size
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-scientists-genes-large-effects-brain.html

The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-maps-out-ideas-and-memories-like-spaces-20190114/

If You Can Solve This Puzzle, You Can Survive the Apocalypse
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a25924818/deadly-skills-puzzles/

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