Morning Coffee (7/7/19)

Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations

Finally: Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged

Democrats Found A Major Recruit To Take On Susan Collins in 2020

Of course: DeVos Repeals Obama-Era Rule Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges

Lawyers Ask Judge to Order White Nationalist From Keene To Stop Alleged Threats

In male-dominated Afghanistan, justice for women is complicated

Trade War Has Damaged U.S. Chip Industry in Ways a Deal May Never Fix

Neanderthals’ history is as complicated as ours

This seems like a terrible idea! The ‘Les Misérables’ Revolving Stage Is Going. Fans Are in a Spin.

Dracula arrives in first blood-splattered look at Sherlock creators' miniseries

Morning Coffee (7/2/19)

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

Agents feared riots, armed themselves because of dire conditions at migrant facility, DHS report says

No thank you: Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4

These people should all be ashamed of themselves. This is how evil regimes take hold. Alabamians Defend Arrest of Woman Whose Fetus Died in Shooting

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Transform American Elections

Good: Twitter Conspiracy Theorist Charged With a Felony in Lynch Threat Against Muslim Candidate

Oh no: Center for American Progress Puts ThinkProgress Up for Sale

This is the minimum any decent person should say, but given his position, it's still important and great that he said it: The Duke of Cambridge: ‘absolutely fine’ if children are LGBTQ

Eee, good winners! 2019 Locus Awards Winners

In Hawaii, Construction to Begin on Disputed Telescope Project

Morning Coffee (6/30/19)

Toothpaste and Soap

German far-right group 'used police data to compile death list'

The cost of Trump’s tariffs has fallen ‘entirely’ on US businesses and households: Goldman

Wowww: Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Order Blood Drawn From Unconscious DUI Suspects

Joe Biden's White Privilege

The Case Against Hope

Blue States Roll Out Aggressive Climate Strategies. Red States Keep to the Sidelines.

Blurred lines: Trump’s UN choice and her coal magnate spouse

This is horrifying: Increasing Support for Religiously Based Service Refusals

!! Scientists successfully transfer 1st test tube rhino embryo

Morning Coffee (6/29/19)

GOOD: James A. Fields Jr., avowed neo-Nazi in Charlottesville car attack, sentenced to life in prison

Scenes Of Tearful, Flu-Stricken And Underfed Migrant Kids Emerge In New Accounts

Cold, cramped, filthy: Migrants describe border centers

At G20, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin After End of Mueller Inquiry

Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work.

Just evil for the fun of it: Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops

Why E. Jean Carroll, ‘the Anti-Victim,’ Spoke Up About Trump

Amazing: Ocasio-Cortez invites Megan Rapinoe to the House of Representatives in place of the White House

The ‘Wife Guys’ of the 2020 presidential race

Not great!!! Picture This: Diversity in Children’s Books 2018 Infographic

Morning Coffee (6/27/19)

Investigators Found Immigrant Kids And Families Locked In Disgusting Conditions In Border Camps

Elizabeth Warren proved she’s ready for the big show

Our next election is dangerously vulnerable, a top Democrat warns. Does Trump care?

This is horrifying and a very very very worrisome sign of things to come: Woman indicted in shooting death of her unborn child; charges against shooter dismissed

Elizabeth Warren says she would ban private prisons and detention facilities as president

I love her: Out soccer star Megan Rapinoe says she’s ‘not going to the f–king White House’ after World Cup

By pushing for revote in Istanbul, Erdogan gambled — and lost

Wow: A trans Starbucks employee was misgendered on the job. Starbucks says it isn’t harassment.

A Former Republican Operative With Ties To White Nationalists Has Been Publishing Opinion Pieces In The Wall Street Journal

NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life

Morning Coffee (6/18/19)

Please read this: The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old

Trump Adds Troops After Iran Says It Will Breach Nuclear Deal

Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court

‘There’s no accountability’: Trump, White House aides signal a willingness to act with impunity in drive for reelection

THIS monster: Lawyers for Sandy Hook families say Alex Jones sent them child porn

Chilling Video Shows Cop Aiming Gun At Black Family After Girl, 4, Takes Doll From Store

Disgusting: Alabama court forces rape survivor to allow rapist to have visitation with children

Gloria Vanderbilt Dies at 95; Built a Fashion Empire

Veronica Mars trailer!!

Out of Their Eggs, Into the Sky: How Baby Pterosaurs May Have Taken Flight

Afternoon Tea (6/11/19)

The Making of a YouTube Radical

This essay by Amy Whipple is lovely and important: Foster Care: Heroic Measures

How Nuclear Bomb Tests Are Helping to Identify Art Forgeries

The First Woman Cabinet Minister: Margaret Bondfield, 1873-1953

When Tea Reaches Its Boiling Point In Fiction, So Too May The Story

Morning Coffee (6/10/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.

Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017

SIGH: Joe Biden Worked to Undermine the Affordable Care Act’s Coverage of Contraception

Swastikas and Burning Pride Flags: Hate Crimes Spike in N.Y.

Trump’s own Defense Department directly contradicts his claim about transgender troops

A Scandal in Austria and the Far Right’s Fortunes in Europe

!!! Big news up here in NH: Three Bear Brook Murder Victims Identified; Citizen Sleuth, Genetic Genealogy Provide Key Clues

This is awful: MSU Wants To Pay Nassar Survivors A Fraction Of What It Paid Those Who Sued Earlier

Guys. JUST DON'T BE CREEPY. 60% of male managers now say they’re uncomfortable mentoring women

Elephants May Sniff Out Quantities With Their Noses

Morning Coffee (6/6/19)

In pictures: D-Day 75th anniversary commemorations

To quote Adam Serwer, the cruelty is the point: Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters

Trump Administration Restricts Federal Research Involving Human Fetal Tissue

This headline is a little... mild; there's a lot here: Russian trolls who interfered in 2016 U.S. election also made ad money, report says

"Yet his presidential campaign confirmed to NBC News that Biden still supports the Hyde Amendment, a four-decade-old ban on using federal funds for abortion services, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the woman."

Reminder that "too lazy to be a Nazi" is not a thing: ‘I own this house.’ California man shrugs off complaints about swastika in front yard

A step: YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views

What I Learned Leading the Tiananmen Protests

NOPE: It’s LGBT pride month, but three guys in Boston want a permit for a ‘Straight Pride’ parade

China’s ‘CRISPR Babies’ May Be More Likely to Die Young

Afternoon Tea (5/30/19)

This piece about incels and plastic surgery is fascinating: How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?

Latest Arena for China’s Growing Global Ambitions: The Arctic

I don't say this lightly, but these people should lose custody of their children: Parents are poisoning their children with bleach to 'cure' autism. These moms are trying to stop it.

Where Did the Right Whales Go?

Summer Book Preview: The 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down

Morning Coffee (5/18/19)

Toddler apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border dies after weeks in hospital

The House just passed a sweeping LGBTQ rights bill

Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Have No Idea How Women’s Bodies Work

Motherhood in Alabama, by the Numbers

Trump administration showers Brazilian crooks with $62M bailout money meant for struggling U.S. farmers

White House declines to back Christchurch call to stamp out online extremism amid free speech concerns

This is gross: NH lunch lady fired for feeding student who couldn't pay; vendor accused her of $8 theft

Good for them: Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment

The king of Thailand married his bodyguard and made her queen

Huh! Makers Of Sam Adams And Dogfish Head Beer Announce Merger Deal

Afternoon Tea (5/14/19)

This is riveting: What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right

Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You. But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise.

Robert Caro’s Blind Spot

Images from Nigeria, land of the 'inseparable two'

Script, history and ideology: German fonts and handwriting

Afternoon Tea (5/9/19)

The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming

Syrup Is as Canadian as a Maple Leaf. That Could Change With the Climate.

At Egypt’s Tourism Gems, Animal Abuse Is an Ugly Flaw

How Barilla used its CEO’s homophobic comments to reshape the company’s image

Nancy Astor: A Mother in the House

Afternoon Tea (5/6/19)

A Former Alt-Right Member’s Message: Get Out While You Still Can

Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change?

How an Aquafresh Parody Tumblr Got Swept Up in a Hate-Speech Purge

What's the DNA of Desire?

At the Edge of the Ice

Morning Coffee (4/28/19)

One Dead in Synagogue Shooting Near San Diego; Officials Call It Hate Crime

A Trans Woman Got 3 Minutes to Speak in Armenia’s Parliament. Threats Followed.

Ukraine adopts language law opposed by Kremlin

‘Anna Delvey,’ Fake Heiress Who Swindled N.Y.’s Elite, Is Found Guilty

‘CBS Has a White Problem’: Executive Blasts Toxic Culture at Network in Explosive Letter

Elizabeth Warren rolls out plan to reward hospitals that make childbirth safer for African-American women

A lot of this made me roll my eyes a lot: Andrew Yang is the candidate for the end of the world

Most ancient type of molecule in universe detected in space

Hmmm: 'White Queen' died of plague, claims letter found in National Archives

Scientists find reason behind split-second sporting disputes

Afternoon Tea (4/24/19)

This is a great, important piece: The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret

In India, a Renewed Fight Against Leprosy

Hate in the Air

After Columbine, martyrdom became a powerful fantasy for Christian teenagers

Amazon made a skin care line based on what users search for

Morning Coffee (4/24/19)

Oh, very normal: In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump

Leader of Right-Wing Border Militia Allegedly Said the Group Was Training to Assassinate Obama, Clinton, and Soros

‘Please god let there be a race war.’ Coast Guard officer’s ‘views on race’ drove his plans to launch terrorist attack, prosecutors allege

Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War Crimes

Is Obstruction an Impeachable Offense? History Says Yes

Sigh: Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey Attended Closed-Door Meeting With President Trump

The Supreme Court case over adding a citizenship question to the census, explained

More than 12,000 Boy Scout members were victims of sexual abuse, expert says

We Asked the 2020 Democrats About Climate Change (Yes, All of Them). Here Are Their Ideas.

A World War I Soldier’s Cholera Seemed Odd. 100 Years Later, Researchers Have Sequenced His Bacteria’s Genome

Morning Coffee (4/22/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Here are updates on the Sri Lankan terrorist attacks.

Prodded by Putin, Russians Sought Back Channels to Trump Through the Business World

This is great: New York first state to bar ICE arrests in courts without judicial warrant

Oh good: Stop & Shop and more than 30,000 of its employees reach tentative contract agreement

9 Takeaways From the Clearest Glimpse Into the 2020 Money Race So Far

Not just a Republican, but an elected state rep: Republican discussed violent attacks and surveillance with rightwingers

Well, this is quite the 2019 headline: Gina Haspel Relies on Spy Skills to Connect With Trump. He Doesn’t Always Listen.

Dr. Richard Green, 82, Dies; Challenged Psychiatry’s View of Homosexuality

NASA’s Cassini data shows Titan’s lakes are stranger than we thought

Good: Norway's Kon-Tiki museum to return thousands of Easter Island artefacts

Morning Coffee (4/18/19)

Alan García: former Peru president dies after shooting himself before arrest

How the far right spread politically convenient lies about the Notre Dame fire

Bashir May Be Out, But Sudanese Protesters With 'Eye On The Prize' Won't Budge

Ugh: Letters from Joe Biden reveal how he sought support of segregationists in fight against busing

Good: Rep. Maloney introduces bill to ban taxpayer funding of 'conversion therapy'

Scientists: We kept pig brains alive 10 hours after death. Bioethicists: “Holy shit.”

Gross: Puffin defends John Boyne’s YA novel about transgender teen (Though this headline sort of makes it sound like they're defending him against transphobes. The opposite! His book is transphobic and harmful.)

This starts out bad and somehow manages to get steadily worse throughout! White Singers In Hungary Claim To Be African-American, For An Opera

First U.S. Patients Treated With CRISPR As Human Gene-Editing Trials Get Underway

This sounds... weird: 'Oklahoma' TV Series in the Works With Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

Afternoon Tea (4/15/19)

White Supremacists Have Weaponized an Imaginary Viking Past. It's Time to Reclaim the Real History

This was one of those profiles that made me really want to read the subject's work: A Beloved Canadian Novelist Reckons with Her Mennonite Past

Hefty Raises, Olympic Gold, and Then Crumbs for U.S. Women’s Hockey

The Authoritarian Heroes of Game of Thrones

Is your pregnancy app sharing your intimate data with your boss?