Morning Coffee (8/4/19)

Border Patrol’s Toxic Culture Goes Way Beyond Facebook Groups. It’s Actually for Sale on a T-Shirt.

This is terrifying: North Carolina gun shop uses images of four congresswomen of color on billboard

This is really the stupidest timeline: Iceland criticized Duterte’s drug war, so he accused its people of ‘eating ice’

15 Percent Is Not A Magic Number For Primary Delegates

Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works

Wow: Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech

Iranian Soccer Star’s Sister Wants Women to Be Allowed at His Matches

Crystal Cathedral in California Gets a New Life as a Catholic Church

When a Mega-Tsunami Drowned Mars, This Spot May Have Been Ground Zero

Harlan Lane, Vigorous Advocate for Deaf Culture, Dies at 82

Morning Coffee (8/3/19)

Sigh: Lewandowski confirms he's 'very seriously' considering 2020 US Senate run

Oh THIS is what happened with that whole weird thing: Pence Canceled New Hampshire Trip to Avoid Meeting a Drug Trafficker

Enough with "Novelty Candidates"

There's hope: Only 8 Candidates Have Qualified for the Next Democratic Debate

The Trump Strain in American History

Moves to improve press freedom in Malaysia met with cautious optimism

New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the NRA’s Outside Counsel

Could a PrEP implant change the fight against HIV infection forever?

Triceratops Skull, 65 Million Years Old, Unearthed by College Student, 23

Study Asks If War Makes A Person More ... Or Less ... Religious

Afternoon Tea (8/2/19)

Look at this great article about my friend Sara! A First for Broadway: The Trombonists of KING KONG

HRH The Duchess of Sussex Interviews Michelle Obama In The September Issue

The Artisanal Gelato Makers Of Mozambique

Rainbows, Frogs, Dogs And 'The Muppet Movie' Soundtrack At 40

See the poetry of England and Wales in an interactive map.

Morning Coffee (8/1/19)

Rwanda closes border with DRC over deadly Ebola outbreak

Hamza bin Laden Sought to Continue His Father’s Terrorism Legacy

The Senate confirms Kelly Craft as the new UN ambassador

GOOD: Federal Judge Won't Dismiss Challenge To N.H. Voting Law

Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century

War on science: Trump administration muzzles climate experts, critics say

Scott Walker admits it: Former Wisconsin governor argues votes in metropolitan areas shouldn't count as much as votes in rural areas

Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91

Just one supportive adult cuts the chance an LGBTQ youth will attempt suicide by 40%

‘Roman Biro’ – complete with joke – found at London building site

Morning Coffee (7/31/19)

"We are in great danger": In Amazon, indigenous Waiapi chief is killed by illegal miners

No More Family Separations, Except These 900

Trump’s Cynical War on American Citizenship

States Rush to Make Voting Systems More Secure as New Threats Emerge

Hardly Any Rape Cases Lead to Charges in England and Wales: Report

Study: Malaria Drugs Are Failing At An 'Alarming' Rate In Southeast Asia

Scientists want to make it a war crime to damage the environment in a conflict

America’s dual housing crisis and what Democrats plan to do about it, explained

The World Is Getting a Pickup-Truck Emoji Because the other emoji weren't manly enough!!

Michael Jaffee, Who Co-Founded Early-Music Group, Dies at 81

Morning Coffee (7/30/19)

Julián Castro Introduces Major Platform For Indigenous Peoples

The battle over extending the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, explained

Trump administration to reject generous Medicaid expansion funding for Utah

'Unprecedented': more than 100 Arctic wildfires burn in worst ever season

SIGH: Neil deGrasse Tyson was accused of sexual misconduct by 4 women. He’s keeping all his jobs.

‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth

I haven't read him yet, somehow, but I know it's a huge loss to the genre: Andrea Camilleri, Author of Inspector Montalbano Novels, Dies at 93

Lion Bones Are Profitable for Breeders, and Poachers

UGH: The Dalai Lama Still Thinks a Woman Successor Would Need to Be Hot

Mystery of Chedworth's 1,800-year-old Roman glass shard solved

Afternoon Tea (7/29/19)

Madam President? Five Candidates on What It Will Take to Shatter the Most Stubborn Glass Ceiling

‘Rainfall has rocketed’: the remote weathermen charting the climate crisis

First they burn the books. Then they kill people. History has shown us this repeatedly.

Could This Be the End of Frankincense?

Our Most Anticipated Contemporary YAs of 2019: July to December

Morning Coffee (7/29/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Trump says Daniel Coats, director of national intelligence, to step down

‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault

A controversial deal between US and Guatemala could reshape the asylum process

In Congo, a New Plan to Fight Ebola Follows a Government Power Struggle

RT fined £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules

Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks

Sen. Chris Murphy announces new book on violence and guns

Your Data Were ‘Anonymized’? These Scientists Can Still Identify You

Nasa fast-tracks habitation module for planned moon landing

A Shipwreck, 500 Years Old, Appears on the Baltic Seabed

Morning Coffee (7/28/19)

Adam Serwer on the Mueller reactions: The Press Has Adopted Trump’s Reality-Show Standards

SIGH: Trump: Obama’s Book Deal Way Sketchier Than Potential Obstruction of Justice

Libyan officials say fighting rages near capital

The Fallout From A Seemingly Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela's Neighbors

What Kamala Harris Believes

Texas Has Generated More Electricity From Wind Than Coal So Far This Year

Handmaid's Tale sequel leads 'exacting' 2019 Booker prize longlist

A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory

Amazing headline: Pompeii row erupts between rival scientific factions

Investigators Say a Ring Smuggled $145 Million in Ancient Artifacts

Morning Coffee (7/27/19)

No shower for 23 days: U.S. citizen says conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported

Of course this administration is doing this: U.S. to Resume Capital Punishment for Federal Inmates on Death Row

Bear Witness Faithfully

How Trump ended up in front of a presidential seal doctored to include a Russian symbol

SOME OF US DID: Joe Biden says he didn't think anyone thought Trump 'would be as bad as he is' during the 2016 presidential election

Treasury Department Launches Investigation Into Delays Behind Harriet Tubman $20 Bill

'No doubt left' about scientific consensus on global warming, say experts

What a headline: French Rock Star’s Instagram Defeats His Widow in Inheritance Battle

Were U.S. Diplomats Attacked in Cuba? Brain Study Deepens Mystery

Fear of Foreign Food May Have Led to the Death of This Crusader King

Afternoon Tea (7/26/19)

A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Let Loose in the Night Woods

Honestly, this sold me, I'm going to try it: The Best Classical Music Streaming Service Is Idagio

Five Women Who Made the Moon Landing Possible

Peru celebrates Inca sun festival: Inti Raymi – in pictures

This is so neat: An Interactive Map of Odysseus’ 10-Year Journey in Homer’s Odyssey

Afternoon Tea (7/25/19)

This story!! The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge

Spies, harassment, death threats: The Catholic Church in Nicaragua says it’s being targeted by the government

Neil Armstrong’s Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement

The Hidden Cost of GoFundMe Health Care

A New Red Scare Is Reshaping Washington

Morning Coffee (7/25/19)

Phew: Federal judge in California halts Trump’s latest asylum ban

Mueller’s testimony, and what it means for President Trump, explained

Boris Johnson: new PM takes his revenge and sacks over half the cabinet

Sudan army chief among senior officers arrested in coup plot

Good: Ricardo Rosselló, Puerto Rico’s Governor, Resigns After Protests

Trump vetoes Congress’s attempt to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Transgender people in North Carolina just won a victory against HB2 in court

Ha: Less ado: Boris Johnson's Shakespeare book delayed for 'foreseeable future'

Edith Irby Jones, Barrier-Breaking Doctor in the South, Dies at 91

More Than 50 Lakes Found Under Greenland Ice Sheet

Afternoon Tea (7/24/19)

This is long but really worth your time: How America Got to ‘Zero Tolerance’ on Immigration: The Inside Story

Stop Demanding People of Color to Show ‘Gratitude’

How the moon landing shaped early video games

The first Iranian newspaper: Mirza Salih Shirazi’s Kaghaz-i akhbar

What It Is To Wake Up

Afternoon Tea (7/23/19)

Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide?

What would alien life mean for Catholicism? The Vatican’s chief astronomer explains.

Chaucer’s Traces

Astronaut ice cream is a lie

Why Historians Are Reexamining the Case of the Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits

Morning Coffee (7/23/19)

Hard-Line Brexiteer Boris Johnson To Become Britain's New Prime Minister

Trump Administration Moves To Speed Up Deportations With Expedited Removal Expansion

The GOP’s Dangerous Cowardice

What The 2020 Candidates Need To Know About Sex Work Decriminalization

This is disgusting: Pennsylvania School District Warns Parents They Could Lose Kids Over Unpaid School Lunches

Chris Kraft, One Of The Architects Of The U.S. Space Program, Dies At 95

Climate crisis: extremely hot days could double in US, study shows

Aah, Star Trek: Picard trailer!

Excavation of Waterloo field hospital unearths limbs and musket balls

PERFECT: ‘The Hating Game’: ‘Pearson’ & ‘Suits’ Star Gina Torres Joins Lucy Hale & Robbie Amell In Rom-Com

Afternoon Tea (7/22/19)

Why are the cats sexy? And other Cats questions you were too embarrassed to ask.

If Algae Clings to Snow on This Volcano, Can It Grow on Other Desolate Worlds?

The World’s Only Traditional Māori Garden Was Made From Memories

How Many Copies Did Famous Books Sell in the First Year?

Magical seals in an English Book of Hours

Morning Coffee (7/22/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

What Americans Do Now Will Define Us Forever

Puerto Rico’s week of massive protests, explained

Ocasio-Cortez calls for an independent investigation into child separation policies

Extradition and independence: What’s behind the continued protests in Hong Kong

Chinese Money in the U.S. Dries Up as Trade War Drags On

Elizabeth Warren’s latest Wall Street enemy: private equity

!!! New Kinks Music is Underway After More Than Two Decades Apart, Dave Davies Confirms

Into this: Natalie Portman will take up Thor’s hammer in Thor: Love and Thunder

What: Paul McCartney Has Been Secretly Writing an ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Musical

Picard's dog's name in 'Star Trek' spin-off is confirmed, and it's perfect

Morning Coffee (7/21/19)

World hunger on the rise as 820m at risk, UN report finds

Trump’s racism is part of his larger con

The House just passed a $15 minimum wage. It would be the first increase in a decade.

Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide

Oh New Hampshire: New Hampshire Lawmaker: ‘Owning Slaves Doesn’t Make You Racist’

Netflix just read the ‘straight pride’ organizers for filth

Whoa: FBI Seeks More Victims of Hollywood Con Artist After Marvel Executive Targeted

Someone write me the picture book immediately: Bears and wolves to coexist in UK woods for first time in 1,000 years

Found: A Seditious Cufflink From the Colonial Resistance Wardrobe

Sky Italia & ‘Gomorrah’ Producer Cattleya Unveil First-Look At Latin Drama ‘Romulus’

Morning Coffee (7/20/19)

SOME GOOD NEWS: New Law Offers Anti-Discrimination Protection For N.H. Public School Students

Trump says US Navy destroyed Iranian drone

...of course: Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court justice, as his next secretary of Labor

Great column from Jamelle Bouie: Trump Voters Are Not the Only Voters

EPA will not ban use of controversial pesticide linked to children’s health problems

The House just passed a $15 minimum wage. It would be the first increase in a decade.

Catholics in Iowa went to church. Steve Bannon tracked their phones.

The new Veronica Mars is STREAMING NOW, this is not a drill!

Yay! Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! Musical Will Release a Cast Recording in the Fall

Heh: The Other CBD: Christian Book Distributors Changes Name After Cannabis Confusion