* "Technology has helped make today’s struggle feel both different from and continuous with the civil rights era." * With nowhere to escape, rural bullying victims suffer more—online bullying is just as inescapable. * Endorsements are the best predictor of campaign success. And Biden had too few. * “In 10
* Putin greets Assad in Moscow, to Washington's chagrin. * Paul Ryan offers Freedom Caucus his terms for GOP speakership, which they have until Friday to accept. * An episode from Bernie's Burlington days offers an answer to whether Bernie is a radical or a Democrat. * “The public is
* The Democrats are set to win the White House—and lose just about everything else. * Washington Post accidentally publishes Biden announcement "shell story." * A brief history of Trump quitting before he could be fired. * Harper out, Trudeau in as PM. Atlantic Canada showed notable shift in support away
* Leaked drone papers warrant a Congressional investigation—Democrats must decide whether they'll take on Obama. * For a yearlong period, drone strikes in northeastern Afghanistan killed 200 people, only 35 of whom were targeted. * Drone pilot tells how his crew nearly blew up a man for smoking a cigarette.
* Even if Russia is in Syria to further prop up Assad, so far it hasn't achieved much toward that goal. * US special ops analysts knew the hospital in Kunduz was a hospital. * Homeland is TV's most Islamophobic show. * Homeland graffiti artist: "This kind of stereotyping.
* Obama to halt Afghanistan withdrawal, where troops have now been deployed for 14 years. * Obama sends 300 troops to Cameroon to aid the fight against Boko Haram. * Russian hackers attribute their NATO server attacks to Islamic militants—they didn't reckon on getting caught. * Russian strikes in Syria give
* The stabbing attacks perpetrated by Palestinians are spurred by social media, without any recognized leader. * The Turkish "deep state's" role in the recent bombing of a peace rally. * Photos of the hospital the US blew up in Kunduz, Afghanistan. * Lessig explains his presidential platform. * "Murdoch
* Iran's parliament passes nuclear deal; dismantling of facilities will begin next week. * Iran tries to get a prisoner swap with the US for jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. * Stabbing attacks in Israel continue, as two people are killed and 16 wounded on a bus in Jerusalem. * Nearly
* Double bombing targets pro-Kurdish peace rally in Turkey, killing 97. * "Europe has seen nothing like this for 70 years—the visible expression of a world where order is collapsing." * Iran's long-range ballistic missile test may have just violated the terms of the July nuclear
* "If current rates of smoking in China continue...2 million people in China will die per year in 2030." * The House's best move to replace Boehner is simply not to vote, so he remains Speaker. * As the debt ceiling deadline looms, Boehner's departure threatens
