* Vengeful Jalisco cartel shoots down a Mexican military helicopter, accedes to power vacuum created by feds targeting top cartels. * "The swiftness with which the movement now acts has turned every police killing into a national referendum on the value of black lives." * Some US police departments look to
* Last night at an anti-Muslim event near Dallas, two gunmen were killed after shooting a security guard. * Elite patronage drives art-world delusion: "That by looking at political art we are somehow engaged in a deeply political act." * Texas's new governor capitulates to conspiracy theorists,
* Second man in police van with Freddie Gray disputes allegations that he was trying to injure himself. * Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate would reform the Patriot Act, prohibiting bulk collection. * Gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor is widening, and social services aren't
* American Psychological Association accused of secretly partnering with the Bush White House to help justify torture post-9/11. * Hillary Clinton gives first big policy speech—on police and prison reform. * Multiple eyewitnesses claim Baltimore's Monday riots began when cops wouldn't allow after-school crowd of
* History weighs heavily on justices in the Supreme Court's first day of oral arguments on same-sex marriage. * Pilot Viruet, "Black Exhaustion." * While the city protested, Baltimore County celebrated its annual Hunt Cup with underage drinking, pastels, and no second thoughts. * Police unions may be the
* In wake of protests, Baltimore governor declares state of emergency, deploys National Guard. * When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. * Orioles' COO: "An American political elite have shipped middle class and working class jobs away from
* Death toll in Nepal earthquake rises above 3,000. * Piecing together the first 45 minutes of Freddie Gray's police encounter. * In the past four years, more than 100 people have won judgements or settlements related to Baltimore police brutality. * US preparing to issue hacking-related sanctions against foreign
* When Americans have been killed, the Obama administration has found it necessary to...eventually acknowledge the deaths. * Kosovo—forever fond of the Clintons—has a clothing store dedicated exclusively to Hillary's sartorial taste. * Number of death row prisoners has steadily declined since its 2000 peak—along with public
* In politics and business, families still hold power; a Clinton or Bush has been on the ticket in seven of the past nine races. * Outline of five factors putting Republican control of the Senate at risk next year. * Jindal: Defending freedom means protecting people who denounce gay marriage. * For a
* Overthrown Egyptian President Morsi gets 20 years for ordering arrest and torture of protesters. * White House recognizes 1915 Armenian genocide without calling it genocide, despite Obama's pledge. * In the case of Dr. Oz's "magical" treatments, or Henry Gates selling out to suit Ben Affleck,
