March 17, 2016
- America’s first climate refugees, a Native American tribe in Louisiana, receives $48 million to relocate.
- The story of Oyotunji, a West African village in South Carolina.
- Kurdish-controlled area in Syria to declare autonomy.
- Putin: If need be, Russia can re-up its armed forces in Syria to previous levels "within a few hours."
- Russia investigates Calvin Klein ad—two men on a pink bed—for “gay propaganda.”
- Racist far-right European politicians speak adoringly of Trump.
- Economist unit rates a potential Trump presidency as one of the top 10 risks to the world.
- The Republican donor class may now disown vile language, but six years ago they were honoring it with trophies.
- Related: How to start a fire with a lemon.
- Son of the manager of the Sex Pistols says he is planning to burn punk memorabilia worth £5 million.
- Sixteen percent of Hong Kong’s domestic workers are in “forced labor.”
- Booker T. Washington invited eugenicists to inspect his Tuskegee University students in the ‘30s.
- Coates: Hollywood is particularly hard for black women, and even harder for women who look like Nina Simone.
- Ousters of Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty represent big success for Black Lives Matter.
- After Justice Department sues, Ferguson City Council approves consent decree for federal oversight of police.
- In today's Tournament of Books, Daniel Wallace chooses between The Story of My Teeth and A Spool of Blue Thread.
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- 571 million print books were sold in 2015—a 17 million increase from the year before.
- Now online: Searchable database of Hillary Clinton’s State Department emails.
- What do you do when someone you cover as a journalist starts spreading lies about you under a pseudonym?
- San Francisco city officials use encrypted messaging to bypass the Freedom of Information Act.