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When Students Are Compelled to Have "White Privilege 101" Classes

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When Students Are Compelled to Have "White Privilege 101" Classes
Un-Fair Campaign billboard in Duluth, MN. (photo: Andy Hardman/WBEZ)

John McWhorter, The Daily Beast
McWhorter writes: "The question, then, becomes: Precisely what benefit do White Privilege 101 lessons add to all of what there already is? (Again, 'knowing about White Privilege' is not an answer.) What are we hoping will happen in the wake of these lessons that hasn't been happening before, and crucially, upon what evidence has that hope been founded?"
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CIA Money From Secret Fund Ended Up in Hands of Al-Qaida
Reuters
Excerpt: "About $1m provided by the CIA to a secret Afghan government fund ended up in the hands of al-Qaida in 2010 when it was used to pay a ransom for an Afghan diplomat."
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Why It's Impossible for the Kremlin to Lie About Putin's Weird Disappearance
Julia Ioffe, The Washington Post
Ioffe writes: "It's been more than a week now since anybody's seen Russian President Vladimir Putin. He had a mundane meeting with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on March 5, and then...nothing. Since then, Putin hasn't been seen in public, and the Russian blogosphere can talk about nothing else."
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Georgia Bill Helps Wife Beaters
Jay Michaelson, The Daily Beast
Michaelson writes: "Georgia is poised to pass the nation's harshest 'religious freedom' law, allowing discrimination, judicial obstruction, and even domestic violence."
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Security Experts Say Stronger Consumer Encryption Won't Hurt National Security
Sara Sorcher, The Christian Science Monitor
Sorcher writes: "Three-quarters of Passcode's Influencers disagree with FBI Director James Comey, insisting stronger encryption on consumer devices would not hinder law enforcement and intelligence agencies so much that it would harm national security."
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Jessica Valenti | Feminists Don't Hate Men. But It Wouldn't Matter if We Did
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "When women hate men, we hurt their feelings. When men hate women, they kill us: mass shootings have been attributed to misogyny, and sexual and domestic violence against women is often fuelled by a hatred for women. That's why it's so hard to take seriously any claims that 'misandry' is a tremendous problem."
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Losing Paradise: The People Displaced by Atomic Bombs and Now Climate Change
Karl Mathiesen, Guardian UK
Mathiesen writes: "'It's the same story. Nuclear time, we were relocated. Climate change, we will be relocated. It's the same harshness affecting us,' he says."
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