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PART 1
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China Adopts Party-Approved History to Heroize Its Leader and Establish Supremacy of “Xi Jinping Thought.” Guess What? The New History Says He Is a Genius

NEW YORK TIMES (CHRIS BUCKLEY)
To Steer China’s Future, Xi Is Rewriting Its Past

WALL STREET JOURNAL (KEVIN RUDD)
‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Makes China a Tougher Adversary

FINANCIAL TIMES (GIDEON RACHMAN)
China’s Self-Isolation is A Global Concern

PART 2
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History Always Has A Reckoning: F.W. de Klerk, Last South African Apartheid President, Dies At 85

ASSOCIATED PRESS (ANDREW MELDRUM AND CARA ANNA)
South Africa’s Last Apartheid President, F.W. de Klerk, Dies

PART 3
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Hunger In A Fallen World — In the Main, the Problem of Hunger Today Is Moral, Not Material

NEW YORK TIMES (MUJIB MASHAL)
India Wants to Send Wheat to Ease Afghan Hunger Crisis. Pakistan Has Yet to OK Transit.

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Trans NYT Columnist Trumpets “Radical Normalcy of Trans ‘Jeopardy’ Winner.” But the Article Undermines the Argument — Normal Doesn’t Get a Headline

NEW YORK TIMES (JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN)
The Radical Normalcy of a Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner

PART 2
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Demands that Airlines Add Non-binary to Tickets — How Moral Change Rides (Flies) on Public Pressure

NBC (TAT BELLAMY-WALKER)
Arizona mom slams Delta for lack of gender options for her nonbinary child

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The Parable of the Reformed Church in America—43 More Conservative Congregations Depart and the Total Membership Plummets

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (KATHRYN POST)
Reformed Church in America splits as conservative churches form new denomination

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