DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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‘Becoming Parents’ — The Moral Revolution’s Contradictions Are in Full View in Just Two Simple Words
WASHINGTON POST (IAN DUNCAN)
Pete and Chasten Buttigieg Say They Have Become Parents
WASHINGTON POST (SEAN SULLIVAN, TYLER PAGER, AND SEUNG MIN KIM)
‘Outsider’ Buttigieg Plays A Skillful Inside Game, Positioning Himself for the Future
PART 2
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One ‘Pride Flag’ Isn’t Enough? The LGBTQ Community Has an Inclusivity Crisis Over a Flag — And It’s Worth Your Attention
CNN (KEELY AOUGA AND TAYLOR ROMINE)
LGBTQ Groups Across the US Consider A New Flag Meant to Be More Inclusive of the Transgender Community and People of Color
PART 3
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The Self-Defeating Nature of Intersexuality: There Is No End to the Revolution
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Monday, August 16, 2021
DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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National Humiliation and Humanitarian Disaster: Peril Ensues as Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan–to America’s Shame and Grave Danger of Her AlliesWALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
How the Taliban Overran the Afghan Army, Built by the U.S. Over 20 YearsWALL STREET JOURNAL (YAROSLAV TROFIMOV)
Taliban Seize Kandahar, Prepare to March on Afghan Capital KabulWALL STREET JOURNAL (SAEED SHAH)
Afghans Tell of Executions, Forced ‘Marriages’ in Taliban-Held AreasNEW YORK TIMES (DAVID ZUCCHINO)
Kabul’s Sudden Fall to Taliban Ends U.S. Era in AfghanistanPART 2
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A Brief History of Turmoil in Afghanistan: Why Government Stability is One of the Rarest of Historical Accomplishments and Evidence of the Grace of God to HumanityPOLITICO (NATASHA KORECKI AND CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO)
‘Clearly botched’: Biden White House Under Assault on Afghanistan DrawdownPART 3
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Prayers for Haiti as the Country is Yet Again in Desperate Need of Help After Earthquake Kills Hundreds and Injures ThousandsTHE FUND FOR PEACE
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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Totalitarianism Is a Hard Habit to Break: China’s New “Three Child Policy”PART 2
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40 Million Pieces of Evidence — Germany Reckons with the Shredded Records of the East German Secret Police.NEW YORK TIMES (ANNALISA QUINN)
Piecing Together the History of Stasi SpyingPART 3
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6 out of 10 Children in the World Know ‘Paw Patrol’ Characters by Name? Popular Culture is not Just Difficult to Escape — It’s Practically ImpossibleWALL STREET JOURNAL (ELLEN GAMERMAN)
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Dynamic to Watch: The Big Political Game in Washington Now Is the Tension Among Democrats — The Traditional Liberals vs. the Insurgent Left. All Signs Are that the Left Will Win this BattleNEW YORK TIMES (JONATHAN WEISMAN)
Deeply Divided, House Democrats Battle Over Priorities and PoliticsWALL STREET JOURNAL (KRISTINA PETERSON)
Pelosi, Centrist Democrats in Standoff With Key Vote AheadWALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Agony of the ‘Centrist’ DemocratsPART 2
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“The Science’ Says?” The Authority of ‘Science’ When the Entire Game is PoliticalNEW YORK TIMES (APOORVA MANDAVILLI)
The U.S. Is Getting a Crash Course in Scientific UncertaintyPART 3
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Farm Life Without the Manure? Evidently People Don’t Want Too Much Reality From “Farm-Fluencers”WALL STREET JOURNAL (RORY SATRAN)
Instagram Stars Make Farm Life Look Delightful—Minus the Manure
