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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of September 3-9, 2018.
Column: In the case of the New York Times’ Trump resistance essay, anonymity and good journalism are antithetical https://t.co/ZP58ZFWcUh
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 6, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Israel secretly armed and funded at least 12 rebel groups in southern Syria that helped prevent militants of the Islamic State and Iran-backed fighters from taking up positions near the Israeli border in recent years. https://t.co/0jY2XWR78g
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 6, 2018
“We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy,” Twitter said. https://t.co/um27gVgSBE
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 6, 2018
Right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed while campaigning https://t.co/Pf46wersiB
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 6, 2018
The Democratic makeover is not over yet.
Outsider candidates are taking on establishment-aligned Democratic incumbents in the final primaries of the season over the coming week in states such as Delaware and Rhode Island. https://t.co/VBdE2yQ1dw pic.twitter.com/UIIJaj4WIk
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) September 6, 2018
Classes in Tacoma Public Schools are canceled today after the district and teachers union failed to reach an agreement Wednesday, prompting educators to strike. https://t.co/79DHJYfgP1
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) September 6, 2018
Did Mnangagwa Pay For Grace Mugabe’s Flight Home? https://t.co/ktB4RqTsOK #Zimbabwe pic.twitter.com/nXwKbJxbaj
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) September 6, 2018
You can’t study cyber conflict the same way you study nuclear conflict, writes @melkgriffith. Here’s why: https://t.co/N7YPrMvnyc
— CFR (@CFR_org) September 6, 2018
More than 40 million Americans are struggling to pay for enough food month-to-month: report https://t.co/PtlAyflRIL pic.twitter.com/mOBMbs2t1W
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 6, 2018
What it means to be gay in rural India https://t.co/FySFtRzlZ8
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 6, 2018
GOP considers new punishments for Republicans who rebel against leadership https://t.co/9CbYmAUCZq pic.twitter.com/94GuNxtl5U
— The Hill (@thehill) September 6, 2018
Many now see Bolsonaro as a dark-horse candidate—a populist outsider whose anti-establishment rhetoric may yet propel him to victory.https://t.co/th1vRzuYAQ
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) September 6, 2018
NYC mayor’s office: People from quarantined jet have the flu https://t.co/FCVMFwuvJd pic.twitter.com/skTE8LTtzU
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) September 6, 2018
Can Emmanuel Macron defend Europe from the white nationalist right all by himself? https://t.co/jJHqGewGLu pic.twitter.com/L3BcSHiSdW
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 6, 2018
More than two dozen countries have enacted national laws allowing gays and lesbians to marry, mostly in Europe and the Americas. https://t.co/CifiMhS9sR
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) September 6, 2018