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At the intersection

Gunter Graf and Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg): “Poor Fat Kids”: Social Justice at the Intersection of Obesity and Poverty in Childhood. The Australian refugee deal that has Donald Trump so angry, explained. What the “profoundly anti-democratic” global gag rule means for international public health: Kate Steiker-Ginzberg interviews Giselle Carino of the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region. Google, in post-Obama era, aggressively woos Republicans. Libby Copeland reviews Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt. This is what Milo Yiannopoulos wants: He desperately wants to be seen as “dangerous”. Bill Maher isn’t high on Trump: The state of free speech in a new era.

“Imagine if Obama had nominated a Justice who had founded a high school Black Power club or a communist party group. #FascismForever” Democrats should not fear the nuclear option: Why liberals have every reason to fight the Gorsuch nomination to the hilt, filibuster be damned. “It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a neoconfederate hack”.