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• Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Faces a New Day in Court December 12, 2018
  This week, a federal court will hear arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's failure to implement a waiver system for the travel ban. The post Donald Trump’s Travel Ban Faces a New Day in Court appeared first on The Intercept.
• A principal lição do AI-5 está na cara: tudo pode piorar December 12, 2018
  O Brasil de 2018 não é uma ditadura. O de 1968 era. Se Bolsonaro impuser a plataforma que cultiva há três décadas, seu governo fulminará a democracia. The post A principal lição do AI-5 está na cara: tudo pode piorar appeared first on The Intercept.
• Supreme Injustices: a Legislative Coup in Wisconsin and a Wrongful Conviction in Georgia December 12, 2018
  Author Dan Kaufman, reporters Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, and hip-hop artist Shad are this week's guests. The post Supreme Injustices: a Legislative Coup in Wisconsin and a Wrongful Conviction in Georgia appeared first on The Intercept.
• Como o ‘kit gay’ ajudou Damares Alves a chegar ao primeiro escalão December 12, 2018
  Agindo nos bastidores, ministra ajudou a fortalecer a bancada evangélica e antecipou a cruzada moral do bolsonarismo. The post Como o ‘kit gay’ ajudou Damares Alves a chegar ao primeiro escalão appeared first on The Intercept.
• Google CEO Hammered by Members of Congress on China Censorship Plan December 11, 2018
  Sundar Pichai told the House Judiciary Committee that Google has “no plans to launch a search service in China.” The post Google CEO Hammered by Members of Congress on China Censorship Plan appeared first on The Intercept.

Trending Topic

• Monitor staff picks the best 2018 nonfiction titles
  Rick Bragg's 'The Best Cook in the World' and 'Enlightenment Now' by Steven Pinker were two of our favorites for this year. 
• The best fiction reads of 2018: the Monitor's picks
  A reimagining of 'Beowulf' and Anne Tyler's latest are two of the works of fiction that made the cut for our list.
• As the Spanish book market grows, women-led startups fill demand
  US sales of children's Spanish-language books rose 6 percent over the past year, while overall Spanish-language books rose 15 percent. As America's demographics continue to change, business-savvy bilingual mothers are creating bilingual books, apps, and videos.
• Novel perspectives on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  Millennial writers with Israeli and Palestinian heritage living in the US are forging new ways of looking at the conflict.
• 'The Eternal City' chronicles Rome's inimitable history
  'The Eternal City' chronicles Rome's inimitable history

Inovation

• Congress asks Google CEO tough questions on user privacy, bias
  On Dec. 11, Congress grilled Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Google's practices regarding user privacy, election interference, and possible bias. The hearing underscores a growing uneasiness over the increasing influence of tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon. 
• How ads hijacked the dream of the internet. Can digital citizens fight back?
  In the 1990s, Silicon Valley promised a global virtual community that would level hierarchies and empower individuals. Instead, we wound up with a habit-forming outrage machine that spies on us. What went wrong?
• UK releases documents showing potential abuses by Facebook
  Internal documents from 2011-2015 show Facebook selling user's data with little regard for privacy concerns. The social media giant says the information offers an incomplete picture, but lawmakers in the US and Britain are pushing for more regulation.
• Shipping companies unfurl greener solutions for transit
  With ships releasing nearly 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, shipping companies are looking for more environmentally-conscious options including the use of sails and alternative fuels. 
• Parents' struggle with screen time won't be ending any time soon
  Across the United States parents continue to wrestle with how to find a balance between letting kids develop interests and limiting a dependence on technology, a new survey shows. One idea gaining momentum: waiting until eighth grade to give a child a smartphone.

Politics

• GOP accused of abusing balance of powers at state level
  A series of Democratic midterm victories has led Republican-controlled legislatures to work late-night sessions aimed to weaken executive control over key domains. Inspired by the North Carolina GOP in 2016, the moves could have serious ramifications for democratic norms.
• Trump threatens to build border wall without Congressional approval
  The president is saying if Congress doesn't allocate $5 billion for a US-Mexico border wall in a year-end appropriations bill, he will send the military to do it anyway. After wins in the House, Democrats are resisting the move, with the possibility of a partial shutdown of the government. 
• House Democrats say Trump hush payments grounds for impeachment
  Federal prosecutors have linked Trump to illegal hush payments made during the 2016 presidential election to several women. That finding coupled with the pending special counsel investigation is increasing calls for impeachment from Congress.  
• Outrage nation: Can America overcome its addiction to anger?
  Twenty years ago, observers worried that apathy was the biggest threat to the American psyche. Today, that seems quaint. How can Americans turn off the outrage machine that urges them to get angry about . . . well, everything?
• President Trump to nominate William Barr for attorney general
  William Barr previously served as late President George H. W. Bush’s attorney general. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forced out by Mr. Trump in November.