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Fires during the Los Angeles riots of 1992

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Riots in the City of Angels

Officials in the George H. W. Bush administration recount how they decided to quell the violence during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles by sending in the troops.
Natalie Ermann Russell
NPR

Trump's First 100 Days: An 'Entry-Level' Presidency

With any new president, there's a learning curve. But for President Trump, it's been steeper than others. "Mount Everest" is how Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, described it ahead of Trump's 100th day in office, which is coming up Saturday, April 29. "It's as steep as they come and ice-covered, and he didn't bring very many knowledgeable Sherpas with him."
Barbara Perry
Washington Post

Historians say a president’s first 100 days is a useless benchmark

“Most presidents wouldn’t try to push through massive, era-defining legislation in the first 100 days,” Hemmer said. “You’re finding your footing in the first 100 days, and you make mistakes and you get some wins, but it’s generally things that happen a little later in the first year (that define the presidency).”
Nicole Hemmer
SPLC

Weekend Read: Intellectual Racism

Writing for US News & World Report, Hemmer ties together a string of recent high-profile incidents involving proponents of long-debunked theories of race science. Her analysis is well worth reading.
Nicole Hemmer
Weekly Standard

Erdogan's Counter-Revolution

It is a cliché in Washington to say that a given country or issue is at an "inflection point," but that hackneyed phrase tells the truth about today's Turkey.
Eric Edelman