Kresta in the Afternoon – November 30, 2016 – Hour 1

+ Articles Mentioned:

• Dear Media, Please Don't Normalize the Alt-Right - David Harsanyi
  Republicans shouldn’t 'normalize' the alt-right, nor should the media imbue it with an outsized importance (click to read more)

• Fidel Castro, RIP? - Fr. Jerry Pokorsky
  God has given us an Advent meditation with the death of Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, politician, revolutionary, mass murderer. Here are examples of responses by world leaders: (click to read more)

• Tom Brady, Sociologist of Religion - Emma Green
  A new documentary series, co-produced by the quarterback, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, is a surprisingly meditative look at the way sports give people a sense of meaning in life. (click to read more)

• Black Lives Matter cashes in with $100 million from liberal foundations - Valerie Richardson
  For all its talk of being a street uprising, Black Lives Matter is increasingly awash in cash, raking in pledges of more than $100 million from liberal foundations and others eager to contribute to what has become the grant-making cause du jour. (click to read more)

• Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash hoping to resolve flag issue quickly - Diane Lederman
  While Hampshire College's decision not to fly the U.S. flag has drawn nationwide attention, President Jonathan Lash has been meeting with students, staff and faculty in hopes of resolving the issue soon. (click to read more)

• President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom - White House Press Office
  Today, President Barack Obama named 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The awards will be presented at the White House on November 22nd. (click to read more)

• Nick Cannon Slams Abortion as 'Real Genocide' on Black Community - Leonardo Blair
  Popular musician and actor Nick Cannon, 36, has slammed failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and controversial abortion provider Planned Parenthood for inflicting "real genocide" on the black community through abortion. (click to read more)

• Nick Cannon Doubles Down: Planned Parenthood Is 'Modern Day Eugenics' - Anugrah Kumar
  A week after stating that Planned Parenthood is committing "real genocide" on the black community through abortion, popular musician and actor Nick Cannon not only stands by his statement, but has now added that the controversial abortion provider is participating in "modern day eugenics." (click to read more)

• Over 35% of Babies Aborted in 2013 Were Black: CDC Report - Anugrah Kumar
  While the number and rate of abortions have fallen to their lowest level in decades, according to the latest Abortion Surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it also shows that 35 percent of the babies aborted in 2013 were black. (click to read more)

• CDC Study Says Teen Virgins Are Healthier - Glenn Stanton
  High school students who are virgins rate significantly and consistently better in nearly all health-related behaviors and measures than their sexually active peers. (click to read more)

• The Victim Mentality Kills - Jim Geraghty
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• San Diego bishop to priests: Embrace ‘LGBT families’, give Communion to ‘remarried’ - Claire Chretien
  San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy is calling on his city's priests to embrace "LGBT families," and to allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion in certain cases. (click to read more)

• Lessons from Fidel: Black Lives Matter and the Transition of El Comandante - Black Lives Matter
  Read Black Lives Matter's response to the death of Fidel Castro. (click to read more)

• Fidel Castro, the communist leader who received three popes - Inés San Martín
  Fidel Castro, Cuba's communist leader who died on Friday at the age of 90, visited St. Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1996 and received him in Cuba two years later. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis both met with him during their respective visits to the island nation, in 2012 and 2015. (click to read more)

• Keith Lamont Scott killing: No charges against officer, DA says - Holly Van
  The officer who fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott won't face charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday, closing a two-month investigation into the killing that led to heated protests and divided the city of Charlotte. (click to read more)

+ Videos Mentioned:

• Can I Live?
  Nick Cannon has released a music video imagining a woman's trip to an abortion clinic.