• Attorney General Eric Holder is visiting Ferguson today and promised to back a swift and thorough investigation of Michael Brown’s killing. [LA Times]
• The Ferguson/Palestine connection: the former chief of the St. Louis police force, along with 15 officers from around the country, received training from the Israeli military. [Ebony]
• Cornel West called out Obama’s lackluster response to the protests in Ferguson. [Colorlines]
• Writing MFA programs are overwhelmingly white—Junot Diaz and others talk about the challenge of writing about race in this academic environment. [Codeswitch]
• A new study shows that a majority of teens think it’s too easy to stumble across sexually explicit images online—and many of them would prefer sex education to porn. [Guardian]
• Thanks to the Hobby Lobby decision, two private universities are planning to drop abortion coverage from their staff and student insurance plans. [Rh Reality Check]
• A new photo project, Love Your Lines, is encouraging women to post images of their stretch marks on Instagram to celebrate what their bodies actually look like. [Mic] 
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