Israel’s latest move to expand West Bank settlements has rights groups warning it could permanently derail the possibility of a Palestinian state. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is sending more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters of Latin America and the Caribbean in a high-stakes effort to confront drug cartels. Back home, Target is in crisis—store visits are down for the sixth straight month, wiping out billions in market value as boycotts take their toll. And for Topic Tuesday we’re getting real: have barbershops lost their cultural power, and are cookouts becoming a luxury we can’t afford?