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Poor students fare worse on national ACT, agency finds

Nationally, high school students perform poorly on the ACT. But low-income students are even further academically behind than wealthier peers, a new study finds.

New Orleans Times-Picayune

How a good education can actually improve poor students’ health

Think Progress

Respect and dignity essential for those infected with HIV

An AIDS survivor and activist says wiping out HIV will be easier than eliminating the stigma of living with the disease in the Pacific.

ABC News

Criminalization of homosexual behaviour in Pacific countries undermining HIV effort

Yahoo! News

India: School bus and train crash kills 18 children

At least 18 children were killed along with their driver when a school bus was hit by a train in the Indian state of Telangana, police said.

BBC

ISIS orders female genital mutilation in Iraq

The al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has ordered all girls and women between the ages of 11 and 46 in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the UN said.

Al Arabiya

Focus on child marriage, genital mutilation at all-time high

Inter Press Service

The trauma of Syria’s married children

Three years into conflict, statistics show that among Syrian refugee communities in Jordan child marriages have doubled.

Al Jazeera

Blog:

Here’s proof that child marriage and poverty go hand in hand

Washington Post

Gaza conflict: UN school caught in crossfire, killing 15

At least 15 people are dead and dozens who were seeking shelter are wounded after a UN school in the Gaza Strip was caught in the crossfire of heavy fighting between Israel and the territory’s Hamas rulers.

CBC News

US lifts ban on flights to Israel as Gaza toll tops 700

Baltimore Sun

Air Algerie plane wreckage found in northern Mali desert

The wreckage of a missing Air Algerie flight has been spotted in desert country in Mali’s north. The flight crashed en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, almost half of them French citizens.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

How a giant act of philanthropy may kickstart psychiatry

If scientists ever decipher the complex biology behind diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, a lot of the credit may go to a few deep-pocketed philanthropists.

Forbes

Engaging the next generation in philanthropy

One of the most common values high-net-worth parents want to pass on to their heirs is the importance of giving.

Wealth Management

HUMAN RIGHTS

23 rights organizations demand Egyptian government review Its policy toward NGOs

Bahey eddin Hassan, the director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), submitted a memo to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab urging a review of government policy toward NGOs.

allAfrica.com

Lawyers call for outside probe of ‘bungled’ Arizona execution

Lawyers for an Arizona killer who took two hours to die from a lethal injection demanded an outside review of what they called a terribly “bungled” execution.

Reuters

2-hour execution adds fuel to death penalty debate

CBS News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Aid for trade funds can help advance infrastructure development in Africa

Aid for Trade (AfT) is one of several global initiatives launched to help developing countries to integrate into the global economy through trade.

allAfrica.com

California water prices soar for farmers as drought grows

Farmers in California’s Central Valley, the world’s most productive agricultural region, are paying as much as 10 times more for water than they did before the drought cut supply.

Bloomberg

The drought is so bad California wants to hire ‘water cops’

Business Insider

California’s drought turning the state brown, NASA images show

The Weather Channel

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

A US-backed militia runs amok in Afghanistan

Afghan militias have accumulated a lengthy record of human rights abuses, including murders and rapes

Al Jazeera

The new order of global network depends on equality and joint governance

Internet governance requires peaceful coexistence and the cooperation of the entire international community, with the goal of building a peaceful, confident, open and cooperative network.

People’s Daily

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The modernization of computer science education

Most people, especially in Silicon Valley, are aware that there aren’t enough engineers graduating from college today. By 2020, there will be 1.4 million computer science (CS) jobs available.

TechCrunch

Mapping climate change on tatooine over 110 galactic years

Just because Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine is fictional doesn’t mean it’s immune to the effects of climate change. The map shows how it has turned from a wasteland into an even hotter wasteland.

Wired

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Carrie Rich):

How American independence fosters philanthropy

Huffington Post

Column (Alison Blake):

A future free from child and forced marriage

Express Tribune

Editorial:

Unappealing labels help cut smoking rates in Australia

Star Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

The most promising technology for cleaning up ocean plastic is a giant wheel

The first “truly feasible” contraption to reduce ocean plastic is already in use: a solar-powered water wheel in Baltimore, Maryland.

Quartz

Good Samaritan praised for saving dog after fatal crash

Few people beyond friends and family knew that Truman was with Randy at the time of the crash. Banged up, the limber dog bolted from the car after the accident, but at least he’s safe at home.

Statesman Journal

The good life

GDP “measures everything,” quipped Bobby Kennedy, “except that which makes life worthwhile.” The Human Development Index (HDI) ranks countries by life expectancy, education and income.

Economist

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Nonprofits shed some paperwork

Local nonprofits are getting a little more advanced in managing hoards of volunteers. HandsOn Greater Richmond, is offering a new online background check system that helps screen volunteers.

Richmond Bizsense

MSC foundation awards grants to nonprofits

The MSC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Michael Saunders & Company, awarded its 2014 mid-year charitable grants.

Sarasota Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Pennsylvania environment regulators hobbled amid oil and gas boom

A report has found that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) lacks the funding, staff and technology to protect the environment from the state’s booming natural gas industry.

Al Jazeera

Coal India’s plans for 20 mines hit by land, environment delays

Twenty new coal mine projects by state-run Coal India, planned with annual capacity of 52 million tons, have been delayed by difficulties acquiring land and environmental clearances.

Reuters

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