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The rapid influx of affluent homeowners and tenants has sharply increased economic inequality in San Francisco. (Photo by Franco Folini) Photo used under CC BY

Bay Area epitomizes economic inequality

The tech industry has led the Bay Area into a time of unprecedented wealth and innovation. But political and geographical bottlenecks have caused an alarming housing crisis and astronomical rise in socioeconomic inequality.

Quartz

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‘Racial rules’ widen economic inequality for blacks

The Prospect

Fighting corruption in developing countries

Of the 134 countries that attended the 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference organized by Transparency International last October, over a hundred were developing countries. More and more of these countries express resolve to combat corruption.

OECD Observer

How will ‘Brexit’ affect aid agencies, NGOs?

Britain has voted to leave the European Union, dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War II.

Times of India

World reacts to Brexit vote

BBC

Little aid allotted to rebuild wrecked schools

From earthquakes in Nepal to flooding in Myanmar, disasters damage or destroy thousands of schools, leaving hundreds of thousands of children unable to go to class, yet education is often overlooked in humanitarian responses, a charity said.

Huffington Post

Slavery in your life whether you know it or not

The International Labor Organization estimates 21 million people worldwide are victims of forced labor, while the Walk Free Foundation estimates that 35.8 million people are in various forms of slavery.

Deseret News

OAS blames government for Venezuela crisis

The head of the Organization of American States has blamed Nicolás Maduro’s government for Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, saying the oil-rich nation is mired in poverty, corruption and violence.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Stonewall park to become a rights monument

Obama announced he will designate Christopher Park as the Stonewall National Monument. It is the first national monument dedicated to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights.

Time

Four other significant LGBT rights sites

National Geographic

Few vets expelled under ‘Don’t Ask’ seek redress

ABC News

Mexicans urge Trudeau to push on rights

A group of female human rights activists from Mexico is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show his true feminist credentials and challenge their country’s president on its human rights record.

CBC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

High court decision angers immigrants

Many immigrants to the US are angered by the Supreme Court’s upending of Obama’s immigration plan. They expressed a anger after the justices chose to block the plan to protect up to undocumented immigrants.

USA TODAY

Italy rescues 4,500 migrants in one day

The Italian navy and coast guard say they have rescued about 4,500 migrants from dozens of small boats in the Mediterranean. Favorable weather has resulted in major increase in the number of people leaving north Africa.

BBC

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

To Madagascar, vanilla is precious but volatile

Madagascar produces some 80 percent of the world’s vanilla. But yields are volatile, causing vicious price fluctuations and making it difficult for farmers to gauge whether the harvest will net them enough money.

Guardian

Brexit vote a major blow to globalization

Britain’s departure from the European Union dealt what may be the biggest blow yet to globalization, challenging a decades-long embrace of freer movement of goods, services and people.

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hubble spots a dark, stormy vortex on Neptune

The space telescope has caught sight of a swirling vortex in the ice giant’s southern hemisphere, marking the first confirmation of such a storm this century.

Christian Science Monitor

Overview of Neptune, the windiest planet

NASA

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GOOD NEWS

3-D printed prosthesis lets girl play music

Born without her right hand, Cassie Stewart was unable to play certain instruments like her peers. Now she doesn’t have to worry, thanks to an invention by a high school student.

NBCNews.com

Organization aims to bring in more POC

Philanthropy Northwest has launched the Momentum Fellowship. The program aims to prepare professionals from underrepresented communities for careers in the philanthropic sector.

Seattle Times

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic concert staged to promote sanctuary

The Arctic Ocean may not be a typical venue for a piano performance, but it’s a prime setting to make a point about climate change. A composer performs an original piece while stranded on an “artificial iceberg”.

Grist

Hear and see Greenpeace production

YouTube

The San Andreas Fault is moving

New observations confirm that the San Andreas Fault System, the massive tectonic boundary underneath California, is showing definite signs of movement, according to a post at the University of Hawaii’s website.

Huffington Post

San Andreas fault

Frequency

Stonehenge solstice draws thousands

Tens of thousands of people were expected to descend on Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument in England built in accordance with the sunset of the winter solstice and the opposing sunrise of the summer solstice, for the annual summer solstice celebrations.

BBC

Global art/science project celebrates solstice

Solstice2016.com

Photo of the Day

New images obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope last month reveal that Neptune might have a dark side. (Photo by NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson) Photo used under CC BY

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