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Most Cubans have lived in poverty for generations. The nation‘s coming leaders face enormous challenges. Photo shot Dec. 19, 2005, in Havana’s Plaza Vieja (Old Square). (Photo by Laura Bittner) Photo used under CC BY

What’s next for Cuba after death of Fidel Castro?

A page in Cuba’s history has turned with the death of its revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. So what happens now on the communist island? Fidel Castro’s successor, Raul Castro, faces the challenge of driving forward economic and political change.

Public Radio International

Obit: Castro condemned as dictator, mourned as hero

BBC

Crowds flood streets of Miami’s Little Havana to cheer Castro’s death

CNN

The human impact of Turkey’s purges

More than four months after the defeat of the military coup attempt in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to continue the purges that have already seen more than 125,000 state employees sacked or suspended.

BBC

Russia facilitated burst of fake pre-election news

The “fake news” phenomenon that circulated thousands of phony stories during the election was aided by a sophisticated Russian propaganda effort, according to the Washington Post. Independent researchers say the goal was to punish Democrat Hillary Clinton and help Republican Donald Trump.

USA TODAY

Clinton to join recount that Trump calls ‘scam’

CNN

Residents of besieged Aleppo face starvation

The inhabitants of besieged eastern Aleppo have fewer than 10 days to receive aid or face starvation and death from a lack of medical supplies, according to the head of the Syria Civil Defense, or White Helmets.

Al Jazeera

Bavaria denies Afghans work internships

The Bavarian government is interpreting Germany’s new integration laws in its own way. Many refugees have been denied vocational training opportunities, and Bavarian businesses are upset about this.

Deutsche Welle

Slaughter of innocents continues in Mosul

In a dusty lot behind an abandoned house in Mosul, Iraq, a team of Iraqi military medics fights to save the lives of people injured by mortars fired in desperation by ISIS fighters.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkey withdraws child rape amnesty bill

Turkey’s ruling party has said it will withdraw a marriage bill that the United Nations warned could legitimize child rape.

Deutsche Welle

NY governor creates anti-hate-crime initiative

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched an initiative to combat hate crimes and protect civil rights after the divisive US presidential campaign prompted a wave of disturbing incidents across the state and the country.

Al Jazeera

Tech workers’ US visas face uncertain future

The U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program.

Reuters

Nationalists’ hatred alarms Holocaust museum

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum expressed alarm over “hateful speech” at a white nationalist meeting over the weekend, and a restaurant apologized for hosting the group after a woman tweeted a picture of herself making a Nazi salute.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

UK urged to shelter Yazidis threatened by ISIS

Britain’s home secretary is being urged by MPs to allow refugees from the Yazidi community, a minority Iraqi group persecuted by ISIS, to enter the UK under the same rules that allow entrance to vulnerable Syrian refugees.

Guardian

Trump tax plan hurts single-parent households

Trump‘s proposals would modestly cut income taxes for most middle-class Americans. But for nearly 8 million families — including a majority of single-parent households — the opposite would occur: They’d pay more.

Associated Press

Petition asks Electoral College to dump Trump

Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.

CNBC

Post-Election, overwhelmed Facebook users unfriend, cut back

NPR

German study examines refugee allocation

A new report says Germany’s federal states should steer refugees toward communities where integration is more likely. But would such communities accept more people in need at a time when migration itself is under fire?

Deutsche Welle

Germany’s Merkel announces bid for fourth term

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Depression affects stomach, anxiety the skin

Mental disorders and physical diseases frequently go hand in hand. For the first time, psychologists have identified temporal patterns in young people: arthritis and diseases of the digestive system are more common after depression, while anxiety disorders tend to be followed by skin diseases.

ScienceDaily

Hawking: Humanity needs new home

Celebrated theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has warned that humanity will not survive another 1,000 years on Earth unless the human race finds another planet to live on. Hawking painted a grave picture of the future.

The Independent

Scientists discover potentially habitable planet

Daily Caller

FB grapples with hate speech, fake news

Facebook employees say there is a lot of internal turmoil about how the platform does and doesn’t censor content that users find offensive. Outside Facebook, the public is regularly confounded by the company’s decisions on controversial posts and fake news.

NPR

Facebook incorrectly displays memorial pages for living users

CNBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Low social status linked to health damage

A study at Duke University suggests that being at the bottom of the social heap directly alters the body in ways that can damage health.

BBC

Dementia rate dips but trend may reverse

New research documents a decline in dementia rates but experts say the rising numbers of older Americans may halt that trend unless better ways are found to keep brains healthy.

Associated Press

BUSINESS

Many companies mull resolutions on climate

Activist shareholders plan a record number of resolutions focused on climate change at U.S. company annual meetings in 2017, even as President-elect Donald Trump looks set to loosen environmental regulations.

Reuters

Tesla calls solar roof a cheaper alternative

Just after a majority of Tesla Motors shareholders approved plans for the all-electric automaker to acquire solar energy firm SolarCity, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell: The company’s new roof will cost less than traditional rooftop shingles to make and install.

Fortune

United cuts overhead bin use for low-fare fliers

United Continental has announced a new wrinkle in its service that is brilliant from a business perspective and contemptuous of consumers. It is implementing a new kind of cheap fare that will include no advance seat selection and almost no room for carry-ons.

Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

At Thanksgiving, consider benefits of gratitude

Gratitude can be taught and we can live it by example. It’s even healthy for us and may counterbalance the damaging health effects of our overindulgence all year long, especially at Thanksgiving. We may be happier, less stressed, and live longer.

Forbes

The leftover revolution: 5 food waste projects

Positive News

Journalists help Obama make spoof video

It’s been a long eight years for President Barack Obama in the White House and now he has his retirement to look forward to. The big question is, what does a 55-year-old do after running a country for almost a decade?

YouTube

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

China: World’s new champion of free trade?

As the United States, the world‘s biggest economy and the champion of free trade for the past century, is about to back away from closer global economic integration, analysts question whether China has what it takes to be the world’s new champion of free trade.

Al Jazeera

World trade hangs in the balance after US vote

Donald Trump’s determination to stamp his mark on U.S. trade policy “would be horribly destructive,” according to an exhaustive assessment of his pre-election tweets, speeches and declarations in interviews.

Guardian

Investor: Trump policies could hurt economy

Bogle told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street: ”In the long run, I have a concern that anything that divides our economy further in terms of economics or race is bad for the society, bad for the economy and bad for the markets."

CNBC

APEC committed to fighting protectionism

Pacific rim leaders said that they were committed to fighting “all forms of protectionism,” and encouraged signatories of the TPP trade pact to continue supporting it despite fears it may not have a future in its current form.

Reuters

Disadvantaged nations seek clean energy

Representatives from 47 of the world’s most disadvantaged nations have pledged to generate all their future energy needs from renewables.

BBC

NGOs AND NPOs

Amnesty calls Egypt NGO bill ‘draconian’

An international rights group has warned of a new Egyptian bill to regulate civil society, saying the proposed law amounts to a “death warrant” for relevant organizations. Amnesty International urged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi not to sign the proposed “draconian” law.

The New Arab

Indian cops raid Islamic cleric’s NGO offices

India’s National Investigation Agency has conducted raids at 10 offices of Islamic Research Foundation, an NGO of Zakir Naik in Mumbai, local media reported.

Daily Star

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Advice to grantmakers: Keep moving forward

Since the U.S. election, grantmakers are looking around, trying to figure out how we got here, and making their best guesses about the lay of the land in the months to come. Here are seven things that you might want to consider as you think about the next four years.

Philanthropy News Digest

Foundation pledges $100M to Philly spaces

The William Penn Foundation has announced a commitment of up to $100 million to revitalize and renovate city parks, libraries, and recreational centers in Philadelphia. The largest commitment in the foundation‘s history will cover one-fifth of Mayor Jim Kenney’s six-year, $500 million Rebuild initiative.

Philanthropy News Digest

Election drives up donations to nonprofits

Perhaps the most notable action to follow the end of the divisive election season has been a surge in donations to various organizations whose agendas counter those proposed by President-elect Donald Trump.

The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

Safety of S. African nuke plant plan questioned

A new study has raised safety concerns over the site of a proposed new nuclear power plant in South Africa. The study adds to controversy over transparency, economics, and environmental issues.

Deutsche Welle

Election reignites offshore oil drilling debate

The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Members of the Cuban community living in exile in the U.S. demonstrated in front of the White House during the Cuban rafter crisis of 1994, which culminated in the “Wet feet, dry feet” policy between U.S. President Bill Clinton and Cuban President Fidel Castro. The retired dictator’s death has sparked mourning, relief and jubilation. (Photo by Elvert Barnes) Photo used under CC BY

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