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Anti-Semitic graffiti on a wall at a train station in Chełmża, Poland. Poland is witnessing an eruption of anti-Semitic comments in public debates amid a diplomatic dispute with Israel over a new Holocaust speech law. Jews fear the hateful speech could spark violence. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons) Photo used under CC BY

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Eruption of anti-Semitism stirs fear in Polish Jews

Jews have been increasingly the targets of verbal hate on social media. Matters escalated a few weeks ago when Israeli officials sharply criticized new Polish legislation that criminalizes blaming Poland as a nation for crimes committed by Nazi Germany.

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ABC News

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Polish, Israeli leaders speak by phone as Holocaust feud deepens

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Bloomberg

China fighting poverty in restive province

China plans to pull 400,000 people out of dire poverty this year in its restive Xinjiang region as the central government fears a rise in the ranks of local armed groups.

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Al Jazeera

Survivors of massacre speak out: ‘Never Again’

The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were well practiced on how to respond to an active shooter, but a sole gunman was still able to kill 17. The school’s survivors are inspiring a national reaction against the “new normal” of school shootings.

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BBC

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US gun culture compared with the world in five charts

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CNN

Nigeria releases 475 Boko Haram suspects

A Nigerian court has released 475 people allegedly affiliated with Boko Haram for rehabilitation, the justice ministry said, as the country’s biggest legal investigation of the militant Islamist insurgency continued.

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Guardian

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Returning home: Surviving captivity under Boko Haram

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Al Jazeera

Trump raps everyone but Russia for meddling

President Donald Trump spent much of his weekend hammering the FBI, Democrats, Robert Mueller’s investigation and his own national security adviser over Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election that he won. Excepted from the criticism — Russia.

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Bloomberg

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Some Americans want Facebook fined over meddling

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USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Salvadoran imprisoned for abortion is freed

An El Salvadoran woman, serving a 30-year prison term for allegedly aborting her child, was freed after the country’s Supreme Court reduced her sentence.

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Reuters

Kazakhstan’s polygon legacy: silent bombs

40 years of nuclear bomb testing by the Soviet Union have left a damaging fallout in Kazakh children generations later.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

E. Europeans fear Russia’s mounting influence

There are major concerns over Russia’s influence in Eastern Europe. Bosnia-Herzegovina remains a deeply divided country despite a peace agreement that ended a brutal Balkans war.

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CBS News

Police call for Israeli PM Netanyahu’s indictment

Moments after police recommended that he be indicted on charges of corruption and bribery, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed he would be vindicated.

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NBCNews.com

Ethiopia in state of emergency after PM resigns

A state of emergency installed after the resignation of Ethiopia’s prime minister will continue for the next six months, a high-ranking official said, according to the Associated Press.

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PBS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cockroaches inspire the future of robotics

Johns Hopkins researchers have studied cockroach locomotion and then mimicked it for palm-sized robots. Cockroaches are some of the most resilient creatures in the world.

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ZME Science

UK blames Russia for crippling cyberattack

The British government says that Russia was behind a massive global cyberattack that hit major companies in June 2017.

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CNNMoney

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cancer study implicates processed foods

After studying more than 100,000 adults for years, results showed that eating processed food is more closely linked with cancer risk than one’s age, sex, body mass index, height, level of physical activity, or smoking and drinking habits.

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Business Insider

Drug helps prevent onset of type 1 diabetes

A drug commonly used to control high blood pressure may also help prevent the onset of type 1 diabetes in up to 60 percent of those at risk for the disease, according to researchers

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ScienceDaily

Columns And Op-Ed

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The Democrats keep capitulating on defense spending

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The Atlantic

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The more gender equality, the fewer women in STEM

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The Atlantic

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To stop migration, stop the abuse of Africa’s resources

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Al Jazeera

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Eliminating criminal penalties for all drug use is a logical evolution of Canada’s drug policy

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CBC News

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Millions of Americans can’t stay home with the flu, so it spreads

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Popular Science

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Is ‘Black Panther’ the stalking horse for new black power in politics?

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The Hill

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Trump’s grocery ration-box plan is an insult to the poor

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The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Importance of self-compassion, -acceptance

In the age of social media, self-judgment is rife. We are bombarded with the perfect lives of others that are impossible to live up to, which can make us feel inadequate. Many now feel insecure and constantly judge themselves, and perhaps feel they aren’t as good as their peers.

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Irish Times

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Drake sprinkles good deeds across Miami in video for ‘God’s Plan’

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NPR

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Red Cross urges aid for displaced Syrians

European and Gulf countries need to give more cash to war embattled Syria, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross says. According to the United Nations, more than 6 million people are displaced inside Syria.

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CNBC

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Still a trickle, but refugees sick of exile return to Syria

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Japan Today

Why sex scandals persist in humanitarian aid

The Oxfam scandal focuses on a different type of problem: humanitarian workers who sexually assault aid recipients. The workers may be employed by an aid group or be part of the U.N. peacekeeper force.

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NPR

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Oxfam sexual abuse scandal: Are the aid sector’s HR systems failing?

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Devex

North American foundations pledge to unite

Leaders representing more than 80 community foundations across North America signed a written pledge to collaborate toward reducing continental poverty, increasing opportunity, furthering other UN Sustainable Development Goals, and related challenges.

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NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

News network climate reporting soared in 2017

The good news is that the annual analysis done by Media Matters for America found that in 2017, network news coverage of climate change soared. The bad news is that most of it was focused on U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.

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Guardian

Texas study explores options amid water crisis

A new Texas study charts a path for states to get ahead of oncoming water shortages, triggered by a changing planet and rapidly growing populations. The “One Water” recommends a “holistic” approach, treating water as a highly sustainable resource.

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U.S. News & World Report

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When toxic water is the only choice

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Mother Jones

ECONOMY

Weight Watchers offers teens free membership

Is this a new reason for teens to go on a diet? And should they be thinking about such things at such a young age? Weight Watchers has announced it will offer a free membership for teenagers 13 to 18, staring this summer.

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MarketWatch

US manufacturing advancing consistently

U.S. factory output was unchanged in January for a second month after a run of healthy advances consistent with ongoing expansion in the industry, Federal Reserve data has shown.

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Bloomberg

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Women selling fruits and vegetables at a floating market in Thailand. (Photo by Brett Marlow) Photo used under CC BY

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