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A volunteer stores donations gathered in a National Association of Letter Carriers’ Food Drive in Oakland, California. Despite robust job growth in the state and the prosperity generated by several industries, especially the supercharged tech sector, California has the highest poverty rate in the U.S. (Photo by Alameda County Community Food Bank) Photo used under CC BY

Prosperous California is America’s poverty capital

California — not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia — has the highest poverty rate in the U.S. According to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, nearly one out of four Californians is poor.

National Review

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Poverty relief organizations undermined by economic polarity

NonProfit Quarterly

Honduras president sworn in amid protests

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in for a second term amid protests over what the opposition calls electoral fraud.

Al Jazeera

Soldiers’ mothers rein in Putin’s military ambitions

While Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to break the rules of global politics, this does not mean he operates without constraints. The constraints on his use of military force are to be found at home: the views of Russian citizens.

Asia Times Online

US hits Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine conflict as Dubai talks falter

The Independent

Third of Holocaust survivors in US are poor

One-third of Holocaust survivors in the United States continue to live at or below the poverty line, according to Blue Card, which provides financial assistance to survivors. Last year, the same proportion of survivors were at or below the poverty line, according to CNN.

Haaretz

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Death camp survivor fears Holocaust deniers are winning

CNN

Israeli Holocaust survivors plead case of African migrants

Guardian

S. African community adapts to water scarcity

For residents of Siyahlala, nothing will change when Day Zero hits drought-stricken Cape Town, South Africa. Their taps will not run dry, because they have none. They won’t have to flush their toilets with buckets of water, because they use bushes as toilets.

allAfrica.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Activists: Bahrain human rights deteriorating

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, activists say. Bahrain has cracked down on democracy activists since 2011.

Reuters

Migration on agenda of African Union summit

African Union leaders are gathering in Ethiopia ahead of a major summit. They’re set to discuss ways to tackle the flow of refugees and migrants to Europe.

Al Jazeera

Libya videos show Sudanese migrants tortured for ransom

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Tillerson sees progress in fixing Iran nuke deal

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he sees progress in getting European support for new penalties against Iran that could prevent a U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

PBS

5 ways election interference could worsen in ’18

Russian election interference seeped into nearly every aspect of the political landscape two years ago, but many experts are wondering whether upcoming U.S. elections could be worse.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Human waste + microbes = astronaut food

Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. A research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors.

ScienceDaily

Life possible during Earth’s hellish early eon

Maybe Earth’s early years weren’t so hellish after all. Asteroid strikes repeatedly bombarded the planet during its first eon, but the heat released by those hits wasn’t as sterilizing as once thought, new research suggests.

Science News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Swatting at mosquitoes trains them to stay away

Disease-carrying mosquitoes can be trained to stay away from even the sweetest skins by the flick of a finger, according to a recent study. The research is the first finding of its kind to reveal certain mosquito behaviors by testing between 2,700 and 3,000 of the pesky insects.

USA TODAY

‘Heat-not-burn’ cigarette alternative scrutinized

A device that heats tobacco without burning it reduces some of the harmful chemicals in traditional cigarettes, but government scientists say it’s unclear if that translates into lower rates of disease for smokers who switch.

CBS News

Philip Morris sees 6 million U.S. smokers switching to iQOS device if cleared

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Onetime ‘lost boy of Sudan’ aids other refugees

Sometimes when refugees are at their lowest emotional point in his office in Hanford, Jacob Awar Ayuen, a psychiatric physician assistant, will tell the patients his own story of being a lost boy, walking thousands of miles to escape a bloody civil war.

MSN

Firefighter’s widow aims to stop PTSD suicides

Firefighters and EMS suicides are on the rise. A Florida widow of a firefighter who ended his PTSD battle by taking his life is on a mission to change that.

CBS12

Firefighter, child he saved reunited years later

ABC News

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Trump’s shark hatred spurs wave of rage gifts

Apparently, President Trump is scared to death of sharks and hopes they all die. Or so says Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who says she had an affair with Trump. Since that reveal, shark charities have said they’ve seen a definite surge in the flow of “rage” donations.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Humane Society CEO relationship probed

The Board of Directors of the Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s most influential animal-welfare group, has hired a Washington law firm to investigate an allegation of workplace misconduct against its longtime chief executive, Wayne Pacelle.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Underwater robots to gauge Antarctica ice loss

Scientists with the University of Washington in conjunction with Paul G. Allen Philanthropies are sending robots to Antarctica for as long as a year in what will be the longest mission ever undertaken in the region. The aim: to gain more extensive data about the rate of ice loss.

CNN

Honeybees help farmers but hurt environment

Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers, but the honeybee is the one bee that we should worry about the least. Honeybee hives aren’t natural and don’t help the environment. In fact, they may harm it.

NPR

ECONOMY

Half the Venezuelan economy has disappeared

Venezuela has lost half of its economy since 2013, and it’s getting worse. Unemployment will reach 30% and prices on all types of goods in the country will rise 13,000% this year, according to new figures published by the International Monetary Fund.

CNNMoney

Puerto Rico unveils revised fiscal plan

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello submitted a revised fiscal plan for the bankrupt island which sees zero debt service payments over the next five years, and lays out the initial process for the privatization of the island’s beleaguered power utility.

CNBC

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A man demonstrates medieval woodworking skills at Archeon, an archeological living museum in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. (Photo by Hans Splinter) Photo used under CC BY

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