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Police hold a suspected drug trafficker in Hermosillo in the state of Sonora, Mexico. (Photo by Knight Foundation)

India: the rising tide of e-waste

Every year, 50 million tons of electronic waste are produced globally. Much of the refuse finds its way to countries like India, where toxic accumulation in water and soil loom large.

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Massachusetts justices doubtful on abortion buffer zone law

A 35-foot protest-free zone outside Massachusetts abortion clinics appeared unlikely to survive Supreme Court review.

Seattle Times

Blog:

Where abortion opponents — and backers — rule, in five maps

(Washington Post)

The Fix

Mexico steps up efforts to fight war on drugs

Mexican federal forces have increased efforts to take control of the violent western state of Michoacan, as masked vigilantes and members of one of the country’s most powerful cartels fight for control.

Al Jazeera

Mexico Church calls for peace efforts in Michoacan

BBC

Blog:

Cartels and vigilantes clash in Mexico

(TIME)

LightBox

The toll of traffic accidents is rising in poor countries

Global traffic accidents are on course to triple to 3.6 million per year by 2030. In the developing world, traffic accidents will become the fifth leading cause of death, leapfrogging past HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

Washington Post

Muslim women challenge American mosques

Most American mosques do a poor job of including women, according to a recent study. Sometimes that means subpar women’s prayer spaces, a lack of leadership roles or little programming relevant to women.

NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

US lawmakers, frustrated by South Sudan violence, question aid

U.S. lawmakers are deeply frustrated over the violence in South Sudan, questioning whether it made sense to continue sending hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Is the US powerless in South Sudan?

BBC

Lessons from Haiti for humanitarian assistance for Syria

In the wake of major government leaders pledging to raise $6.5 billion to respond to the Syrian humanitarian crisis, the relevant question is whether the money really gets delivered after all the big announcements.

Nonprofit Quarterly

HUMAN RIGHTS

US lawmakers seek to broaden scope of human rights act from Russia to world

Two senior U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation that would expand to all countries the “Magnitsky” act passed in late 2012 to penalize Russia for alleged human rights abuses.

Reuters

South Africa rights watchdog criticizes police’s use of force

South Africa’s Human Rights Commission voiced concern at the use of police force, pledging to investigate the cause of recent water protests that led to three deaths.

Yahoo! News

Philippines web abuse ring smashed in UK-led operation

A pedophile ring that streamed live child abuse from the Philippines over the Internet has been broken up after an operation by U.K. police and their counterparts in Australia and the U.S.

BBC

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Electricity tariffs unfair and unsustainable, say experts

People sweltering without an air conditioner in Australia’s heatwave are subsidizing power bills of those who use them because of a tariff system both the power industry and experts say is unsustainable.

Guardian

Clean energy investment sags amid mounting climate risks

Global investment in alternative stocks declined by 12 percent last year. According to a report, investment was scaled back in both the U.S. and China — for China it was the first year without growth in a decade.

IPS

UN climate chief urges investors to bolster global warming fight

Thomas Reuters Foundation

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Trans-Atlantic ‘no-spy’ deal on the rocks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised her citizens a pact which would prohibit U.S. spying on German citizens. But since then, Washington has shown little interest in pursuing such a treaty.

Spiegel International

Syrian government allows food supplies near its capital, Damascus

The Syrian government allowed supplies into two besieged areas under opposition control near Damascus, after weeks of infighting between rebel forces and al-Qaida groups that killed over 1,000 people.

Calgary Herald

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Apple to pay $32.5 million over kids’ apps

After tens of thousands of consumer complaints, the FTC said that Apple will pay at least $32.5 million to settle a federal case involving kids making in-app purchases often without their parents’ knowledge.

Seattle Times

Target’s data breach highlights state role in privacy

The recent data breach at Target highlights the growing role of states in protecting people’s online data and privacy.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Blog (Nell Greenfieldboyce):

In search for habitable planets, why stop at ‘Earth-like’?

(NPR)

the two-way

Column (Dan Simpson):

We can and must defeat poverty

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Column (Immanuel Wallerstein):

Syria: intractable dilemmas for everyone

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Literary festivals flourish in India

With India producing more books than ever, the country is witnessing a boom in literature festivals. Last year saw more than 60 “lit fests” across India, averaging over one a week.

Al Jazeera

Colleges guide low-income students from getting in to graduating

Colleges and universities vary widely in terms of the effort they make in recruiting low-income students, and whether those students go on to graduate or simply rack up debt.

NPR

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

IRS hit for slow action in reviewing pulled tax exemptions

The IRS’s internal monitor sharply criticized the agency for its “seriously understaffed” nonprofits division and technical problems that led it to erroneously revoke the tax-exempt status of thousands of organizations.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Dow donated to nonprofit that helped defeat collective bargaining rights

Dow Chemical, based in Midland with operations around the globe, gave $2 million to a Michigan nonprofit that helped defeat a referendum to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution.

Detroit Free Press

ENVIRONMENT

Old trees grow faster than young ones, new study shows

Like a fairy-tale beanstalk, a tree can grow until it scrapes the sky. Instead of slowing down as the centuries add up, old trees speed up their growth, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

Huffington Post

An old tree doesn’t get taller, but bulks up like a body-builder

NPR

Months after ‘Blackfish’ release, controversy over SeaWorld grows

The documentary Blackfish made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival, and got more attention when it was released in theaters. But it didn’t reach its largest audience until millions watched it on CNN.

NPR

Ex-SeaWorld trainers dispute ‘Blackfish,’ say phase out whale show

Houston Chronicle

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Hikers traverse Mt Braden in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Hugo Chisholm)

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