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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

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

Supreme Court OKs warrant-less breathalyzer tests in drunk driving arrests

The Supreme Court decided that while law enforcement may require a breathalyzer for suspected drunk drivers without a warrant after an arrest, a warrant is required for a blood test in the same circumstances.

CNN

Beijing has fallen: China’s capital sinking by 11cm a year, satellite study warns

China’s capital is known for its horrendous smog and occasional sandstorms. Yet one of its major environmental threats lies underground: Beijing is sinking.

MSN News

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

Chicago man wins lottery the second time

Larry Gambles first won $50,000 from the Illinois lottery in 2007 with the numbers 01-06-12-14-25.For nearly a decade, he’s been playing the same digits, and on June 7, he finally won again.

NY Daily News

ENVIRONMENT

Mail-order winemaker benefits environment

David Thomas, who became wealthy by pioneering mail-order wine, has become Australia’s biggest philanthropist to the environment, announcing a bequest that takes his donations to about $60 million.

Guardian

Deadliest region for activists: Latin America

More environmentalists were murdered in Latin America in 2015 than anywhere else, according to a report by Global Witness.

Scientific American

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

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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