"Children Suffer as World Bank’s Borrowers Upend Their Lives"
"In the disappearing rainforests of Indonesia, a 9-year-old boy copes with the trauma of eviction"
Source: ICIJ, 10/12/2015
Planning & Growth
"No Poverty, Hunger in 15 Years? UN Sets Sweeping New Goals"
"A season of goal-setting begins this month as the United Nations launches a new 15-year plan to fight grinding world poverty, improve health and education and quell climate change."
Source: AP, 09/22/2015
Ten Years After Katrina: Lessons, Warnings, Rebuilding
As the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe approaches, many news media are doing stories that try to make sense of it. For journalists, it's an inexhaustible subject because it's about people's lives and the moral perils of the governments we choose. It's about the looming catastrophes we deny.
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"'They Figured Our Neighborhood Is Black, So They'll Do It'"
"Residents of Southside Syracuse put up a fierce, well-organized fight to stop construction of a sewage plant and still lost".
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 08/13/2015
"Florida Leads Nation in Property at Risk From Climate Change"
"Florida has more private property at risk from flooding linked to climate change than any other state, an amount that could double in the next four decades, according to a new report by the Risky Business Project."
Source: Miami Herald, 07/28/2015
In Drier Washington State, Fire Chiefs Say Wildfires Could Hit Any City
"The state is grappling with the growing phenomenon of the 'urban wildfire.' That's when blazes that ignite in forests spread rapidly into recently built subdivisions and whole towns."
Source: NPR, 07/23/2015
Eagle ‘Hot Spot’ in Virginia Could Be Replaced By Golf Course, Resort
"TAPPAHANNOCK, Va. — The emerald tree canopy on this town’s scenic high cliffs is something of a luxury community for bald eagles. There are gorgeous views of the Rappahannock River, nice fishing and tasty seafood. Best of all, it’s one of the top places in the Chesapeake Bay region to raise their young."
Source: Wash Post, 07/22/2015
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