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As Groundwater Dwindles, a Global Food Shock Looms http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/groundwater-depletion-global-food-supply/?google_editors_picks=true December 22, 2016

Trump tweets praise of Putin for attack on Clinton – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/24/trump-tweets-praise-of-putin-for-attack-on-clinton/?utm_term=.b48104a11d61 President-elect Donald Trump. (AP/Evan Vucci) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect

Why gravitational waves truly are the “scientific breakthrough of the year” – Vox http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/22/14053036/gravitational-waves-breakthrough-year-science True scientific breakthroughs are extremely rare. We had one in 2016.

A Trump Tariff Wall Would Help a Little, But Hurt a Lot | Mother Jones http://m.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/12/trump-tariff-wall-help-little-hurt-lot Kevin Drum•Dec. 23, 2016 9:22 PM So let’s suppose

An arms embargo against South Sudan failed to gain traction with the U.N. Security council Friday, delivering a blow to efforts to halt fighting in

The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, after the U.S. abstained from the vote rather

Garry Kasparov on why Vladimir Putin hates chess. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/12/garry_kasparov_on_why_vladimir_putin_hates_chess.html By Jacob Weisberg Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Putin.Photo illustration by Slate. Images by Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters and

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-emoluments-clause-its-text-meaning-and-application-to-donald-j-trump/ Foreign interference in the American political system was among the gravest dangers feared by the Founders of our nation and the framers of our

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/opinion/how-republics-end.html?mabReward=A1&recp=6&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine&_r=0 DEC. 19, 2016 Doug Mills/The New York Times Many people are reacting to the rise of Trumpism and nativist movements in Europe by reading

SF steps up efforts to house those pushed out decades ago by ‘urban renewal’ – by j_sabatini – The San Francisco Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-steps-efforts-house-pushed-decades-ago-urban-renewal/ San Francisco