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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of August 8-14, 2016.
While Nepal’s political leaders are embroiled in fights, the country’s needs go unaddressed. https://t.co/qHoDmkFRhK pic.twitter.com/Nz7fM9u1IB
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) August 12, 2016
The rich are living longer, but the poor aren’t. What that means for Social Security: https://t.co/uIBVjMjbQh pic.twitter.com/787dKmdDav
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 11, 2016
This chart shows some of the human enhancement technologies we’re talking about on FB Live https://t.co/qiKiGwJyzw pic.twitter.com/mqpuMwKBjx
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 11, 2016
There’s no scandal in the new State emails—but Hillary still has some explaining to do: https://t.co/ua5LtzHsEH pic.twitter.com/AbHWBGvOnm
— Slate (@Slate) August 11, 2016
Trump has driven away throngs of GOP officials, donors and policy experts. But not the NRA. https://t.co/3xKVxGGHyn pic.twitter.com/QcfZvpnXiH
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 11, 2016
While Saudi Arabia lets women compete in the Olympics, they’re banned from sports at home https://t.co/6bLF0CtL88 pic.twitter.com/bVT1gjjoPR
— The WorldPost (@TheWorldPost) August 10, 2016
Home prices rose in 83% of metro areas across the US from a year ago in the second quarter https://t.co/0eAk5yTokO🔓 pic.twitter.com/peOXb5G7Jh
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) August 11, 2016
Blame austerity, not Obama, for slow economic recovery https://t.co/PvJ8pDeYyg pic.twitter.com/Z0KhRs9MrF
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) August 12, 2016
So many Chinese toddlers attend cram schools that it’s become a booming business in Shanghai. https://t.co/WkhwEM3z3z
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) August 12, 2016
Less than two years after its first democratic elections, Tunisia has a new prime minister. Is that a good thing? https://t.co/9DGlkqXUB2
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) August 12, 2016
Read @FWehrey’s take on the fight against the Islamic State in #Libya: https://t.co/pvdHDEuSFq via @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/TRQAMnJlrv
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) August 12, 2016
Tally of Britons joining Isis and similar groups abroad grown to 850 https://t.co/VbKsM0iS7q
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) August 12, 2016
#Zika vaccine trials set as research head pleads for more money https://t.co/4O9NuqwPeB pic.twitter.com/mMPeSc9HjK
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) August 12, 2016
In her first 100 days, Hillary Clinton commits to rebuilding America’s infrastructure: pic.twitter.com/y34zJkfc3i
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) August 12, 2016
Congress can’t see past 2016 election politics to accept TPP as a multi-functional tool for our economy. https://t.co/aD0jskjIH7 #Cato2016
— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) August 12, 2016