by Steven Eisen | May 27, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads India heatwave toll passes 1,000 BBC News The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas. Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where...
by Gina McCarthy & Jo-Ellen Darcy | May 27, 2015 | Monitor
Ed. note: This blog is cross-posted from the Environmental Protection Agency. You can read the original post here. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army are finalizing a Clean Water Rule to protect the streams and wetlands we rely...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | May 27, 2015 | Monitor
In a post for DipNote, the State Department’s Official Blog, Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda outlined how the US plans to help Cuba usher in the Digital Age. “Titled the “Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act” (the “Cuba DATA Act”), the legislation would...
by Christopher D. Kolenda | May 27, 2015 | Monitor
By: Christopher D. Kolenda By educating and empowering girls in the developing world, we might eventually send fewer Americans into combat overseas.
by FPA Administrator | May 26, 2015 | Monitor
An Aga Khan health center in Afghanistan. By Hussein Rashid The recent attack against Ismaili Muslims in Karachi, Pakistan, will be read by most as part of a simple narrative of an ongoing Sunni-Shi’ah conflict. Unfortunately, as consistent fear-mongering has...
