* By intervening in Mali, France may have saved other African nations from civil war, which often spills across borders. * Kenya's sex workers choose antiretroviral drugs over condoms. * For most Texans, the closest clinic to offer abortions after 20 weeks will stay open—it's in Albuquerque. * Exiled
* If Walmart wanted workers to have a living wage, it could end stock buybacks that don't improve the bottom line. * Oil companies try to stay hush on spills—it almost worked in Mayflower, Ark., until people started getting sick. * Scientists unearth ancient seawater, which they discover has twice
* In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas's brutal abortion restrictions. * Four in five have updated their social media privacy in the past six months. * Dutch officials pay alcoholics in tobacco and beer to be less disruptive and clean parks. * Africa is often portrayed
* U.S.-Israel ties strained over Iran accord. * Where the United States does stand out is in the level of inequality after taxes and transfers. * The eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano, now active after 400 years of dormancy. * French newspaper goes image-less in support of photographers,
* George Zimmerman's history of violence against women, like OJ Simpson's, should have been a red flag for murder. * So was the America of 1947–1974...the great exception in the nation's economic history? * Walmart blames Obamacare for poor financials, but given its workforce and
* Five decades ago, JFK faced the same quagmire as Obama regarding Medicaid and socializing medicine. * Novelist and Nobel winner Doris Lessing, who wrote The Golden Notebook, dies at 94. * Atwood: "If there were a Mount Rushmore of 20th-century authors, Doris Lessing would most certainly be carved upon it.
* The worst job in DC: Obama cabinet member. * Science may find cures for rare childhood diseases—but for parents, eventually isn't soon enough. * Why do we ban cigarettes to minors [when] it’s OK to have 12-year-olds getting nicotine poisoning in the fields? * China is ending
* Neuroscientists say creativity and mental illness share a similar degree of vulnerability, called "cognitive disinhibition." * Argentina's central bank is losing more than $1B a month, with a reserve less than those of Romania, Nigeria, Angola, or Lebanon. * "China's cake millionaire at home in
* Aid goes unseen in many parts of the Philippines; officials post death toll of 4,000 in Tacloban alone. * Police commander in the Philippines fired for his estimate of 10,000 dead from the typhoon. * In the midst of a "robbery epidemic," rich neighborhoods in Oakland, Calif., hire
* When gun ownership decreases other methods of suicide increase. * Healthcare.gov's numbers prove little. * White House analysis disproves Healthcare.gov's claim that 50% of young adults are eligible for deep discounts. * So far the Rolling Jubilee has purchased and abolished $15M of Americans' personal debt.
