The U.S. Foreign Service Is ‘Too White’

1. Two top diplomats have a message about America’s foreign service: It’s “too white.” (From May 19, 2015)

By Thomas R. Pickering and Edward J. Perkins in the Washington Post

2. Charleston and the age of Obama. (From June 19, 2015)

By David Remnick in the New Yorker

3. California has about one year of water left. (From March 18, 2015)

By Jay Famiglietti in the Los Angeles Times

4. The prison system is costly and rarely “rehabilitates” prisoners. Imagine a better way to transition inmates to freedom. (From March 20, 2015)

By Mark A.R. Kleiman, Angela Hawken, & Ross Halperin in Vox

5. A new discovery about the brain and immune system could unlock autism, Alzheimers and more. (From June 19, 2015)

By Josh Barney at the UVA Today

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