The world is seeing an unprecedented number of refugees and internally displaced people. In 2015, this number climbed to 65.3 million, higher than ever before. Human rights activist Aryeh Neier points out in The Guardian that most of these people have settled in other poor countries. He criticizes wealthy countries, and especially the United States, for failing to pull their weight on addressing this crisis.
"We've never had so many refugees — nor been so unwelcoming to them" The Guardian
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has vastly more money than Donald Trump’s, and it’s also beating Trump’s campaign to a pulp when it comes to fundraising. According to Federal Election Disclosures revealed Monday, Trump’s campaign ended May with only $1.3 million on hand, a decrease from $2.4 million at the start of the month. Meanwhile, Clinton’s campaign has $42.5 million, and her campaign has raised about $12 million since May. You can read the ins and outs of this in The Atlantic.
"Donald Trump's Campaign Is Nearly Penniless" The Atlantic
Concerned that the presidential nominee for one of our country’s two political parties is a climate change denier? It might be comforting to know that in some parts of the world, debates over what we should do about climate change at least acknowledge the problem — as Grist puts it, they’re “relatively sane.”
"A peek into the relatively sane climate debates outside the United States" Grist
