These are today's best ideas
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
By Mark A.R. Kleiman, Angela Hawken, & Ross Halperin in Vox
By Josh Barney at the UVA Today
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