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Your Week: A week of very real climate events

Alex Connor   | Paste BN

The threat of climate change is ever-present, and deadly.

Extreme heat is threatening millions in the Pacific Northwest, killing hundreds. It's a scenario experts warn will soon become all too common: As temperatures continue to rise, so will the death toll. And with heat comes fire: So far this season, 70 wildfires have burned 1,061,516 acres across the United States. 

"We are aggressively covering these wildfires, with reporters and photographers from Arizona, Nevada, California and Montana on the scene," said Nicole Carroll, editor-in-chief. "In addition, Paste BN national reporters continue to focus on climate change and the extreme weather resulting."

Across the Atlantic, it's another kind of climate mayhem. Days of heavy rain and flooding killed more than 180 people in Western Europe. Hundreds remain missing, or homeless.

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Of note: I'll be biking across the state of Iowa for the next two editions, so you'll see a new name next week, Lindsay Deutsch.

Now, let's switch gears, and get back to the best of this week's reporting with Your Week.

Journalism you can't miss

How top companies are struggling to diversify leadership

Last summer, corporate America pledged to do better at addressing racial inequality in the workplace. Have companies succeeded? In large part, no.

Paste BN gathered previously undisclosed hiring records from dozens of firms in the Standard & Poor’s 100, a group of the most highly valued companies in the stock market. At America’s most powerful companies, 1 in every 97 white workers is an executive. In comparison, only 1 in every 443 Black or Hispanic workers holds a top job.

Dive into the full eight-part series here, starting with our database of EEO-1 employment records.

Issues by industry:

The change makers:

Diversifying a workforce:

Prefer to listen? Paste BN's Jessica Guynn, Jayme Frasier and Charisse Jones discuss the series on our 5 Things podcast.

An ode to the Olympics

Our journalists are on their way to Japan for the Tokyo Olympics. Want behind-the-scenes access? Sign up for Paste BN’s Olympic texts for exclusive access to the Games and athletes chasing gold.

Before the opening ceremony on Friday, July 23, here's our must-reads:

Feel free to respond to this email, or you can reach me directly at alex@usatoday.com.

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