Extinction Rate Rivals That of Dinosaurs, 2014 Likely Hottest Year Ever

Polar bears, already an endangered species, are seeing their numbers continue to drop as Arctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline due to climate disruption. (Image via Shutterstock) Recent studies show that current animal extinction rates from anthropogenic climate disruption now rival the extinction that annihilated the dinosaurs 65 [...]

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.1% of America Now Controls 22% of Wealth: The Wealth Gap Has Killed the Middle Class

237 COMMENTS 237 COMMENTS A A A A new working paper by London School of Economics professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman sheds some very unflattering light on the American wealth gap, which has reached levels unseen since the Roaring ‘20s. The wealth gap has been overtaking the income [...]

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