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She has no home, car or job after bankruptcy, but still owes for student loans
Vera Thomas scraped together enough money with the help of about $7,000 in student loans to attend community college for two semesters to try to better her job prospects. That was in 2012… By Kevin Krause.
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Fukushima heroes still fighting effects of radiation, stress and guilt
Following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of 2011, selfless Japanese workers battled nuclear-reactor meltdown, and thousands of US troops provided disaster relief. Today, many are counting the cost to their mental and physical health. By Rob Gilhooly.
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Undersea cables the Achilles’ heel in lead-up to new cold war
Hostile acts against submerged Internet cables would put critical communications, trillions of dollars in transactions and the world economy at risk. By Doug Tsuruoka. (Jan. 6, 2018)
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The next Kurdish war is on the horizon
Syria cannot countenance Kurdish presence on its territory and Turkey cannot tolerate a Kurdish enclave along its southern border, however secular, liberal and socialist it claims (not without reason) to be. By Robert Fisk. (Jan. 18, 2018)
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Clausewitz Takes Down the Caliphate
The Center of Gravity in the Destruction of the State of the Islamic State. By Michael J. Mooney. (Jan. 14, 2018)
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The Top 7 Climate Findings of 2017
Research breakthroughs astound scientists. By Chelsea Harvey.
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The [California] inferno that won’t die: How the Thomas fire became a monster
Over the weekend, the Thomas fire reemerged with a vengeance, pushing into Santa Barbara County and destroying more homes. By Brittny Mejia, Alene Tchekmedyian, Ruben Vives, Joseph Serna.
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How climate change and disease helped the fall of Rome
Climate change and disease evolution have been the wild cards of human history. By Kyle Harper.
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Atlanta Airport Blackout Sends Message to Terrorists: America Is Unprepared
A single-point failure makes the world’s busiest airport go dark for hours and traps thousands of passengers. It’s what phase one of an attack could look like. By Clive Irving.
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Bitcoin: The Most Impressive Speculative Bubble In Modern History
The effusive praise for this cryptocurrency is nothing but self-generated flimflam. By Christopher Whalen.
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UN poverty official touring Alabama’s Black Belt: ‘I haven’t seen this’ in the First World
A United Nations official who tours the globe investigating extreme poverty said Thursday that areas of Alabama’s Black Belt are suffering the most dire sewage disposal crisis of any place he has visited in a developed country. By Connor Sheets.
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Seven Reasons Why Putting U.S. Nukes Back in South Korea Is a Terrible Idea
Here are seven reasons why the United States should not seek to deploy nuclear weapons in the Korean Peninsula. By By Jon Wolfsthal, Toby Dalton.
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Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues
Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world's top soil could be gone within 60 years, a senior UN official said. By Chris Arsenault.
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Raising a Teenage Daughter*
By Elizabeth Weil *with Comments and Corrections by Hannah W Duane. Photograph by Tabitha Soren, assisted by Dixie Lewis, 15.
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White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudi Arabia
The overture follows an intense and secretive lobbying push involving Michael Flynn, Tom Barrack, Rick Gates and even Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane. By Isaac Arnsdorf.
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These Cities May Be At Risk Of Drowning Due To Global Warming, According To NASA
Coastal cities may experience changing sea levels if glaciers continue to melt due to climate change, NASA said. By Hannah Preston.
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I’m a nuclear armageddon survivor: Ask me anything
From the archives: A nuclear apocalypse is far more likely than a zombie outbreak. By Rupert Goodwins.
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What they don’t tell you about climate change
Stopping the flow of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is not enough. It has to be sucked out, too.
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No, you’re not being paranoid. Sites really are watching your every move
Sites log your keystrokes and mouse movements in real time, before you click submit. By Dan Goodin.
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Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
CO₂ could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe. By Elizabeth Kolbert.
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