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Bill McKibben | We're Not Even Close to Being Prepared for the Rising Waters






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Bill McKibben | We're Not Even Close to Being Prepared for the Rising Waters 
Bill McKibben. (photo: Wolfgang Schmidt)
Bill McKibben, The Washington Post
McKibben writes: "For the 10,000 years of human civilization, we’ve been blessed with a relatively stable climate, and hence flooding has been an exceptional terror. As that blessing comes to an end with our reckless heating of the planet, the exceptional is becoming all too normal.
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After New Revelations, Sessions Faces Another Grilling on Russia Contacts in Trump Campaign
Joseph Tanfani, Los Angeles Times
Tanfani writes: "On Tuesday, the nation’s highest lawman will face another grilling on Capitol Hill, this time prompted by claims in court documents and congressional testimony that he was told of at least two aides’ meetings with Russian officials — despite his claim last month that he was unaware of any such contacts."
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America's Wealth Gap Is Bigger Than Ever
Lydia DePillis, CNN
DePillis writes: "While wages for low- and middle-income workers have begun to recover, wealth inequality has still climbed to new heights, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve."
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FBI Database for Gun Buyers Missing Millions of Records
Devlin Barrett, Sandhya Somashekhar and Alex Horton, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The FBI’s background-check system is missing millions of records of criminal convictions, mental illness diagnoses and other flags that would keep guns out of potentially dangerous hands, a gap that contributed to the shooting deaths of 26 people in a Texas church this week."
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Mother of Four Found Dead in Freezing Home After Her Welfare Was Cut Off
Sirin Kale, Vice
Kale writes: "38-year-old Elaine Morrall had her welfare payments stopped after missing an interview with officials, her mother claims. She later died, wearing a coat and scarf, in a home she couldn't afford to heat."
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Mexico: Deported Veterans Protested on Veterans Day
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "A group of Mexicans who served with the United States military in Vietnam and Iraq only to be deported held a Veterans Day protest in the border city Ciudad Juarez."
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Conservatives Probably Can't Be Persuaded on Climate Change. So Now What?
David Roberts, Vox
Roberts writes: "When it comes to climate change, US conservatives inhabit a unique position, as part of the only major political party in the democratic world to reject the legitimacy of climate science and any domestic policy or international agreement meant to address it."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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