As Deadly Superbugs Rise, Big Pharma Presses Farm Antibiotics
The U.S. wants to fight superbugs by targeting one of the world’s biggest markets for antibiotics: farms. Big pharma has other ideas. Even as the industry prepares to comply with new U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticleShocking billboard targets Austin’s ‘immigrant population’
A new billboard off interstate 35 is causing a lot of dispute among Austin’s citizens. The advertisement hints undocumented immigrants should join the Arrangementfinders.com dating site to avoid...
View ArticleWorld wildlife ‘falls by 58% in 40 years’
Global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% since 1970, a report says. The Living Planet assessment, by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and WWF, suggests that if the trend continues that...
View ArticleTinder might be to blame for rise in syphilis among millennials
How did you like the 15th century? Not so much? Too bad because syphilis is making a comeback. According to a new report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there has...
View Article2011, Christians in Syria 1.25 Million; 2016, Christians in Syria Less Than...
As the Islamic State, insurgents, and government forces battle in Syria, the population of Christians there continues to decline, from 1,250,000 in 2011 to less than 500,000 this year, according to ADF...
View ArticleDoubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
The controversy over genetically modified crops has long focused on largely unsubstantiated fears that they are unsafe to eat. But an extensive examination by The New York Times indicates that the...
View ArticleObama admits 95% of income gains gone to top 1% (2013)
President Obama has been loud and clear about his fight against income inequality, but he admitted that the rich have fared far better than the poor during his time in the White House. In an interview...
View ArticleIMF urges Argentina to continue reforms, protect poor
The IMF on Thursday urged Argentina to stay the course on tough economic reforms, but also to take steps to protect the poor from the negative consequences. In the first report on the nation’s economy...
View ArticleGlobal Wealth Update: 0.7% Of Adults Control $116.6 Trillion In Wealth
Today Credit Suisse released its latest annual global wealth report, which traditionally lays out what is perhaps the biggest reason for the recent “anti-establishment” revulsion: an unprecedented...
View ArticleAging white population speeding diversity
A rapidly aging white population and fast-growing younger minority groups are speeding demographic changes across the nation, hastening a political divide likely to have long-term ramifications. The...
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