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...questions facing environmental reporters are not so much scientific as economic, as the country comes to grip with the true cost of fighting climate change. And national politics enter the equation as well - the difference between what science demands and what electoral politics might allow can be vast. It's not an easy beat to cover by any means, and the media may be falling down on the job. "This is the great political test, and the great story, of our time," writes Pooley. "But news organizations have not been treating it that way." (Listen to Pooley talk about reporting...
...lost job. One medical emergency. One bad risk or misjudgment of the heart. "I've seen more people lose their houses in the past year than in the previous nine years put together," Wagoner said one recent afternoon, as gray skies hung low over the vast horizon. "It sounds crazy," he continued, "but I'd say unless you're making over $350,000 a year, the more you're paid, the more vulnerable you are. If you lose a job, you're going to have a hard time finding another that pays as much. Or maybe you need to move...
...vast majority of the nation's banks are still stable. But the report notes that 12 banks failed last quarter and a total of 25 failed last year. That was the highest number since 1993, when 50 failed. More disturbing, an additional 252 banks, representing $159 billion in assets, went on the FDIC's "problem list," up from 76 institutions, worth $22 billion, at the beginning of 2008. That increase is already translating into what could be a record number of bank failures in 2009. Already this year, 19 banks have failed...
...will never be at the same place at the end of a measure.” While we are still at Harvard after Juana Molina’s performance at the Brattle Theatre, listening to her music can, even if only for a short while, transport us to her vast musical playground...
...vast majority of people at risk for suicide do communicate their intent—either verbally or through nonverbal cues, Barreira said...