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Archives for March 2014

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Why the national debt isn’t that scaryWhy the national debt isn’t that scary
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Why the national debt isn’t as scary as you think in under two minutes.

By Matthew Yglesias
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Author Elizabeth Kolbert on the sixth exinctionAuthor Elizabeth Kolbert on the sixth exinction
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There have been five moments in the history of the planet defined as mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth plummets. Author Elizabeth Kolbert thinks we may be headed for another.

By Ezra Klein
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Air pollution now kills 7 million people per yearAir pollution now kills 7 million people per year
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The World Health Organization finds that indoor and outdoor air pollution are now one of the leading causes of death worldwide.

By Brad Plumer

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