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The Better-Off Are More Better-Off Than Ever
America's income inequality is the most extreme in the industrialized world — and likely to get more so even after economic recovery.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAmerica's income inequality is the most extreme in the industrialized world — and likely to get more so even after economic recovery. We look at the causes and whether anything can be done. Also, Syria scatters its chemical weapons to thwart attack, and humankind reaches a new frontier: interstellar space.
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3 storiesSyria Scatters Its Chemical Weapons to Thwart Attack
Yesterday, Syrian President Bashar Assad agreed to sign a ban on chemical weapons. In Geneva today, Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister on the proposal to take control of the weapons Syria now admits it has.
Read the story8 minIs Income Inequality Here to Stay?
"All societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others." So, "why has the US become more so than just about any other rich country in the past 30 years?"
Read the story34 minVoyager Space Probe Reaches Interstellar Space
Sounds transmitted by Voyager I have convinced NASA scientists it has reached interstellar space after 36 years and 12 billion miles -- an enormous achievement for human kind. But that doesn't mean it has left the solar system and the influence of the Sun. Phil Plait is an astronomer who writes the "Bad Astronomer" blog for Slate.com .
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