Jacob Chamberlain

Super-Sized Inequality: Fast Food CEO Millionaire Pay Outpaces Workers 1000:1

Fast-food industry wage disparity largest in the economy and expected to rise even further.

The fast food industry maintains a more extreme wage disparity between workers and CEOs than any other industry in the economy, according to a report by the public policy organization Demos published Tuesday. In many cases, income gaps surpass a 1,000-to-1 ratio, a factor that not only impoverishes millions of fast food workers and their

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Analysis: America’s Middle Class Falters As Nation’s Richest Rise

Report shows low and middle income earners falling behind comparable countries.

Protesters Richard Hanzel, left, Brendan Hutt, and Richard Shavzin, right, of the Screen Actors Guild, dressed as wall street bankers, march from Goldman Sachs' office to a rally in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

The income inequality gap between the wealthy and those considered to be lower- and middle class is skyrocketing in the U.S. compared to other countries historically known to be less affluent, according to a new analysis published Tuesday. The findings are based on a joint analysis conducted by the New York Times and researchers at the

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A Little-Known Toxic Threat ‘Underfoot’ In North Carolina

Coal ash used as landfill is a ‘silent, lurking issue that’s not getting any attention’.

North Carolina residents do not know the extent of a toxic mess that has been buried under their feet in dozens of locations around the state. Coal ash, the murky and toxic waste created by the coal industry, made headlines in February when a containment pond spilled into North Carolina's Dan River, contaminating waterways at untold levels and

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Third Report in Three Days Shows Scale Of Fracking Perils

‘We can conclude that this process has not been shown to be safe’

a machine mixes sand and water, left, before it is pumped underground during a hydraulic fracturing operation

The fracking industry is having a bad week. In the third asssessment in as many days focused on the pollution created by the booming industry, a group of researchers said Wednesday that the controversial oil and gas drilling practice known as fracking likely produces public health risks and "elevated levels of toxic compounds in the environment"

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7.5 Earthquake Strikes Southern Mexico

‘One of the biggest to hit Mexico in several years’

A powerful earthquake rattled Southern Mexico Friday morning, sending people scrambling into the streets in populated areas such as Mexico City. There were no early reports of major damage, injuries, or loss of life. The earthquake struck on the Pacific coast near Acapulco, registering at 7.5 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey

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US Fracking Boom Creating Crisis Of Illegal Toxic Dumping

Toxic materials from gas drilling industry creating ‘legacy of radioactivity’.

Industrial waste from fracking sites is leaving a "legacy of radioactivity" across the country as the drilling boom churns out more and more toxic byproducts with little to no oversight of the disposal process, critics warn. According to a new report in Bloomberg Wednesday, the controversial oil and gas drilling process known as hydraulic

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Study: Fracking Emissions Up To 1000x Higher Than EPA Estimates

New report suggests highly potent greenhouse gas far more prevalent in gas production than previously thought.

Natural gas drilling is emitting far higher levels of methane into the atmosphere than federal regulators at the Environmental Protection Agency have said, according to the findings of a new study released Monday. "We identified a significant regional flux of methane over a large area of shale gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania in the

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