Catastrophic consequences
Withdrawing from the Paris accord obviously was not the best thing to do. According to the new Federal climate assessment released this month, the scenario is dire, and the consequences of ignoring climate change will affect people's lives and economy catastrophically. The saddest part is that not everybody in power is willing to give credit to the report of 13 federal agencies, nevertheless to change things to prevent further damage to our already affected planet. According to the national assessment, studies show that future disasters will increment in times and intensity around the world.
You can read the complete report here:

https://www.noaa.gov/news/new-federal-climate-assessment-for-us-released   

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Racially Profiled

Once again, a coffee shop is in the news for racial profiling. This time was a Dunkin' Donuts whose owner went after a black woman trying to use the Wi-Fi before ordering her coffee. Despite being a regular customer for more than two years, this Ph.D. former Assistant Professor was the subject of humiliation after the owner of this franchise called the police on her according to her tale of the story on Yahoo News.

How many times situations like this need to be headlines before big corporations take severe steps to  punish franchises that go against society? Unacceptable behavior like this should be penalized with the termination of the franchise, and compensation for the humiliated customer.

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Deadliest fire in California's modern history
California is facing the deadliest wildfire in the state in the last decades. The number of people found dead continues to increment along with those still missing, and the number of structures destroyed by this inferno is in the thousands. Evacuations are still in progress as the fire continues to advance in all directions. The situation has turned into a catastrophe as many people have lost their houses and in some cases their pets and all their belongings.

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Dying of starvation
Venezuela, one of the largest exporters of oil in the world is letting its people die of starvation while President Maduro enjoys high protein banquettes at the most exclusive restaurants around the world. In an unprecedented demonstration of cynicism and inhumanity, this socialist President laughs at his people and at world organizations that have been created to protect humanity from situations like this. If the world continues to witness this atrocity without any effective legal and economic sanctions, millions could die from hunger and malnutrition in this ironically rich South American country.

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Election results
Despite the disagreements between parties, and some unpleasant verbal encounters that are not rare in electoral times; the elections were as smooth as expected with high participation of voters. Although there are still some pending results, like the one in Georgia in which one candidate is unwilling to concede, and in Florida in which a vote recount seems necessary because of the minimal difference in votes between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Bill Nelson; everything else is already set. Republicans keep the Senate with a difference of 51 – 44 over Democrats, and the Democrats take over the House of Representatives with a difference of 223 – 197 over Republicans. With a now divided Congress, it will be interesting to follow the development of some policies that were planned before the elections, like that of immigration, and the construction of the wall.

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