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Super-rich Californians are hiring their own private firefighters, and it’s causing problems
As the California wildfires rage on, it has been revealed that some ultra-rich residents have insurance policies through AIG which amount to a private firefighting department. AIG’s Private Client Group runs its Wildfire Protection Unit as a private service for the super-rich, and according to VICE 42% of the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans utilize […]
California uses imprisoned women to fight record-breaking fires
Climate change, compromised liberty interests and capitalism breed conundrums. As California confronts historic wildfires, which killed at least 40 people, wiped out some 5,700 homes and left 400 people missing, people with fewer freedoms volunteered to help fight the fires. Women who are imprisoned contribute labor, along with traditional firefighters and men who are also […]
Mexico faces strongest earthquake in a century
Residents of Mexico City, Mexico ran to the streets in panic as the strongest earthquake to hit the country in a century woke them late Thursday night. Officials state it registered at an 8.2 on the Richter scale and was even stronger than the tremor that resulted in 10,000 deaths in 1985.