Topic: Economic Inequality

UK government scientists suggest that the traditional meal of fish and chips may need to be replaced with squid as cod and haddock move north to cooler waters. An economic study led by Solomon Chung at Berkeley predicts that climate change will exacerbate income inequality in the U.S., as the hot South loses 20% of its income while the cooler North potentially benefits.

Political commentator Angela Rye debates a Trump supporter on CNN, arguing that the Democratic Party has historically been the party of the disenfranchised. The discussion shifts to the topic of reparations for descendants of enslaved people. The hosts discuss the logistical impossibility of reparations and the potential for other groups, such as the Irish or transgender individuals, to make similar claims.