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Owned Stock

February 3, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Percentage of U.S. stock owned by the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans: 89

Facts & Trends

Human Traffickers Sink Boat In Mediterranean Sea

February 3, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Valletta, Malta Traffickers drown refugees: As many as 500 people, including scores of children, drowned off the coast of Malta when human traffickers rammed one of their boats. The traffickers had taken the group—which included Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians, and Sudanese—by boat from Egypt and passed them to increasingly smaller boats during the journey. When the exhausted refugees refused to board […]

World Turned Upside Down

Poem – Checkpoint (By David Russell)

February 3, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Checkpoint Lurching, they bluster – ghouls into the chasm. Fierce lava, blowing, nullifies their fall And dissipates harsh gravity’s concussion, Forces a seething screen of phoenix cowardice, Leaping to swell Into a fresh, mendacious crust, Tripping and throttling the led Into a smear upon pure metamorphic beauty. The skeleton’s jaws yawn apart; A stranded mountaineer was frozen At his prime […]

Poetry

Artwork – By Rosie Rinsler

February 3, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Poem – Connections (David Russell)

February 3, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Connections Sheen caps ground rails Soaking harsh sleepers To rattle mud-flounced trains. Drizzle dusts, Grinding against itself, Sparking the tracks’ sheen With casual exasperation; Blinding the gravel Kicking in panic Against the basalt of its being. The lifeline Brine polishes ground cliffs, Moss-padded in their cavities, The waves of muscle buffet, Abrade the penciled rocks, Cowl […]

Poetry

Poem – Everybody Don’t Have Somebody (By Donal Mahoney)

February 2, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Everybody Don’t Have Somebody The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home. He said he’d take a bus once he had a chance to check his wallet and see if he had any money. He didn’t have much to begin with, he said, and the […]