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Thirty-year gap in U.S. life expectancy highlights inequality
A recent study reveals a 30-year gap in average life expectancy between Mississippi and Connecticut, the poorest and richest U.S.…
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EPA decreases value of human life
The U.S. government has devalued an individual life by nearly $1 million. Five years ago the "value of a statistical…
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Steps towards ballot access in Louisiana
From July 2 to July 5, PSL vice-presidential candidate Eugene Puryear and campaign supporters traveled to Louisiana in order to…
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Agricultural growers push California farm workers to death
This has been a deadly summer for farm workers in California. Four farm workers have died of heat stroke while…
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Latin American media broadcasts FARC statement
Recent events in Colombia have been widely discussed in the U.S. media, but what has been missing is the voice…
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Canada deports U.S. war resister
On July 15, Robin Long became the first Iraq war resister to be deported from Canada back to the United…
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Italy conducting racist census to collect data on Roma people
The Italian government is conducting a racist census to collect personal data from all Roma people in the country. Fingerprints,…
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Screen Actors Guild fights studio bosses for labor contract
As of this writing, contract negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the largest labor…
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Japanese fishermen strike over fuel prices
More than 250,000 fishermen in Japan staged a one-day strike on July 15 to demand the government help the fishing…
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Cadbury taste testers treated like expendable guinea pigs
Taste testers at Cadbury Adams, the U.S. subsidiary of candy maker Cadbury, have sued the company after suffering lesions on…
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