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Pesticides linked to greater autism risk
While Tennessee is set to implement a new law that criminalizes women for using drugs during pregnancy (despite inconclusive evidence…
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52,000 kids left behind
Children in immigration detention As a teacher of young children, I feel especially enraged by violence against children. That’s why…
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Supreme Court: What Noel Canning decision means for workers
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the President’s “recess” appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were unconstitutional,…
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New Mexico park renamed: Racist name gone
In a long overdue action by the Taos New Mexico Town Council, councilors voted this week. to change the name…
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New hep C meds & capitalist infighting
As we have already written about here, pharmacy giant Gilead recently debuted a new game changing medication to cure hepatitis…
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Struggle for marriage equality advances
The fight for equal same-sex marriage rights has dominated much of the news and activism of the LGBTQ community over…
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NYT ‘criticism’ of Obama’s drone-killings
The Obama administration this week released a 2010 memo providing its “legal” justification for using drone strikes to kill American…
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The Korean War began 64 years ago today
Millions of Koreans died during the Korean War that began on June 25, 1950, and ended in a stalemate and…
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Patriotism, militarism and marathons
Well, I ran my second half marathon on June 21 and we couldn’t have had nicer weather or a friendlier…
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Grocery workers can’t afford food
Let’s take a look at a couple facts … just a few. -1 in 3 grocery workers receives some form…
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