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Obamacare’s Shameful and Lethal Three-Year History – and Future
Itu2019s a mistake not to weigh the costs of ObamaCareu2019s stately three-year progress toward partial coverage for the the American people, and just as important to weigh the opportunity …
Hypocritical Smoke: The Scandal of Medical Waste Incineration
When studies have shown that waste incinerators are serious public health hazards, why does the US continue to incinerate particularly toxic medical waste?
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The “Implacable” War Against Migrants
Looking at the ways migration has affected other countries, it is clear that US exceptionalism has no basis in fact. Why, then, is the debate over this country's immigration …
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California Pension-Cutting Ballot Initiative Revealed
In a move to slash the retirement benefits of public employees in California, a group of mostly conservative policy advocates has been working behind the scenes on a possible …
The Impact and Echoes of the Walmart Discrimination Case
Two years later, it is becoming clear just how much the ruling has reshaped the American legal landscape.
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Supreme Court to Inspect Neutrality Agreements
If the Supreme Court outlaws neutrality agreements, it will give Hyatt and many other employers a reason to renege on unions' hard-won pacts.
Still Chasing Ghosts: A New Genetic Methodology Will Not Find the “Missing Heritability“
If traits such as intelligence are reported to be 50 percent heritable, goes the theory, why have no genes associated with intelligence been identified?
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Sustainable Development Goals After 2015
Reducing the proportion of undernourished people by half until 2015 was one of the Millennium Development Goals that the international community set in 2000. It will not be reached.
Dangerous Addiction to Secrecy
Mutual trust still awaits truth-telling about important facts that defined the relationship between the US and Iran ... and that may require breaking a dangerous addiction to secrecy, says …
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Book Review: Kindness and a “Harsh” Alabama Immigration Law
‘Love Has No Borders’ compiles the faith community's responses to HB 56, including sermons, letters to the editor, public testimony, prayers and blog posts.