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Unregulated Promotion of Mining in Malawi Brings Hazards and Hardships
Malawi has promoted private investment in mining and resource extraction to grow and diversify its agriculture-based economy.
Decimated Services for Traumatized Chicago Students to Get Federal Funding
A $1.3 million grant from the US Department of Education will support more mental health services at 10 high schools in the city.
A Union Is Brewing at Virginia Lipton Factory
What pushed tea factory workers to their boiling point?
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Organizing Efforts of Live-In Care Workers Are Pushing Unions to Broaden Focus
How do migrant workers successfully enact labour and social rights?
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Campus Workers Unmask Scheme to Privatize All Tennessee Property
If this plan goes through, it would set an awful precedent for other states — and even for federal policy.
Hurricane Sandy-Sized Floods Could Be Up to 17 Times More Likely by 2100
Because hurricanes feed off warm waters, the theory goes that rising ocean temperatures have made — and will continue to make — hurricanes stronger.
Millions of Trees Are Dying Across the US
Forests are one of the Earth's most important protections again climate change.
Reproductive Rights Activists in Poland Prepare to Fight New Abortion Ban Proposals
It seems that the storm isn't over just yet in Poland.
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In Swift Push for Body Cameras, Chicago Cut Contracting Corners
By the end of 2018, body cameras will be standard issue for every patrol officer in the city.
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US Shut Haitians Out Just Days Before Hurricane Hit Their Homeland
The future is uncertain for thousands of Haitians displaced by the 2010 earthquake and shut out under a new US policy.