There are still no grocery stores across a wide swath of northern Flint, Michigan, where a Kroger and a Meijer closed after lead was found … The Government Is Here to Help Small Businesses — Unless They’re CooperativesRead more
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U.S. Led 2020 Nuclear Weapons Spending
The Biden-Putin summit comes just weeks after the Biden administration announced it would not rejoin the Open Skies Treaty, a major international arms control deal … U.S. Led 2020 Nuclear Weapons SpendingRead more
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Farmers’ protests increased five times in India since 2017
Farmer protests in India grew almost five times since 2017, said the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based non-profit. The number of protests … Farmers’ protests increased five times in India since 2017Read more
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Long working hours killed 745,000 in 2016
The World Health Organization and the International Labor Organizaton have released a first of its kind study which found that 745,000 people died in 2016 … Long working hours killed 745,000 in 2016Read more
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U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars
The United States Army’s finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create an illusion that its … U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollarsRead more
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How to reward a person who found a cleaver way to speed up package delivery
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The centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre
This week marks the centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre, one of the deadliest and most destructive antiblack pogroms in the history of the … The centenary of the Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacreRead more
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Rich Nations Could ‘Make Enough Vaccine for the World’ With Just $25 Billion
A new analysis released Thursday shows that with an investment of just $25 billion dollars—around 3% of what the U.S. spends on its military each … Rich Nations Could ‘Make Enough Vaccine for the World’ With Just $25 BillionRead more
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Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit that owns Wikipedia and other volunteer-written websites, is about to reach its 10-year goal of creating a $100 million … Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?Read more
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Economics and value of pollination
The University of Maryland (UMD) co-published a new review paper in the Annual Review of Resource Economics to examine pollinators from both an economic and … Economics and value of pollinationRead more