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A Country That Routinely Abuses Children
When officers led them out of a detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border and onto a bus last month, the 12-year-old from Honduras and his 9-year-old sister believed they were going to a shelter so they could be reunited with their mother in the Midwest. Instead, the bus drove five hours to an airport where …
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People live longer in blue states than in red states; new study points to impact of state policies
Weak environmental protections, safety rules and labor and civil rights protections may be cutting lives short in conservative states and deepening the divide between red and blue states, according to a new study on links between life expectancy and state policy. Some states, mostly in the Northeast and the West, have seen average life expectancies …
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Landlord Killed by Beheading. Will More of the Same Occur Because of Republicans?
The coronavirus relief bill expired on July 31, 2020. The House (Democrats) passed a coronavirus recovery bill over 2 months ago. The Senate (Republicans) refused to act on it as Republicans fail to address the issue. Connecticut man who was behind on his rent brutally killed his landlord when confronted over the late payments, according …
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Yale Study on $600 Unemployment Lifeline Championed by Democrats Destroys Favorite GOP Talking Point
A new study by Yale economists out this week debunks the repeated GOP talking point that the $600 federal expansion of unemployment benefits has disincentivized people from returning to work—findings published the same day Senate Republicans released a coronavirus relief proposal which critics condemned as an “utter disgrace” that will “unleash widespread suffering” on people …
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How Crazy are Anti-Maskers? This Crazy:
Customers Who Refused Masks Assault Trader Joe’s Workers, Send One to the Hospital The men pummeled one employee with a wooden paddle, ripped off another employee’s mask, and pulled the hair of a third worker, according to an NYPD spokesperson. Vice
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