Is California's cap-and-trade program hurting the environment more than helping it?
The breathing problems began when Ulises Flores was 13 years old.
Environment
Mar 23, 2022
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Study finds most unemployed young men have criminal records
More than half of unemployed American men in their 30s have a history of being arrested or convicted of a crime, a stigma that poses a barrier to them participating in the nation's labor force, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2022
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Nearly half of all churches and other faith institutions help people get enough to eat
Almost half of U.S. congregations participate in some kind of food distribution program. While the government's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program was helping nearly 42 million Americans purchase groceries in mid-2021, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2021
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Food pantries essential for reducing hunger among middle-class in 2020
Food pantries, soup kitchens, and other community food services played a critical role in helping Americans meet their food needs, especially during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research ...
Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2021
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How to distribute scarce medical supplies in a pandemic, and do it fairly
In the spring of 2020, with global supply chains for medical equipment crumbling under the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, states turned to the federal government for help. Since 1998, the United States has maintained ...
Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2021
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Why the outdoors should be an integral part of every early learning and child-care program
Bilateral negotiations are underway to move the historic federal commitment to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system from vision to reality. Expanding access for all young children in Canada will require creating ...
Education
Jul 19, 2021
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For women workers in India, direct deposit is 'digital empowerment'
Giving women in India's Madhya Pradesh state greater digital control over their wages encouraged them to enter the labor force and liberalized their beliefs about working women, concluded a new study co-authored by Yale economists ...
Economics & Business
Jul 1, 2021
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COVID-19, public ignorance and democratic decline chipping away at conservation
Studies examining how the pandemic has affected the environment around the globe have produced mixed results.
Environment
Jun 16, 2021
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The pandemic recession has pushed 9.8 million more Americans into food insecurity
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed hardship on millions of vulnerable Americans through unemployment and reduced work hours. And this has increased food insecurity across the nation.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2021
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Hunger is not a lack of food, but rather solitude in Mentawai
How can people say they are hungry when they have enough food at their disposal? On the Indonesian island of Siberut, the term 'hungry' does not just refer to the lack of food, but above all the absence of social contacts ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2020
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