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Thread By Thread – Gloria Travers & The North Street Band
When love begins to unravel, do you walk away or pick up the thread? “Thread By...
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- Written by: Sue Ishaq
People worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods because they are essential for survival. But do they ever think about their access to microbes?
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- Written by: Dana Goldman
The Democratic presidential debates, which resume Sept. 12, have highlighted a deep disagreement over the future American health care system.
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- Written by: Henry F. (Chip) Carey
Numerous anti-government protests have paralyzed cities across the globe for months, from La Paz, Bolivia, to Santiago, Chile, and Monrovia, Liberia, to Beirut.
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- Written by: Rogelio Sáenz
Once upon a time, not long ago, Mexicans dominated the flow of migrants coming to the U.S. Mexican migration expanded over the course of much of the 20th century and into the start of the 21st century.
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- Written by: Robert Massa
Cincinnati Christian College is one of a growing number of colleges and universities – 21 private colleges since 2016 – forced to close their doors for financial reasons. The trend has affected the public sector, too. At least 33 public colleges – including community colleges – have consolidated within their state systems or merged with other institutions since 2016.
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- Written by: Jane Bolin, et al
Presidential candidates and other politicians have talked about the rural health crisis in the U.S., but they are not telling rural Americans anything new.
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- Written by: Nicole Hallett
Critics would have you believe that upping the minimum wage in restaurants will lead to massive layoffs and closures. But since raising the minimum wageto US$15 per hour nearly a year ago, the restaurant industry in New York City has thrived.
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- Written by: Jay L. Zagorsky
Halloween spending is out of control. Americans are expected to spend US$8.8 billion on candy, costumes and decorations this year
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- Written by: Toby Phillips
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren.
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- Written by: Washington University in St. Louis
A new way to help lenders make better loan decisions uses the words corporate executives speak on quarterly earnings calls to assess investment risks
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- Written by: Ellen Brown
President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved by other means.
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- Written by: Kerry McDonald
The factory model of education is outdated, so what's next? - Conventional schooling was largely designed with an industrial-revolution mindset.
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- Written by: Lisa Bero
Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has increased globally, while government and non-profit funding has decreased.
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- Written by: Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage
Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.
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- Written by: Gregory N. Price
In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a “wage penalty” – that is, they earn relatively less than they would had they gone to a non-HBCU.
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- Written by: David Campbell
As with previous disasters, millions of Americans are trying to figure out the best way to use their money to help people recover.
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- Written by: Dr. Sajeda Tuli
Migration is getting increasing attention in Australia, with the Morrison government recently putting the focus on settling migrants in regional areas to ease pressure on the capital cities.
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- Written by: Alexander Kurov
Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due to a number of worrying signs.
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- Written by: Nick Lehr
In sociologist Jennifer Silva’s first book, “Coming Up Short,” she interviewed working-class young adults in Lowell, Mass., and Richmond, Virginia.
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- Written by: Marick Masters
Collective bargaining has long been one of organized labor’s most attractive selling points.
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- Written by: Hilary Hurd Anyaso
Americans no longer regard women as less competent than men on average, according to a nationally representative study of gender stereotypes in the United States.
