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Trump proposal would slash disability benefits for hundreds of thousands
Dec 23, 2019 13:14The process for receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is already notoriously complicated, and the Trump administration is attempting to add yet another layer of complexity that critics say is aimed at slashing people’s benefits.
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Hypocritical politicians put HK before Puerto Rico
Dec 23, 2019 13:08People of Puerto Rico have served in the US armed forces, pay US taxes and have fulfilled every obligation demanded of them as US citizens and yet when laws are passed in Washington that will affect everyone on the island, its people don’t have any say.
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How UN resolution 2334 accelerated Israeli regime’s colonization in the West Bank
Dec 23, 2019 13:02“The US managed to turn international consensus regarding the illegality of the Israeli regime occupation of Palestine into an opportunity for Tel Aviv to disown any commitment, not only to the UN, but to the so-called two-state solution, and the "peace process", as well”, says Dr. Ramzy Baroud, journalist, author and editor of The Palestine Chronicle.
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Plastics chemicals are disrupting our hormones, and the FDA is dragging its feet (2)
Dec 23, 2019 12:57"It is clear that the FDA is not using modern science in protecting the public from potentially toxic chemicals. It is also clear that BPA and other endocrine disruptors threaten to disrupt the status quo of toxic chemical regulation", says Lynne Peeples, environmental health reporter from Seattle.
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How war targets the young
Dec 22, 2019 13:15“At home or abroad, whether we know it or not, in the post-9/11 years, war has targeted the young. It’s not a pretty sight”, says Andrea Mazzarino, co-founder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project.
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Plastics chemicals are disrupting our hormones, and the FDA is dragging its feet (1)
Dec 22, 2019 13:08"It is clear that the FDA is not using modern science in protecting the public from potentially toxic chemicals. It is also clear that BPA and other endocrine disruptors threaten to disrupt the status quo of toxic chemical regulation", says Lynne Peeples, environmental health reporter from Seattle. Her article was published in the Truthout website under the heading: Plastics Chemicals Are Disrupting Our Hormones, and the FDA Is Dragging Its Feet.
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Putting Syria on the path of recovery
Dec 22, 2019 07:23Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently supported Syria not only in military and security terms, but also diplomatically and economically during this difficult war and now that the reconstruction process is about to begin, it is likely that although several Chinese companies are ready to participate, they are afraid of a possible negative effect of the US sanctions.
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Low income and work stress contribute to link between education, heart disease, stroke
Dec 22, 2019 07:00Among healthy individuals, those with a low educational level have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than those with a high educational level.
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Indian govt going to war against its own people
Dec 21, 2019 12:43Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are now ongoing in every part of India, with a cross-section of society outraged by the religious implications of this law.
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Forget about water at your peril
Dec 21, 2019 12:34Even by climate change's destructive standards, water is in an increasingly grim bind. Droughts and monster floods are having devastating effects on the human civilisation, as the situations in much of Africa, Australia, and China attest.