The Golden State would become California, Northern California and Southern California, if the proposal were to pass. Article by Joel Shannon for USA Today, 13 June 2018.
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History suggests youth unemployment will surge, pain will last a decade after coronavirus crisis and disproportionately impact young people
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Nightingale is renowned for her career in nursing, but less well known for her pioneering work as one of the world's first female statisticians. But it was actually her statistical skills that led to Nightingale saving many more lives.
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Writer/blogger Ella Dawson discusses the erosion between private and public in regards to social media and people who have gone viral, willingly or not. An interesting read. 8 July 2018.
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Brian Kolfage, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, is raising money to help build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. (This is the link to the official GoFundMe fundraiser page, not an article.)
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In the early 2000s, anti-smoking advocates seized on one study to fight for expanding smoking bans to bars and restaurants in jurisdictions across the country. The study was BS, but the bans stay. By Jacob Grier for Slate, 13 Feb 2017.
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"Current debate has focused on ... whether people who espouse [vile ideas] deserve to be able to voice them. The more important question is: What right does anybody have to shut them up?" By A. Barton Hinkle for Richmond Times-Dispatch, 22 AUG 2017.
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Experts warn that withdrawal will be "immediately disastrous" and may hinder the current pandemic response, halt immunisation programs, lead to epidemics and economic downturn, and create a power vacuum that China will fill.
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The people who run American elections have a special prayer, according to Professor Nate Persily: "Oh God, whatever happens, please don't let it be close"
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So, what is the impact of the minimum wage? Who are the winners and losers? Does it increase wages for some at the expense of others?
Ben Ramanauskas for FEE.org, OCT 2018.
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