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We Need to Take Climate Injustice to Court

Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its latest report, the last one while we still have a slender chance of preventing the worst. Such was its existential significance that the United Nations Secretary-General called it “a

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Does Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Directly Harm Patients?

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University recently published an article in JAMA that highlights rising concern around the effects of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTC) on health care. Their work shows that DTC advertising might have direct harm on patients. They studied drug

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No One Is Talking About What Ron DeSantis Has Actually Done to Florida

Media coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s all-but-announced candidacy for president is already in full frenzy, and so far the script is exactly as his handlers would like it to be. The governor regularly opens up new fronts in the

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Biden ‘missing’ from debt talks – New York Post

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Biden ‘missing’ from debt talks  New York Post McCarthy Scolds Biden on the US Debt Limit, Demands Start to Talks  Yahoo Finance McCarthy sends letter to Biden urging more robust negotiations on the debt ceiling  CNN Kevin McCarthy

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Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules – CNN

Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules  CNN Mike Pence will testify against Donald Trump.  Slate ‘Extraordinary moment in American history’: Laura Coates on Pence being ordered to testify  CNN

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Vietnam’s robusta: the go-to coffee bean in a warmer world?

Bitter and earthy. Fit for instant brews only. Robusta coffee has a dire reputation, but a small group of farmers in Vietnam is trying to turn the bean’s fortunes around as a warming world threatens the industry. As an interior

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Espionage: life of a Russian ‘illegal’ bared in US charges

Brazilian Viktor Ferreira was elated in May 2018 when he was accepted into the elite Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington. “Today we made the future… WE fucking did it!!!” he wrote a colleague. But Ferreira

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Twitter restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account over Nashville school shooting-related “vengeance” post – CBS News

Twitter restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account over Nashville school shooting-related “vengeance” post  CBS News Nashville shooter felt ‘no other effective way to be seen,’ radical trans group says  Fox News March 29, 2023: Nashville shooter had ’emotional disorder,’ small arsenal, AI, Pence,

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King Charles III’s World Debut Is All About Improving U.K.-Europe Ties

LONDON — Britain’s new king will make his debut on the world stage Wednesday, three days later and 550 miles (885 kilometers) northeast of where he had intended. Although King Charles III will be greeted with a hearty “willkommen” in

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After 38 Died in a Fire at a Migrant Detention Center in Mexico, Many Are Asking Why Guards Didn’t Let Them Out

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — When smoke began billowing out of a migrant detention center in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Venezuelan migrant Viangly Infante Padrón was terrified because she knew her husband was still inside. The father of

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