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Why have deaths in New York soared above other states?

Why have deaths in New York soared above other states?

by Chris Bragg amd Anne Snabes | Apr 14, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured

Wisconsin could miss federal stimulus Medicaid payments if legislature doesn’t act

Wisconsin could miss federal stimulus Medicaid payments if legislature doesn’t act

by Jack Kelly | Apr 8, 2020 | Economy, Featured

Wisconsin won’t miss out on Medicaid payments approved in one of the recent federal coronavirus relief bills — for now. But U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, warned last week that recent changes in state law will make the state ineligible for future rounds of funding...
UN program trains African judiciary to uphold freedom of the press

UN program trains African judiciary to uphold freedom of the press

by Silvia Martelli | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Over the past four years, a United Nations agency has successfully trained more than 1,800 African lawyers, prosecutors and judges to protect and uphold freedom of the press in courts across the African continent. In 2016, the United Nations...
This former health insurance executive became one of the industry’s biggest critics

This former health insurance executive became one of the industry’s biggest critics

by Alec Bose | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Health

Medicare-for-All has become one of the most important issues in the democratic primary. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the policy has majority support among the American people at 52% as of last month and has become central to the healthcare policy for...
Job, apartment hunting are not the only challenges in life post-incarceration

Job, apartment hunting are not the only challenges in life post-incarceration

by Chiara Vercellone | Mar 25, 2020 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — People recently released from prison face challenges that, to those who have never been incarcerated, could seem mundane and not demanding at all. For Keri Blakinger, a reporter at The Marshall Project, one of the things she had to adjust to after she was...
More kids to become obese as school meal standards change

More kids to become obese as school meal standards change

by Silvia Martelli | Mar 23, 2020 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Childhood obesity may increase if the US Department of Agriculture’s proposed changes to school meal standards become law, reversing progress made by the Obama administration, experts say. New rules proposed in January would reduce the vegetables and...
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