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Breaking free from domestic violence
October 12, 2010October is domestic violence awareness month. Domestic violence affects two million women in the United States each year.
Read moreFarm-to-school could free kids from mystery meat
October 5, 2010You'd think that a program linking local farmers producing fresh, minimally processed foods with local schools would be a no-brainer.
Read moreU.S. apologizes to Guatemala
October 4, 2010Sixty-four years after it used the people of Guatemala as guinea pigs in a study of venereal diseases, the U.S. government last week issued an official apology.
Read moreLaundry workers expose Cleveland’s own “sweat” shop
September 15, 2010Think about working in temperatures, upwards of 100 degrees on hot days. Finding used hypodermic needles, human body parts, fluids and excrement, umbilical cords and other biohazard material. No safety harnesses for workers climbing over 10...
Read moreJudge rules for L.A. Clean Trucks Program
August 27, 2010In a major step forward for better air quality around the nation's ports, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder ruled Aug. 26 that the Port of Los Angeles is within its rights to implement a Clean Trucks...
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