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Refugee protection is less about vulnerability and more about oppression. This is at least what I have long believed, having worked in the field for more than 15 years. When we speak of refugees, we often speak of their vulnerabilities and the responsibility to safeguard their rights. There is truth in that, but in real […]
Efforts to fight global warming could suffer a setback next year when new rules reduce the number of electric cars that qualify for a federal tax credit. The credits, up to $7,500 a vehicle, have helped make electric cars more affordable, bringing the cost of some models below $30,000. Next year, for the first time, […]
Refugee protection is less about vulnerability and more about oppression. This is at least what I have long believed, having worked in the field for more than 15 years. When we speak of refugees, we often speak of their vulnerabilities and the responsibility to safeguard their rights. There is truth in that, but in real […]
Voluntary medical surveillance data from 2002-2023 led them to conclude that not every recipient of healthcare services for this specific condition fares equally. “In a recent surveillance study of active Indigenous coal miners, 3% had coal worker’s pneumoconiosis/black lung and 9% had respiratory impairment,” the article reads. “Coal miners who are totally disabled from black […]
Sunny Choi won the Pan American Games to become the first American woman to qualify for breaking’s Olympic debut in Paris. In January, the 34-year-old Choi quit her job as director of global creative operations at skincare and makeup company Estee Lauder to focus on breaking full-time. She placed 17th at the world championships in […]
Piper Kelly and Samuel Watson won the speed climbing events at the Pan American Games to become the third and fourth American climbers to clinch a 2024 Olympic spot. Kelly, a 24-year-old from Indianapolis, earned her spot when she beat 17-year-old countrywoman Sophia Curcio in Saturday’s semifinals in Santiago, Chile. In each climbing event at […]
Carissa Moore, who took gold in surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo, qualified to defend that title in Paris next year. Moore clinched her second Olympic berth via this season’s World Surf League standings. She was ranked No. 1 going into the last two contests. Moore, a 30-year-old Hawaiian, has three contest victories this season, one […]
U.S. Golf Assn. President Fred Perpall is working to make golf more accessible to diverse communities. (Chris Carlson / Associated Press) Fred Perpall, a Bahamas native who lives in Dallas, went from starting to take golf seriously just 10 years ago to in February becoming the first Black president of the United States Golf Assn. […]
The entry-level version starts effectively at under $35,000. Jun 03, 2023 at 9:41am ET Tesla has just applied a pretty groundbreaking update to its online Model 3 design studio, revealing that all versions of the car qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit in the United States. Previously (since April 18, 2023), only the […]
CHICAGO, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — For the thirteenth year, Feeding America has published its landmark research study, Map the Meal Gap, which once again finds that food insecurity exists in all 3,143 counties and county equivalents as well as 436 congressional districts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Map the Meal Gap is […]