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| Gun Violence Prevention Washington State's New Gun Laws Are Working Cliff Schecter // The Daily Beast Voters are poised to pass for themselves the sort of simple common-sense measure that could avert mass shootings around the country. Read full article... |
| Criminal Justice Reform Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons Matt Zapotosky // The Washington Post The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government. Read full article... |
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| Gun Violence Prevention Gun violence by the numbers Everytown Everytown is committed to using the most comprehensive, up-to-date sources of data to measure America's unprecedented levels of gun violence. Learn more by exploring these stats. Read full article... |
| Climate Change March ... I Mean April ... I Mean May ... I Mean June ... I mean July 2016 Is the 6th ... I Mean 7th... I Mean 8th ... I Mean 9th... I Mean 10th Temperature Record-Breaking Month in a Row Phil Plait // Slate October. November. December. January. February. March. April. May. June. And now July. For the 10th month in a row, we've had a month that has broken the global high temperature record ... Welcome to the new normal, and our new world. Read full article... |
| Climate Change New Rules Require Heavy-Duty Trucks to Reduce Emissions by 25% Over the Next Decade Bill Vlasic // The New York Times Heavy-duty trucks are the fastest-growing segment of the American transportation sector in terms of fossil-fuel consumption and account for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, despite making up only 5 percent of the vehicles on the road. Read full article... |
| Economic Opportunity The world is getting better at paid maternity leave. The U.S. is not. Melissa Etehad and Jeremy C.F. Lin // The Washington Post Despite having one of the world's most advanced economies, the United States lags far behind other countries in its policies for expectant mothers. In addition to being the only highly competitive country where mothers are not guaranteed paid leave, it sits in stark contrast to countries such as Cuba and Mongolia that offer expectant mothers one year or more of paid leave. Read full article... |
| The Economy Editorial: Things are getting better for workers, despite populist candidates' talk Editorial Board // The Washington Post According to a growing body of data, real hourly earnings in the United States have been increasing for the past four-plus years. There are even tentative indications that the benefits are accruing to lower-income people who need them most. Read full article... |
| Economic Opportunity Editorial: Obama Is Right on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Editorial Board // Bloomberg The U.S. will be the TPP's largest economic beneficiary in absolute terms. Its provisions have the potential to advance long-standing progressive goals on labor and the environment, dismantle a thicket of protectionist regulations, and reignite global trade liberalization largely on U.S. terms. The deal will also reinforce U.S. strategic interests in the world's most dynamic region. Read full article... |
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