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About 24,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been deforested over the last decade.
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A new analysis of over 400 actors shows that gender discrimination plays a major role in Hollywood salaries.
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Obamacare has been under siege since its passage in 2010. A ruling by a three-judge panel on Dec. 18 further chopped at…
More and more district attorney candidates are running on reversing the government's traditional approach to crime and…
Scholars explain important moments in the Democratic presidential debate on Dec. 19.
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Many want to come to the United States, as an asylee, a migrant or a citizen. But those journeys have become more complicated.
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