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Every year unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths, with young children suffering nearly a third of all cases of foodborne disease-the predictable outcome of a food economy organised around profit rather than the right to food

Microsoft laid off 1,600 employees across its Xbox division this week, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by Communications Workers of America.

The Republicans running Donald Trump’s Washington grew up on the rebellious culture of the 1990s — discarding its politics while keeping its defiance.

The Economy, the Environment, and the Future of Work

California universities stockpiling AR-15s, grenades and submachine guns

Report Shows Rich ‘Got a Handout, and Working Families Got the Bill’

A growing body of research suggests that the city’s approach to reducing shootings at scale may be one of the most effective yet.

The agency improved millions of lives. It also created a system that rewarded dependence on its money.

You can’t crush the spirit of populism. A movement is not a word. It’s not an organization. It’s not an ideology. It is a people ordinary people trying to figure things out. And you can’t stop that.

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