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Menstrual Poverty in Sri Lanka: High Costs and Inadequate Government Support
A survey of over 500 Sri Lankan female students reveals that 46% struggle to afford sanitary pads monthly due to increased prices (92% post-2022 crisis) and import taxes (51%), causing many to miss school and resort to unsanitary alternatives, leading to health issues and impacting education.
Menstrual Poverty in Sri Lanka: High Costs and Inadequate Government Support
A survey of over 500 Sri Lankan female students reveals that 46% struggle to afford sanitary pads monthly due to increased prices (92% post-2022 crisis) and import taxes (51%), causing many to miss school and resort to unsanitary alternatives, leading to health issues and impacting education.
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48% Bias Score
USDA Budget Cuts Cause Food Bank Rationing
The Trump administration's $1 billion cut to USDA programs, including $500 million from food banks, severely impacted food distribution, forcing one food pantry to reduce food assistance from 3-5 days to 2 days every 30 days and causing a major food bank to lose 2.4 million pounds of food annually.
USDA Budget Cuts Cause Food Bank Rationing
The Trump administration's $1 billion cut to USDA programs, including $500 million from food banks, severely impacted food distribution, forcing one food pantry to reduce food assistance from 3-5 days to 2 days every 30 days and causing a major food bank to lose 2.4 million pounds of food annually.
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28% Bias Score
Kempf's Updated Critique: Capitalism's Radicalization and the Super-Rich
French journalist Hervé Kempf's new graphic novel, "How the Rich Plunder the Earth," released in Spain, updates his 2007 book by highlighting the worsening ecological crisis and increased wealth concentration among the super-rich, arguing that capitalism's radicalization, exemplified by figures like...
Kempf's Updated Critique: Capitalism's Radicalization and the Super-Rich
French journalist Hervé Kempf's new graphic novel, "How the Rich Plunder the Earth," released in Spain, updates his 2007 book by highlighting the worsening ecological crisis and increased wealth concentration among the super-rich, arguing that capitalism's radicalization, exemplified by figures like...
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60% Bias Score
EU Housing Market: Prices Soar, Affordability Plummets
Soaring construction costs, limited housing supply, and investment purchases have driven housing prices to record highs in several EU countries, with Hungary seeing a threefold increase since 2015, while rental costs have also risen significantly across the EU, impacting affordability and delaying y...
EU Housing Market: Prices Soar, Affordability Plummets
Soaring construction costs, limited housing supply, and investment purchases have driven housing prices to record highs in several EU countries, with Hungary seeing a threefold increase since 2015, while rental costs have also risen significantly across the EU, impacting affordability and delaying y...
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28% Bias Score
Republican Budget Bill: Tax Cuts, Increased Military Spending, and Medicaid/SNAP Cuts
House Republicans' proposed budget bill includes substantial tax cuts favoring the wealthy, increased military spending, and major cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, potentially harming millions of low-income Americans and causing significant cost shifts to state governments.
Republican Budget Bill: Tax Cuts, Increased Military Spending, and Medicaid/SNAP Cuts
House Republicans' proposed budget bill includes substantial tax cuts favoring the wealthy, increased military spending, and major cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, potentially harming millions of low-income Americans and causing significant cost shifts to state governments.
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56% Bias Score
US Housing Market Shows Uneven Recovery: Affordability Remains a Major Challenge
A new report reveals that while the US housing market's supply crunch is easing, affordability remains severely limited for low- and moderate-income households, with only a slight improvement for middle-income buyers and a worsening situation in some markets.
US Housing Market Shows Uneven Recovery: Affordability Remains a Major Challenge
A new report reveals that while the US housing market's supply crunch is easing, affordability remains severely limited for low- and moderate-income households, with only a slight improvement for middle-income buyers and a worsening situation in some markets.
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12% Bias Score
Generation X: Unhappiness and Financial Hardship
A recent study reveals that Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, reports the lowest happiness levels among generations, with 31% stating unhappiness, due to economic hardships during their peak earning years and facing potential pension cuts in retirement.
Generation X: Unhappiness and Financial Hardship
A recent study reveals that Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, reports the lowest happiness levels among generations, with 31% stating unhappiness, due to economic hardships during their peak earning years and facing potential pension cuts in retirement.
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52% Bias Score
Big Tech's Colonial Analogy: Unchecked Power and the Need for Regulation
Big Tech companies, led by figures like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, are increasingly compared to colonial companies due to their monopolistic practices, control over vast populations, and influence on global political discourse; this raises concerns about unchecked power and the need for governme...
Big Tech's Colonial Analogy: Unchecked Power and the Need for Regulation
Big Tech companies, led by figures like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, are increasingly compared to colonial companies due to their monopolistic practices, control over vast populations, and influence on global political discourse; this raises concerns about unchecked power and the need for governme...
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64% Bias Score
Europe's Widening Wealth Gap Fuels Political Unrest
A new study highlights the growing wealth inequality in Europe, mirroring 19th-century social injustices and fueled by regressive tax policies since the 1980s, leading to political instability and the rise of populist parties.
Europe's Widening Wealth Gap Fuels Political Unrest
A new study highlights the growing wealth inequality in Europe, mirroring 19th-century social injustices and fueled by regressive tax policies since the 1980s, leading to political instability and the rise of populist parties.
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56% Bias Score
Tariffs Squeeze Black-Owned Beauty Businesses
US tariffs on Chinese goods, though lowered, still heavily impact Black-owned beauty businesses, many of whom rely on Chinese manufacturers for up to 90% of products, leading to increased costs and threatening their survival amid a 71% drop in investment in Black-owned businesses in 2023.
Tariffs Squeeze Black-Owned Beauty Businesses
US tariffs on Chinese goods, though lowered, still heavily impact Black-owned beauty businesses, many of whom rely on Chinese manufacturers for up to 90% of products, leading to increased costs and threatening their survival amid a 71% drop in investment in Black-owned businesses in 2023.
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48% Bias Score
Greece's Fiscal Success Hides Deep Economic Challenges
Greece's fiscal success masks persistent challenges: a negative current account balance, €75 billion in non-performing loans (2024), and devaluation of labor, threatening long-term prosperity.
Greece's Fiscal Success Hides Deep Economic Challenges
Greece's fiscal success masks persistent challenges: a negative current account balance, €75 billion in non-performing loans (2024), and devaluation of labor, threatening long-term prosperity.
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52% Bias Score
UK Considers Millions in Funding for Deprived Neighbourhoods
The UK government is considering a multi-million pound investment in 613 deprived neighbourhoods to address social and economic issues driving support for Reform UK, based on an Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods report.
UK Considers Millions in Funding for Deprived Neighbourhoods
The UK government is considering a multi-million pound investment in 613 deprived neighbourhoods to address social and economic issues driving support for Reform UK, based on an Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods report.
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48% Bias Score
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