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Oregon's Bottle Bill Faces Overhaul Amid Concerns Over Drug Activity and Homelessness
Oregon's pioneering bottle bill, celebrating 50 years, faces potential changes due to unintended consequences like increased drug activity and homelessness around redemption centers; lawmakers are considering time restrictions and alternative sites to mitigate problems.
Oregon's Bottle Bill Faces Overhaul Amid Concerns Over Drug Activity and Homelessness
Oregon's pioneering bottle bill, celebrating 50 years, faces potential changes due to unintended consequences like increased drug activity and homelessness around redemption centers; lawmakers are considering time restrictions and alternative sites to mitigate problems.
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52% Bias Score
Soaring Electricity Bills to Hit Americans This Summer
High temperatures across the U.S. this summer will drive up average household electricity bills to $784, a 12-year record increase of more than 6 percent, disproportionately affecting low-income families who may face health risks from foregoing cooling.
Soaring Electricity Bills to Hit Americans This Summer
High temperatures across the U.S. this summer will drive up average household electricity bills to $784, a 12-year record increase of more than 6 percent, disproportionately affecting low-income families who may face health risks from foregoing cooling.
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24% 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
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
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
Soaring Costs of German Driver's Licenses Spark Calls for Reform
Obtaining a driver's license in Germany costs between €2,500 and €3,500, significantly more than in other EU countries due to a rigorous training program with high failure rates. This financial burden disproportionately affects young people and migrants.
Soaring Costs of German Driver's Licenses Spark Calls for Reform
Obtaining a driver's license in Germany costs between €2,500 and €3,500, significantly more than in other EU countries due to a rigorous training program with high failure rates. This financial burden disproportionately affects young people and migrants.
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60% Bias Score
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
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
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