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Today’s Issues
Surely, you’ve heard that the Congressional Budget Office study of the impact of raising the minimum wage to $10.10, would, by 2016, reduce employment by about 500,000 jobs. But it would also lift 900,000 families out of poverty and increase the wages of 16.5 million low wage workers. It’s become ammunition for the right and…
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Good But…
Everyone it seems praised CVS for their decision to stop carrying tobacco products by next October, even the American Cancer Society highlighted the move on their home page for a time. Industry experts, however, say that the strategy is less altruistic and more of a savvy marketing ploy indicating that CVS is trying to distinguish…
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Death of an Actor
The evidence points to Philip Seymour Hoffman having died of an overdose. Since his death was announced, and for days afterwards, stories and segments abounded, all related to his struggle with addiction and the loss of a great artist. No matter the subject linked to his death, what was forefront it seems was the compassion…
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