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Tyson Foods, the United States’ largest meatpacking and processing company, shuttered a beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois, last month, laying off more than 2,500 primarily immigrant workers “virtually overnight.” Although Tyson Foods CEO and President Donnie King made over $34 million last year, nearly 800 times more than theContinue Reading

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The fire department at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley will perform training on the Moffett Federal Airfield beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 through Friday, Sept. 11. The training will involve the use of a propane-fueled aircraft fire simulator and be conducted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. PDT.Continue Reading

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Beyoncé is turning her birthday into a full-blown B’Day celebration. To mark 20 years since the arrival of her sophomore album, the singer has released an expanded digital edition packed with previously unheard music, new collaborations and upgraded versions of the project’s visuals. So there’s plenty of music to carryContinue Reading

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Explore This Section Science Exoplanets TOI-3053 b Exoplanets Home Overview Exoplanet Facts Types of Exoplanets Stars What is the Universe Search for Life The Big Questions Are We Alone? Can We Find Life? The Habitable Zone Why We Search Target Star Catalog Discoveries Discoveries Dashboard How We Find and CharacterizeContinue Reading

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Gloria Steinem, a towering figure in the feminist movement and a cultural icon who worked for decades to win more rights, protections and opportunities for women, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 92. Steinem also earned her fair share of criticism over the decades, most notably for her defense of BillContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit newsroom and public health research group. Twenty years ago, the Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), promising agricultural transformation from improved seeds, synthetic fertilizers, mechanization and commercial markets.  These interventions, they said,Continue Reading

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There is a particular kind of political amnesia that can overtake movements in difficult times. We remember the victories but forget the arguments that preceded them. We remember the marches but forget the years of patient organizing that made them possible. We remember solidarity as a feeling rather than aContinue Reading

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Mexican authorities seized nearly 17 tonnes of methamphetamine from three clandestine laboratories in Sinaloa, NewsFeed Mexican authorities seized nearly 17 tonnes of methamphetamine from three clandestine laboratories in Sinaloa and dismantled the 5,700-square-metre facility where the drugs were produced. Officials estimated the operation caused criminal groups an economic loss ofContinue Reading