Finally, after months of denials, dismissals and weak excuses for multiple incidents of sexual harassment, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resigned from office. This action came only after state Attorney General Letitia James, an African American woman, published a scathing, 168-page report on her four-month investigation on Aug. 3. . . .
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a scientific body assembled by the United Nations, released yet another major report on climate change on Aug. 9. Vancouver protest, Sept. 27, 2017 No thinking person needs a U.N. report to know that the climate has changed, and for the worse. The dire . . .
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This article is based on a press release issued by Chris Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union. Amazon Labor Union founder Chris Small speaks at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island Aug. 11. Since June, workers at the Amazon warehouse at Staten Island JFK8 and surrounding facilities have been organizing . . .
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Philadelphia – Despite temperatures in the mid-90s, more than 50 community activists rallied here on Aug. 12 to demand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cease transferring migrant workers and refugees from a detention center in York, Pa., to other prisons. Recorded voices from people impacted by transfers were heard by . . .
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The most severe medical problem that injection-drug users face — other than overdose — is infection. Whether a person contracts hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or the standard wound infection due to dirty and used needles, the prevention of these illnesses requires syringe . . .
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