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April 08, 2022
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Drop in Life Expectancy 'Speaks Volumes' About How US Handled Covid: Expert
"While other high-income countries saw their life expectancy increase in 2021, recovering about half of their losses, U.S. life expectancy continued to fall," said Dr. Steven Woolf, co-author of the new study.
by Jessica Corbett



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Far-Right Nationalist Le Pen Gaining on Macron Ahead of French Election
The leader of the anti-immigration National Rally party has focused her campaign on issues affecting working French families, while President Emmanuel Macron has been derided as a "president of the rich."
by Julia Conley



Yemeni workers carry bags of flour at a bakery in the capital Sanaa, on March 27, 2022. With the country almost completely dependent on imports, aid groups say the situation will only worsen following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which produces nearly a third of Yemen's wheat supplies. (Photo: Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Pushed Global Food Prices to All-Time High: UN Agency
The Food and Agriculture Organization's index showed that prices of food commodities in March busted the record set the month before.
by Andrea Germanos
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• 1,100+ Banned Books Across 26 States: Report Shows 'Shocking' Censorship
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The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie
There is dominant propaganda that seems to suggest war can be conducted according to a set of acceptable, standardized, and abstract rules. It can't.
by Antonio De Lauri



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Gas Prices Are High...So Electrify
Make the transition to electric vehicles and get off the gas at home.
by Bruce Mirken



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Opposing War: Standing Together for Peace
War is hell, and when we wage it—when we dehumanize an enemy, thus allowing ourselves to commit mass murder—we dehumanize ourselves.
by Robert C. Koehler
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