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Anastasia Flores Photo: David Bacon

Aging in the fields (part 1): No alternative but to keep working

by David Bacon The Reality Check June 3, 2016

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Cornell Nutrition Division Partners with World Health Organization

by By Susan Kelley Cornell Chronicle May 26, 2016

Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle, Feb 23, 2016 The World Health Organization (WHO) has named Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences a collaborating center, establishing the division as a research and training partner i...

One of several shuttered factories in Huntington, Ind., a town of 17,000 where for generations such goods as baby shoes, ice cream cones, barbecue grills and dentures were made. Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post
One of several shuttered factories in Huntington, Ind., a town of 17,000 where for generations such goods as baby shoes, ice cream cones, barbecue grills and dentures were made. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)

The controversial reason tens of thousands of people just lost their food stamps

by Max Ehrenfreund and Roberto A. Ferdman Washington Post April 1, 2016

As many as 1 million Americans will stop receiving food stamps this year, the consequence of a controversial work mandate that took effect this week in 21 states as the economy improves....

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