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Congress Is Trying to Use the Spending Bill to Criminalize Boycotts of Israel and Other Countries

Congress is trying to sneak an unconstitutional ban on political expression into the spending bill in order to avoid public scrutiny. According to recent reports, congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle are planning to sneak a bill criminalizing … Continue reading

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Susan Akram: The Trump administration is trying to reduce the number of Palestinian refugees, here’s why it won’t work

Susan Akram on Mondoweiss contends that "[t]he Trump administration’s decision last month to cut $360 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is a purely political decision that has no relevance to the definition… … Continue reading

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Trying to Find a ‘Safe Haven’ in the Storm: 9 Tips for Employers

What do the following popular movies and television shows have in common? Hint: All have a connection to #HurricaneFlorence—the number-one trending topic on Twitter today—which is supposed to make landfall along the East Coast soon: Source: 3DSculptor / iStock / … Continue reading

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Your Chicken Is Trying to Kill You! Know Where Germs Are Coming From.

Is your chicken trying to kill you?  I don’t mean the feathered, live variety.  That is a real problem as well, though solvable by a pot of boiling water or roasting pan.  I mean the chicken on your plate adjacent … Continue reading

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PROGRESS: Hemophilia may be curable. After trying for decades to develop a gene therapy to treat…

PROGRESS: Hemophilia may be curable. After trying for decades to develop a gene therapy to treat this disease, researchers are starting to succeed. In recent experiments, brief intravenous infusions of powerful new treatments have rid patients — for now, at … Continue reading

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