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Help Wanted: Everywhere
Republicans and Democrats acknowledge the current shortage of legal, low-skilled labor. Is an expansion of temporary guest worker visas the solution?
Five Figures to Consider
8 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. workforce4% U.S. unemployment rate January, 20191.5 million decline in number of undocumented Mexican immigrants in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016$2.1 billion estimated additional tax revenue current undocumented immigrants would generate for state and local governments if given legal status4.64 American jobs created for every H2-B visa issuedAmerican has a low-skilled labor shortage. Can expanding guest worker visas provide businesses with the help they need? Read More
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Conservation, Products
Is This Plastic Yours?
Coffee cups made of mushrooms. Häagen-Dazs in tins. Packaging and consumer goods companies are looking to clean up and replace plastic.
Coca-Cola prides itself on being number one. Except when it comes to plastic pollution. Last year, the environmental activist group Greenpeace identified Coca-Cola as the number one polluting brand in its 2018 audit of 187,000 pieces of plastic litter in 42 countries. Coca-Cola litter, like the Coca-Cola brand, was nearly everywhere. In 40 countries Coke-branded litter outnumbered all others. Coke... Read More
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Education, Jobs
The Minimum Wage Riddle
Would a $15 federal minimum wage increase the well-being of low income Americans or put them out of work?
Would a $15 federal minimum wage increase the well-being of low income Americans or put them out of work? Read More
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Family, Health Care
Moms Are Dying
Can Doulas Help Curb America’s Soaring Maternal Mortality Rate?
More moms die in childbirth in the U.S. than any other developed country. Can doulas help curb our soaring maternal mortality rate? Read More
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Health Insurance, Personal Health
Needed: 20 Million Condoms
Sexually transmitted disease infection rates are soaring, but who will wear a ribbon for chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea?
Since 2013, there has been a 67% increase in gonorrhea infection rates, and experts are worried about its increasing antibiotic resistance. Read More
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