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Marcos Guevara Rivera / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A new study tries to narrow down the reasons behind racial disparities when it comes to heart disease and other ailments. From The Atlantic: David Curtis, a human development researcher at Auburn University, decided to try to determine whether differences in sleep could explain some ... racial disparities in cardiometabolic diseases. He and researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin recruited 426 white and African American... Читать дальше...

The film director says children are more interested in the “horror film” version of the truth than what is currently taught as U.S. history.

After warning viewers about Trump’s decision to increase hiring at the border agency, the “Last Week Tonight” host airs an honest (and humorous) recruitment ad.

By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica, and Katie Thomas / The New York Times Some pharmaceutical companies are cutting deals with insurance companies to favor their brand-name products over cheaper generics.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network By 2050, heat waves, floods and other climate change effects won’t be the only worry.

“The rule of law has been inverted,” argues Hedges, who brings in a legal expert to break down what has wrecked the U.S. justice system.

By Julia Conley / Common Dreams As U.S. demands an end to North Korean nuclear testing, Hiroshima’s mayor urges all nations to sign an anti-nuclear treaty.

Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and Attorney General Xavier Beccera, shown here at a crime victims’ rights rally last April at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., are of similar minds when it comes to the issue of so-called sanctuary cities. (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ threat to withhold certain federal funds from “sanctuary cities” that harbor undocumented immigrants, it appears that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a team of like-minded lawyers are... Читать дальше...