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Why raising the minimum wage isn't the best way to reduce inequality

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imageTough questions, but minimum wages may not offer solutions.Worker pay via www.shutterstock.com

Walmart is giving more than one million of its employees a raise later this month as part of a plan that will lift all but its newest hires to at least US$10 an hour.

The move, first announced last year, follows an aggressive campaign to get the largest...

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The rise and fall of the Knoedler, New York's most notorious art gallery

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In Manhattan Federal Court, there’s a trial taking place that has highlighted just how murky the business of art authentication has become.

After suddenly closing in 2011 in the wake of massive lawsuits, Knoedler Gallery and its former director, Ann Freedman, are finally having their day in court: they’re currently faced with a civil...

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Will extreme weather events get Americans to act on climate change?

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imageHurricane Sandy was a turning point on views about climate change, but the effect doesn't trump political views.Liz Roll/FEMA

Scientists are drawing a link between climate change and extreme weather events with increasing confidence.

An American Meteorological Society report, for example, studied 28 individual weather events occurring in 2013-2014...

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New initiative from Governor Jerry Brown could reform sentencing in California, cut prison terms

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On January 27, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a voter initiative to reform sentencing in the state.

The initiative seeks to reintroduce parole hearings and early releases. If it passes, nonviolent felons will come up for parole once they complete the basic term for their original offense.

Brown’s initiative is advertised as a...

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Toxic lead can stay in the body for years after exposure

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imageLead can linger in bones.X-ray via www.shutterstock.com.

The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan has highlighted just how harmful lead contamination is. What you may not realize, however, is that lead exposure is a problem throughout the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over four million households with children...

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