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Food Industry

Capitol Report: U.S. minimum wages are probably at their highest level ever, one economist says

Low-wage workers, many in the fast-food industry, have sought higher minimum wages of $15 an hour or more. U.S. minimum wages might be the highest ever after a slew of increases by cities and states over the past several years, a prominent economist contends…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

The Memory of the Armenian Genocide Should Be Preserved

Today Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates in northeastern Syria, not far from modern-day Turkey, is infamous as the onetime capital of the ISIS caliphate, its name synonymous with the horrors suffered under the caliphates barbaric Salafi rule. But the citys …

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Super Heroes

We Photoshopped an alternate cast of Avengers who almost got the roles

Avengers stans know the end is near, which means it's time to go back to the beginning. The very beginning. In honor of the highly anticipated film, Avengers: Endgame, Marvel fans are reminiscing over just how much our heroes have grown since their first app…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Riots

Indian woman awarded £50,000 compensation over Gujarat gang rape after 17-year legal battle

She first tried to bring her attackers to justice in 2003 but the Gujarati police refused to believe her claims, arguing she had insufficient evidence. Ms Bano then approached Indias National Human Rights Commission, which finally brought her case to the Sup…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

The Queen

Trump accuses Britain of spying on him ahead of visit…

DONALD Trump has accused the UK of helping the Obama administration SPY on him during the 2016 presidential campaign. The US President made the sensational claim in a tweet today, quoting the right-wing conspiracy-peddling website One America News Network (O…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Hrant Dink

Turkey rejects Trump’s characterization of 1915 incidents as ‘Meds Yeghern’

ANKARA Turkeys Foreign Ministry has strongly criticized a statement issued by United States President Donald Trump on the mass killings of Armenians in 1915, calling on Washington not to distort historical facts for internal political gains. We reject the …

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Alibaba

Outcry Against The 996 Work Culture

Work cultures in many parts of Asia are starkly different from those in the West so it might be surprising to many that there are people who work 12 hours or even 16 hours a day, every day, without launching any grievances. However, a new protest against the…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Italy urges Europe to ready plan for Libya refugee flight

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s government has written to the European Union asking it to ready a plan of action to deal with a possible flight of refugees from the armed conflict in Libya, Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero said on Wednesday. Moavero was speak…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Making the Monument

At the dedication for the Lincoln Memorial, President Harding portrayed Lincoln as the president who maintained union and nationality rather than the president who ended slavery. Changing the monument’s meaning took political struggle. Nicolaus Mills &sq…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Air Pollution

More Than 141 Million Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Worsens

More than 141 millions Americans lived in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels in 2015 to 2017 — an increase over the previous two years, as ozone pollution worsened across much of the country, according to a new report released Wednesday. The 2019 Stat…

bubmagApril 24, 2019

Capitol Report: U.S. minimum wages are probably at their highest level ever, one economist says

The Memory of the Armenian Genocide Should Be Preserved

We Photoshopped an alternate cast of Avengers who almost got the roles

Indian woman awarded £50,000 compensation over Gujarat gang rape after 17-year legal battle

Trump accuses Britain of spying on him ahead of visit…

Turkey rejects Trump’s characterization of 1915 incidents as ‘Meds Yeghern’

Outcry Against The 996 Work Culture

Italy urges Europe to ready plan for Libya refugee flight

Making the Monument

More Than 141 Million Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Worsens

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