Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
Infant mortality in Cuba hits new low
January 31, 2014The Cuban ministry of health released new statistics that show that the country's infant mortality rate has hit a record low, placing it far ahead of the U.S.
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U.S.
Medicaid fight in Virginia takes off
January 28, 2014The new Democratic governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is pushing hard for Virginia to sign onto the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Medicaid Expansion Program.
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World
South Africa hits “genocidal” plan of pharmaceutical industry
January 21, 2014South Africa is working to create its own generic pharmaceuticals industry. Its success depends on being able to be independent of big pharma companies.
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World
Poverty fuels the Dominican-Haitian conflict
January 21, 2014The dispute on the status of descendants of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic is now the subject of negotiations hosted by Nicolas Maduro.
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U.S.
GOP tries to pit immigrants against unemployed
January 17, 2014Senate Dems were unable to get cloture on a bill to extend unemployment benefits for people who have run out of eligibility without having been able to find work.
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Labor
Puerto Rican teachers strike to oppose attack on pensions
January 16, 2014Thousands of elementary and secondary school teachers in Puerto Rico carried out a two day strike to protest a raid on their pension plans.
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World
South Sudan: Communists speak out on crisis
January 9, 2014In spite of efforts to get talks going, fighting continues between factions aligned with President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar.
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World
Mexico after 20 years of NAFTA: poor and getting poorer
January 6, 201420 years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, farmers and workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada suffer from corporate profiteering.
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