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Both Parties Should Rally Behind Expanding the Child Tax Credit
网页3 小时之前 · In passing the American Rescue Plan, Congress extended the Child Tax Credit to all children living in families with low or no income for the first time, and increased the $2,000-per-child credit to $3,600 per child aged 5 and younger, and $3,000 per child aged 6 to 17 (making 17-year-olds eligible for the first time), among other changes.
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For-Profit US Healthcare System—Once Again—Ranks Dead Last …
网页2 天之前 · A report out Thursday shows that the United States' for-profit healthcare system still ranks dead last among peer nations on key metrics, including access to care and health outcomes such as life expectancy at birth.. The new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund is the latest indictment of a corporate-dominated system that leaves tens of millions of people uninsured or underinsured and unable ...
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'Back With a Bang': Climate Marches Kick Off Worldwide as Global …
网页17 小时之前 · The UNGA meetings will set the stage for negotiations at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan in November. Advocates criticized rich countries for their unwillingness to provide meaningful levels of finance to the Global South following preliminary talks in Bonn, Germany in June.. A study published in Nature last year found that even if all countries decarbonize by 2050, Global North ...
Scientists Who First Identified Threat of Microplastics Say World …
网页1 天前 · Clear evidence on the efficacy of potential solutions is now needed to address the issue and to minimize the risks of unintended consequences. Professor Richard Thompson of Plymouth University, who co-authored that first scientific study and coined the term microplastics just two decades years ago, says researchers now have more than enough ...
New Report Lays Out How US Can Address Its 'Fair Share' of the …
网页3 天之前 · The U.S.' historic emissions are so large that the U.S. cannot mitigate enough emissions domestically to fulfill its "fair share" of responsibility for the climate crisis. It must also provide Global South countries annually with $106 billion in mitigation funding and $340 billion worth of adaptation and loss and damage funding by 2030.
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Unions Make Life Better at Work and Beyond, New Report Shows
网页Kenny Stancil. Dec 16, 2021. While it is well-established that unions strengthen worker power on the job and reduce inequality, a new report out Wednesday shows that higher unionization rates are also associated with improved conditions outside of the workplace, including better access to healthcare, paid leave, and the ballot box. "Unions have ...