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Why your friendly local landlord is suddenly acting like a big-time robber baron
Your kindly small-time landlord, lured by the promise of greater efficiency and fatter profits, is …
James Rodriguez
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Fat Joe on teaming up with Jelly Roll and Wyclef Jean to advocate for healthcare price transparency in Washington, DC
Fat Joe spoke to Business Insider about his work advocating for healthcare price transparency with …
John Lynch
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the Supreme Court to make it easier to clear homeless encampments. Advocates say that will make the crisis worse.
The Supreme Court will review a Ninth Circuit ruling protecting unhoused people from being forced o…
Eliza Relman
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Happy Birthday to 'Hatchet Granny,' the singing, praying temperance advocate who smashed up bars with her axe
Born on this day 177 years ago, Carry Nation was infamous for wreaking havoc on barrooms in the nam…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education rejoices after a local elementary school principal resigned following hate-induced bomb threats
Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction, rejoiced when a principal resigned after receiv…
Madison Hall
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Carlee Russell: anti-trafficking advocate casts doubt on theory that sex traffickers use toddlers to lure and abduct women
When a woman vanished after calling 911 to report a toddler on an interstate, speculation ran wild …
Laura Italiano
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My shortness of breath from congestive heart failure was shrugged off by my doctor I was told to lose weight. Now I've learned to advocate for myself.
My doctor blamed my breathlessness on my weight when I needed a heart transplant — now I've l…
Dawn Levitt
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Greg Abbott has cut required water breaks for Texas construction workers and labor advocates say it could kill them
Meanwhile, Texas is experiencing a record-setting heatwave, with heat indexes across the state reac…
Katie Hawkinson
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I'm a native Hawaiian. Locals are tired of tourists treating the island like a theme park – here's what to know before you visit.
A native Hawaiian who lives on Maui shares how tourism impacts locals and what they want tourists t…
Pooja Mistry
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Qatar promised a carbon-neutral World Cup. Climate advocates call that pledge misleading.
Qatar is relying on carbon offsets to help cancel out the carbon footprint of the World Cup, but cl…
Catherine Boudreau
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My daughter gets bullied because of her size. A photo shoot boosted her confidence, and now she advocates for others.
After the girl got bullied about her weight on the school bus, a photographer approached her mom an…
Allison Kenien
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Advocates want to spend $11 billion to fix Austin's crappy public-transit system. But many critics say the price tag is too high for a system hardly anyone will use.
Advocates say trains and buses benefit residents by reducing congestion and even making housing mor…
Alcynna Lloyd
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'In case I go missing' binders keep going viral among true-crime fans, who advocate for storing DNA and personal information 'just in case'
A video of a person revealing a binder full of DNA and contact details in case of an emergency has …
Andrew Lloyd
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Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin remembered as an advocate for photographers' safety and a doting father of four
Ukrainian photojournalist Maksim Levin is one of at least seven journalists killed in Ukraine since…
Emine Ziyatdinova
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Abortion advocates have expected the end of Roe for years: 'It has not gotten the priority that it should have'
Pro-choice groups have anticipated the end of Roe v. Wade for years. But should the Supreme Court s…
Kayla Epstein
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Advocates are asking lawmakers for a major increase in federal funding as the January 6 hearings highlight threats to election workers
"Local election offices around the country are chronically underfunded," election advocates wrote i…
Grace Panetta
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Body armor and tactical gear are becoming increasingly popular among leftist progressives of color, gun rights advocate says
In the wake of racially motivated shootings like in Buffalo, New York, body armor has been argued t…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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Body armor and tactical gear are becoming increasingly popular among leftist progressives of color, gun rights advocate says
In the wake of racially motivated shootings like in Buffalo, New York, body armor has been argued t…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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An Iowa Catholic diocese banned preferred pronouns and will force LGBTQ students to go to bathrooms of their biological sex. Advocates say the policy is part of a growing trend causing 'severe harm.'
"It just pushes kids with gender identity questions, or gender dysphoria to the margins," one LGBTQ…
Natalie Musumeci
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How a Malawi-based advocate is working to bring quality drinking water and sanitation services to the African nation
Kettie Alinafe Harawa is working to expand access to clean water and hygiene in her home country th…