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The closure of the Similac factory may have lit the fuse for the nationwide shortage, but a combination of government policy, industry market concentration and supply chain issues supplied the powder
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Complaints are rising from seniors tricked by private insurance companies selling Medicare Advantage and drug plans
Conventional centrist pundits were wrong to say the GOP would never come for abortion rights, and Christian supremacist activists many other plans
Pro-gun absolutism reaches its inevitable conclusion
Getting residents of low-income countries vaccinated is the best way to stop new SARS-CoV2 variants
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After centuries of law enforcement discrimination, many Native Americans do not report crimes as often; and when they do, they are often misclassified as white
David Adams, founder and publisher of OSNews, discusses the cyclical nature of technology and the implications of computing’s return to the network