Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields, kneeling on the scorched earth as temperatures hovered above 105 degrees.
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How a Hip-Hop Mindset Can Help Teachers in a Time of Turmoil
While hip-hop has created a lot of good memories, good music and good times, the culture has gifted society much more than just entertainment.
Does an Apple a Day Really Keep the Doctor Away? A Nutritionist Explains the Science Behind ‘Functional’ Foods
We’ve all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how true is that?
Total Jobs Increase Nationwide
The United States added 187,000 new jobs in July, according to the monthly report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average hourly wages rose 4.4 percent from a year earlier, slightly more than officials expected.
‘Barbie’ is, at its Core, a Movie About the Messy Contradictions of Motherhood
The wildly popular “Barbie” movie has been touted for its celebration – and critique – of femininity.
Sen. Sanders Says Millions of People Can’t Find a Doctor. He’s Mostly Right.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has long been a champion of a government-sponsored “Medicare for All” health program to solve long-standing problems in the United States, where we pay much more for health care than people in other countries but are often sicker and have a shorter average life expectancy.
A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?
Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew.
As Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Hit the Market, Anti-Smoking Groups Press for Wider Standard
The idea seems simple enough. Preserve all the rituals of smoking: Light up a cigarette, inhale the smoke, including the nasty stuff that can kill you, and exhale.
Why No Living People Appear on US Postage Stamps
With the ascension of King Charles III to the British throne, some commentators have made much of the fact that the new stamp bearing his image features the king without a crown.
Vegas Golden Knights Win First Stanley Cup
The Vegas Golden Knights are winners! In a dazzling display of passes, Mark Stone’s hat trick, and exuberant goal celebrations, they clinched their first-ever Stanley Cup with a resounding 9-3 victory over the battered and fatigued Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.