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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission’s chair, announced the ban. Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP by Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University Most American workers are hired “at...

FTC moves to ban non compete agreements; how labor deals will be impacted

Adobe Stock Photo The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a major stride towards reshaping the landscape of labor agreements in the United States by...

Ben Jealous: Big polluters vs. our kids

Adobe Stock Photo (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Far too often, big polluters feed us the lie that we have to choose between clean air or a healthy economy. Last...

Dietary supplements and protein powders fall under a ‘wild west’ of unregulated products that necessitate caveats and caution

Adobe Stock Photo by Emily Hemendinger, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Katie Suleta, George Washington University Dietary supplements are a big business. The industry...

With higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu are cashing in by using the old tactics of cable TV

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell, Purdue University There’s one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials. The major streaming services...

Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain known toxic chemicals, study finds

by Robin Dodson, Boston University; Megan R. Schwarzman, University of California, Berkeley, and Ruthann Rudel, Northeastern University The Research Brief is a short take about...

US tragedies from guns have often – but not always – spurred political responses

Ade Osadolor-Hernandez of Students Demand Action speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in May 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Robert Spitzer,...

Car and gas industry knew health risks of leaded fuel but sold it anyway

by Bill Kovarik, Radford University On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new...

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