Displaced Planet: UN Reports Record Number of Global Refugees
70 Million. That’s how many people around the world have been forcibly displaced by violence, natural disasters, and poverty. The Takeaway talked to some experts on the crisis.
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A new fast-acting drug for treatment-resistant depression has been fast-tracked for VA approval, but critics say the drug is not yet well tested enough for the market.
Landlord for Military Families Falsified Records to Receive Financial Incentives from the Air Force
One of the U.S. military’s largest private-industry landlords falsified records to receive financial incentives from the Airforce at the expense of military families.
What the First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate Means to Indigenous People
Joy Harjo is a musician, poet, and member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. On Wednesday, she also became the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate.
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San Francisco Moves to Ban E-Cigarettes
San Francisco is set to become the country’s first city to completely ban the sale of e-cigarettes.
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