Instead of eradicating its coca crop, Bolivia is trying to market coca in a variety of products. Will anyone outside of Bolivia buy them?
Business
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One Consequence of Cannabis Legalization is Market Saturation
Supply side economics is clogging the overstuffed bowl of Oregon’s booming cannabis market, and there are not enough lighters in Oregon to smoke all the product.
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England’s National Health Service Is Suffering Growing Pains
While England’s National Health Service institutes large-scale reform, the country’s understaffed, overcrowded hospitals are in crisis.
Posted inBusiness, investigations, Science & Nature
The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care
Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
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The Strike: Chemicals, Cancer, and the Fight for Health Care
Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
Why Is Northern Mexico’s Thriving Resale Clothing Business Illegal?
Enterprising Mexican citizens buy America’s unwanted secondhand clothing to resell in Mexico, so why is this illegal?
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Travel
Trump Properties As Symbols of American Mediocrity and Lies
The only thing a tourist who stays at Trump properties gets for free is a disturbing vision of America’s future.
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The Koch Brothers vs. God
The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back.
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The Koch Brothers vs. God
The fossil fuel lobby preached its gospel in Virginia. Now, black churches are fighting back.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
Looking Back On the Last Housing Bubble From the Precipice of the Next One
A decade later, some homeowners still haven’t recovered from the mortgage crisis of 2008.