Brad Brooks
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Reuters national correspondent based in Colorado / Previous incarnations in Brazil, Chile, Iraq and Western Kansas / Rock Chalk.
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""If we want to maintain the panoply of biodiversity that we currently enjoy, we need to target the places where the biodiversity is most threatened." .
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A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse.
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Special Report: Boy Scouts, Catholic dioceses find haven from sex abuse suits in bankruptcy
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Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by giving them extra time to file lawsuits. Those defendants, including church...
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RT @micarosenberg: NEW: Today we are publishing a year-long investigation into child labor used by parts suppliers to Hyundai and Kia acros….
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A Reuters investigation found child workers throughout Hyundai and Kia's supply chain in Alabama. State and federal authorities are probing their suppliers.
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New Mexico city passes ordinance to block abortion clinics from operating
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A New Mexico town near the Texas border on Monday unanimously passed an ordinance designed to ban abortions, despite the procedure being legal in the state. The so-called "sanctuary city for the...
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"We hope this sends the message to our state legislature that there are pro-life cities out there and we want to self-determine on this issue," Clovis Mayor Mike Morris said on Oct. 13 when his town advanced the proposed ban.
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The new frontline of the U.S. abortion battle is on the remote plains of New Mexico, where two conservative towns are set to outlaw it despite it remaining legal in the state after Roe v. Wade was...
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RT @SmithMarkets: Some 4,000 gun factories have started in the US since 2014. Assault rifle restrictions helped drive this new class of gun….
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Uvalde parents filled with angst, anger as kids return to school | Reuters
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Brett Cross had several questions for the Uvalde school board when it met this week, but went home with few answers.
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"Because there was no trial, there is no accountability. We don't care if it's the diocese in Sioux Falls or somebody in Rome who answers for all this abuse. But somebody has to be held accountable.". via @SpecialReports.
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The United States in May acknowledged the damage inflicted on generations of children at federal Indian boarding schools, a system built to assimilate indigenous kids into white society by cutting...
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RT @micarosenberg: Today Reuters is reporting that underage workers - some as young as 12 - have toiled in a hazard-laden Alabama metal sta….
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A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of...
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Haaland races to recover 'brutal' history of U.S. Native American boarding schools
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Friday she is racing to reveal as much history as possible about abuses within the old Native American boarding school system, which separated generations...
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Native American boarding school survivors tell of abuses
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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Saturday met with elderly survivors of Native American boarding schools, her first stop on a year-long tour to hear first-hand accounts of widespread abuses...
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RT @SmithMarkets: They were on a luxury cruise, then the coughing began on the MS Zandaam – the ship that became a global Covid pariah. A t….
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When passengers boarded the MS Zaandam in March 2020, they were preparing for the holiday of a lifetime. Within days they would be confined to their rooms on a liner that no country would let dock....
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all you jiu jitsu folks, appreciate any support you could provide for this young lady .
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Hi, my name is Gabe Hernandez and we are raising money for one of our students…Zion M… Gabe Hernandez needs your support for Medical Expenses for Zion Mendoza
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"The federal policies that attempted to wipe out Native identity, language and culture continue to manifest in the pain tribal communities face today."
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A U.S. government investigation into the dark history of Native American boarding schools has found "marked or unmarked burial sites" at 53 of them, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said on Wednesday.
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RT @SEisenhammer: One of the best jobs in the business (not biased of course)! just ask @BrazilBrian @bradleybrooks.
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RT @doubledaybooks: ⛴️ GIVEAWAY⛴️ .20 lucky readers will recieve a copy of CABIN FEVER by @SmithMarkets and @FranklinBlog! A riveting, true….
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Judge rules that Tulsa massacre lawsuit seeking reparations can proceed
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The three known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa massacre that saw a white mob murder scores of Blacks and raze much of their neighborhood can proceed with a lawsuit seeking reparations for the...
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