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Microsoft announced today that it will be launching a coalition called Connect Americans Now (CAN) to advocate for the FCC to eliminate regulatory hurdles that the group says are standing in the way of more widespread rural broadband deployment. In addition to Microsoft, the coalition’s members include The App Association, a software trade organization, and the […]
Diabetes Canada and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation obtained an internal Canada Revenue Agency memo outlining a new procedure to assess disability tax credit applications. CBC | Health News
Published time: 18 Nov, 2017 18:45 The killing of transgender people has spiked to an all-time high in the United States with advocacy groups reporting that there have been at least 25 transgender homicide victims so far this year. In a report released Friday, the Human Rights Campaign revealed that 102 transgender people have been […]
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images A federal appeals court allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to take effect. Several advocacy groups have filed lawsuits challenging administration’s related efforts to restrict or ban certain refugees from entering the U.S. Last month, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of Trump’s third travel ban just before it was due to take effect. […]
Published time: 21 Jul, 2017 04:02 President Donald Trump’s choice of Sam Clovis to head the USDA’s top science post breaks with the US Code, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Clovis is a well-known skeptic of climate change and has no natural science degree. Pending Senate confirmation, Clovis will be the next undersecretary […]
Earlier this month, Kate Edwards joined the board of directors at Take This, a mental health advocacy group in the games industry. In some ways, it’s an extension of her previous work as Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association, where she advocated against crunch time and championed diversity. Take This is a non-profit […]
(Reuters) — A California-based workers advocacy group released a report on Wednesday saying that Tesla data showed its workers have been injured at a rate a third higher than the auto industry average. Worksafe made the analysis after being approached by the United Auto Workers, the Detroit-based union that has been talking to Tesla employees […]
Second Opinion is a vital dose of the week’s news in health and medicine from reporter Kelly Crowe and CBC Health. CBC | Health News
