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Biden calls for broad new social programs, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy

Biden proposed new spending initiatives to lower costs for health care, child care and housing and new taxes on the wealthy and major corporations to offset those proposals.

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A Maryland city’s apology for lynchings rings hollow for some

The 1898 and 1931 lynchings of three Black men have cast a long shadow over Salisbury, Md., say advocates pushing for a more comprehensive apology.

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Why the American llama, emu and ostrich industries all collapsed

In the early 1990s, Emus, ostriches and llamas were going to be the next turkey, an animal plucked from relative obscurity to become a staple. Individuals and breeding pairs sold for $40,000 or more each. Now their populations have plunged to less than a quarter of what they once were. What happened?

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