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Mexico to reform constitution in wake of US terrorism designations

The cartels wouldn't be nearly as powerful if American gun companies weren't producing so many guns, knowing full well where they're ending up and how they're being used.

In any case, talking about Mexico's cartels is just Republicans trying to distract the public from their own white supremacist, bigoted, transphobic, and xenophobic policies that make them far more dangerous terrorists than all the Mexican cartels combined.

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How Federal Ruling To Wipe Medical Debt From Credit Reports Disproportionately Helps Black People

An odd way to state that African Americans have disproportionately high amounts of medical debt; if anything, it's an indicator of unequal access to economic opportunities that let people afford expensive medical treatments.

Therefore, rather than shifting the narrative into one of handouts, a better solution would be to make progress on reducing the country's inflated medical costs—the result of capitalism being applied to the inelastic demand for essential medical services.

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Trapping hard-working H-1B immigrants—who are already (relative to American citizens without a visa at stake) in a weak bargaining position regarding salary increases—in the country unless their employers pay a $100,000 bribe is such a despicable thing to do.

Edit: As a reply pointed out, the law mandates that such employees be paid at par with other employees. Despite this, the dependence on the benevolence of one's employer to remain in the country, in addition to the filing fees associated with any job transfer, already puts such employees at an inherent disadvantage.