Breast-cancer death rate in the United States drops almost 40 percent, saving 322,000 lives
Breast cancer death rates declined almost 40 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 deaths, the American Cancer Society reported Tuesday.
Breast cancer death rates declined almost 40 percent between 1989 and 2015, averting 322,600 deaths, the American Cancer Society reported Tuesday.
Facebook has switched all electric accounts at its Menlo Park headquarters to Peninsula Clean Energy’s ECO100 option
Facebook selects 100% renewable energy option for headquarters Read more
JPMorgan and Citigroup have made this RE100 pledge, organized by The Climate Group alongside other companies like Estee Lauder, Kellogg, and DBS Bank.
Citigroup and JPMorgan pledge to go 100% clean energy by 2020 Read more
Thousands of Target employees are about to get a raise.
Target to raise its minimum wage to $11 per hour, promising $15 by 2020 Read more
Tabbed the “Athletic Equality Index,” the organization developed the report as a way to measure power conference schools’ athletic policies and practices.
LGBT organization creates equality index to hold power conference schools accountable Read more
In the last 12 months, Minnesota’s clean energy industry grew by 5.3 percent, adding 2,893 jobs 3.8 times faster than overall job growth in the state.
Minnesota’s clean energy jobs grew 3.8 times faster than overall job growth Read more
The U.S. median household income rose to a record last year and the poverty rate fell, as steady economic growth helped improve the lot of more Americans.
U.S. household incomes rose to record in 2016 as poverty fell Read more
Over 2,300 Duke University staff members will get a pay raise by 2019.
Duke University to increase employee minimum wage to $15 by 2019 Read more
Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate “indigenous, aboriginal and native people.”
L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar Read more
Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.
Baltimore removes Confederate statues Read more