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Providing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows
(THE CONVERSATION) When states give driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that change, our research shows. The longer a law is in effect before a baby is conceived, ... (full story)
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Ohio gov signs bill requiring schools to tell parents about health care changes, 'sexuality content'
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation recently that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child's health care or preparing to present lessons involving "sexuality content," as conservatives nationally increasingly criticize public schools as too liberal on such issues ... (full story)
In Cincinnati, roller rink provides warmth and shelter from nation's Arctic blast
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tirrdell Byrd sat on the floor strumming his guitar as people milled about Over-The-Rhine Recreation Center, winter coats flung over folding chairs, belongings packed into shopping bags and wheeled totes, the smell of pizza lingering. A blind woman was helped to a drink of water by another woman, while nearby ... (full story)
Unlikely bedfellows: How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike
(THE CONVERSATION) On a porn set in California's San Fernando Valley, a performer we'll call Jake explains why he joined the industry after dabbling in escorting. He says he was drawn to porn work because of the freedom he finds as an independent contractor.
He works 10 to 15 hours a week on average and spends the rest of his ti ... (full story)
'Our country ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He didn't
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with Zimbabwe's transition from white rule to independence "our greatest single success." And when he died at 100, his foundation's work in rural Africa had nearly fulfilled his quest to ... (full story)