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3 Things You Should Know About Europe’s Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
The U.S. takes credit for creating the Internet, and the European Union seems determined to govern it. On Friday, a sweeping new directive goes into effect called the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. Taken together, its 99 articles represent the biggest ever change to data privacy laws. The new rules have implications for U.S….
Secrets Of A Maya Supermom: What Parenting Books Don’t Tell You
Parenting doesn’t have to be so stressful. Just ask a Maya mom.
How The House Tax Overhaul Bill Could Hurt Affordable Housing
Builders of affordable housing say the House Republican tax plan has a poison pill inside it that removes a tax incentive crucial for about half of the affordable housing units that get built.
Is The Tide Of Antibiotic Use On Farms Now Turning?
For the first time, government statistics show America’s pigs, cattle, and poultry are getting fewer antibiotic drugs. Public health advocates call the new figures encouraging.
This Halloween: What Does It Mean To Call Something ‘Spooky’?
Scared, fine. Frightened, sure. But spooked? This week, we dive into the racial history behind one of Halloween’s most fraught descriptors.