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| By Richard C. Longworth

The False Promise of Eds and Meds

Much of their manufacturing has disappeared, but many old industrial towns in the Midwest still have two things going for them. These are colleges and hospitals, or eds and meds, as they’re called. Most of these towns are counting on these industries to support them in the way that factories once did.






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| By Dina Smeltz

In Advance of the Three Amigos Summit

Coinciding with NAFTA’s 20th anniversary year, President Obama along with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper are slated to discuss trade, investment and security issues next week at the North American Summit in Toluca, Mexico.



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The Evolution of School Feeding

In 2013, up to $75 billion dollars was invested by the governments of 169 countries into school feeding programmes.