The U.S. government’s minority cash giveaway for “discriminated” farmers has reached a new level, with an improved process that makes it faster and easier for Hispanics to get awards much larger than previously announced. The goal is to make amends to those who suffered discrimination when seeking farm loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

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In an amusing twist, food contaminated with deadly bacteria is being sold at a Washington D.C. farmers market right outside the headquarters of the government agency in charge of enforcing the nation’s food safety rules.It would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic. An open-air market sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) features

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Another U.S. government agency has joined the child obesity crusade, this time dedicating $25 million to tackle the epidemic in “hard–to–reach, limited English proficiency and minority communities.”This latest allocation of taxpayer dollars to this particular cause will help meet key goals set by Michelle Obama’s White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity. Last year the First

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