03/07/17: House Republicans release an Obamacare replacement plan

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• How to be a more critical thinker about news

  by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen

  

  Author Daniel Levitin shares tips on how to navigate an environment filled with 'fake news.'

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• Can for-profit prisons force detained immigrants to work?

  by Sally Herships

  A federal judge in Colorado has approved the first class-action lawsuit testing whether private prisons can force detained immigrants to work as “volunteers” for as little as $1 per day. The case centers on an ICE detention facility run by the GEO Group, one of the country’s largest private prison operators, and may turn on […]

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• International players from the oil industry meet in Houston

  by Annie Baxter

  International players from the oil industry are meeting in Houston this week for the annual gathering called CERAWeek. It’s the first meeting since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, declared a historic cut in oil output last November in order to bring prices up from a 12-year low. It’s also the first […]

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• 03/07/17: Jackie Chan’s push for more foreign films

  by Mark Garrison

  House Republicans have unveiled a plan to replace Obamacare. JPMorgan Funds' David Kelly stopped by to discuss how the new proposal will affect businesses. Next, we'll chat with scholar Daniel J. Levitin about how we can become better critical thinkers amid a sea of fake news. And finally, we'll look at Jackie Chan's push for a more open movie market in China.

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• Introducing exchange-traded funds with ‘biblical values’

  by Mark Garrison

  

  The companies that are being screened out include those that are vocal about lesbian, gay and transgender issues.

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