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Sympathy

A poem by Paul Laurence DunbarTranslator: Lê Vĩnh Tài Paul Laurence Dunbar (source: Smithsonian Magazine Nỗi niềm của con chim trong lồng, nàng ôi …

Sympathy

These Activists Have One Simple Goal: Abolish the Cruise Industry | The Nation

The slogan may sound incendiary, but Rouet and her neighbors did have a point. According to a 2016 study from the national public health agency, the pollution from particulate matter is responsible for just over 1,000 deaths in the Marseille metropolitan area every year—and according to the state-commissioned regional air quality observatory, the city’s nitrogen oxide levels remain well above the safe limits recommended by the World Health Organization.  Source: These Activists Have One Simple Goal: Abolish the Cruise Industry | The Nation