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Facing increasing competition and productivity from workers in low-wage nations, US manufacturers slash jobs and costs. One method in use by US car manufacturers is incentives to convince older workers to quit and replace them with less expensive younger workers who also receive fewer benefits. Analysts expect cost-cutting measures from the large foreign manufacturers like Honda or Toyota as well...

It may appear odd for a country created by migrants, but illegal immigration has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in US politics, especially in the presidential election campaign. In polls, a majority of Americans support immigration yet oppose shortcuts for immigrants who enter the country by illegal means. A major challenge is what to do about an estimated 12 million illegal aliens...

Huge industrial trawlers, most from Europe, push through waters off the African coast, efficiently scraping sea beds clean of fish. Such nonselective industrial fishing has devastated fish populations and habitat, destroying a livelihood and encouraging more African fishermen to use their boats to assist fellow Africans in fleeing their homelands for work in Europe. Governments throughout Africa...