Face The Facts USA

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Another shooting, another look at mental health in America http://t.co/ePk7abDOQT

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Background checks on gun purchasers find only a tiny fraction with enough of a mental illness record to deny the sale http://t.co/XISmZtH49M

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One in five U.S. households has no ready Internet access. Least likely to have access? The poor and less educated. http://t.co/NwymPuENOY

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It's #IYD2013 and the focus is #youthmigration - are we doing enough to educate migrants when they come to the US? http://t.co/DiOA1vCeW3

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FACT: Home ownership in the U.S. is at a 15-year low, down to 65.4% from its peak at the height of the #housingmarket http://t.co/bIwlXkwYYt

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FACT: African-American jobless rate twice that of whites & nonwhites more likely to be hit by #unemployment longer http://t.co/enMQrM9EKP

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Fact: Average ’12 college grad owes $28,720 in #studentloans. Now the rate structure may get tied to the market. http://t.co/OqUZjD5a5k

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The big component left to implement for #ObamaCare is exchanges - will your state run one, or will the feds do it? http://t.co/02f6Zhm97w

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Care about #womenshealth? FACT: US maternal mortality has doubled in the past 25 years, 50th in care in the world. http://t.co/aOvxw21C9x

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Fact: Three million new illegal immigrants joined the U.S. population 2001-2011. Is it time for #immigrationreform? http://t.co/MqAX2X8KXh

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#LacMégantic disaster showed dangers of fuel transport by train, but are 2.5 million miles of pipelines any safer? http://t.co/y2sEyRbN8p

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US #gastax hasn’t budged in nearly 20 years while pump prices spiral upward. Driving on bumpy roads? Might be why. http://t.co/zqfaQAsfK5

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FACT: Global temps have not fallen below the long-term average in 28 years. This #heatwave is part of a bigger trend. http://t.co/QWEm2NegGE

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#DOMA has been struck down by SCOTUS - how might that change the facts on same-sex partnerships? http://t.co/W5Fl6PxYAj

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Here's a roundup of everything related to the President's #ActionOnClimate speech via our friends at @planet_forward. http://t.co/KplF9DRzXX

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FACT: We are indeed producing a ton of #NaturalGas in America - 23 trillion cubic feet in 2011. http://t.co/w2yl8Fw0g5 #ActOnClimate

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FACT: The green jobs Obama's #ActOnClime speech are talking about still aren't a big part of the economy. http://t.co/0DyiVWF7SF

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Is natural gas a solution to the problems of coal? Take a look at how and how much it's being used http://t.co/URmE6tzk5D #ActOnClimate

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President Obama is worried about air quality from emissions - get the facts on how clean our air is http://t.co/aYlcawlOQC #ActOnClimate