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Cancer patients more likely to go bankrupt
June 4, 2013Cancer patients are twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as people without cancer, a study in Washington State has found.
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Audio: Demanding food safety, Houston protests GMOs
June 4, 2013Houstonians join food safety advocates around the world to demonstrate against a biotech giant they say may be poisoning us all.
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Texas clergy and students back Walmart strikers
June 3, 2013We protested low wages, unattainable benefits, and murderous uncertain working hours.
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President Obama hosts event aimed at reducing mental health stigma
June 3, 2013President Barack Obama called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue "out of the shadows."
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Michigan unions join environmentalists in call for infrastructure repair
June 3, 2013More than the climate is changing. A packed town hall meeting on climate change and infrastructure needs showed a growing level of concern and unity between labor and the environmental movement.
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