health
Black lung is back: Disease’s deadliest form sees ten-fold increase among Appalachian miners
March 16, 2023As mining corporations push for ever-harder to reach coal, workers are facing new and more dangerous health risks from silica dust.
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Who’s checking on the cops’ mental health?
February 24, 2023Are police“helpless” and unable to prevent themselves from shooting down the mentally ill, Black people, and protesters?
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Indiana bill would have health professionals, not cops, respond to mental health crises
February 21, 2023State Senate signs off on bill, community now focused on pressuring House.
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Another Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derails in Michigan
February 17, 2023One derailed car contained hazardous chemicals but police say none of them leaked or were dispersed.
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Victim of lethal gassing by railroad thinks about leaving Ohio town
February 15, 2023“Give me enough to get out of there and I’m out,” says East Palestine resident whose town and water supply, due to railroad negligence and train derailment, was inundated with waves of lethal gas and chemicals.
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