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Willowbrook, Ill. residents call for closure of polluting Sterigenics plant
December 21, 2018There have been issues with the plant for several decades, but it was only recently discovered that the Illinois EPA had prior knowledge of the matter.
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Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians strike for better patient care
December 14, 2018Oakland’s picketers were among some 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and addiction medicine specialists throughout California.
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HIV/AIDS epidemic testifies to the problematic presidency of George H.W. Bush
December 5, 2018We continue to pay today for what the former president did not do as the AIDS epidemic first began sweeping across the nation.
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Trump plan to ramp up fracking, mining in National Forests threatens climate
October 18, 2018"Pushing new fossil-fuel development in our national forests ignores the alarm bells that world climate scientists rang loudly."
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Without Medicaid expansion, the poor simply don’t go to the doctor
October 15, 2018Medicaid expansion is an issue in several high-profile gubernatorial contests and in states where supporters have gotten referendum questions on the ballot.
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