health
Company halts bee-killing chemicals as activists stir up a hornet’s nest
May 18, 2016The movement to save the bees recently got a shot - or perhaps a sting - in the arm.
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Admitting defeat, Oklahoma Republicans to request Obamacare Medicaid money
May 17, 2016With an economy in crisis, Governor Mary Fallin and Sooner State Republicans are engaged in a dramatic about-face on Obamacare and Medicaid expansion.
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Researchers call for more study of Agent Orange effects on vets and their kids
May 16, 2016Researchers are urging Congress to fund a new center for the study of veterans' exposure to toxic substances.
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Lack of OSHA inspectors, plus corporate greed: a recipe for worker abuse
May 16, 2016This week a new report from Oxfam showed the ugliness of corporate greed in America's food processing plants.
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Labor Dept. to coal mine owners: Pay black lung victims’ claims, then appeal
April 29, 2016The old appeal policy left hundreds of thousands of coal miners, disabled from black lung disease, usually without a penny of benefits before they died.
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