health
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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This week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
April 26, 2016Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
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Flint doctor awarded for exposing poisoned water; three officials get charged
April 21, 2016Meanwhile, the lead content of Flint water remains way above safe levels, and people are forced to use bottled water for drinking.
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Think about immigration like a nurse
April 20, 2016If the nurse fears that if they check her documents she'll lose her job or worse, she likely won't have to think a long time before signing that union card.
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The Vietnam War and Agent Orange are millennials’ problem too
April 20, 2016Money alone won't reverse the human and ecological casualties Agent Orange has dealt, but financial reparations would be a step in dealing with a dark part of history.
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